Crisis Era Timeline Flashcards
77% voted for Pro-Weimar party in Reichstag election
January 1919
Spartacist rising in Berlin
5th January 1919
Weimar constitution drafted and ratified
Early 1919
The Kaiser is forced to abdicate and flees to Belgium.
9th November 1918
Ebert is put in charge of the country
9th November 1918
Kurt Eisner declares a socialist republic in Bavaria
November 1918
Riots and violence occur in Germany’s major cities.
Early November 1918
USPD threatens to withdraw from Government unless the Kaiser abdicates
7th November 1918
Ebert-Groener pact is signed
10th November 1918
Armistice
11th November 1918
ZAG ratified
15th November 1918
Councils vote in favour of rule by National Assembly
December 1918
Prince Max of Bavaria becomes Chancellor
3rd October 1918
200,000 Berliners go on strike
January 1918
SPD are the biggest party in the election for the first time
Pre-WW1