Key dates

Question 1

Hitler came to power with his Nazi Party.

Answer 1

Jul 31, 1932

Question 2

William was crowned emperor of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

Answer 2

18 January 1871

Question 3

Minister President Otto von Bismarck of Prussia was appointed Chancellor of the German Empire.

Answer 3

21 March 1871

Question 4

Kulturkampf begins: The School Supervision Act was passed, transferring all religious schools to state control.

Answer 4

1872

Question 5

Berlin Conference organised by Bismarck formalised Germany’s involvement in colonial Scramble for Africa

Answer 5

1884

Question 6

Karl Benz and Daimler begin independently producing Automobiles with gasoline-powered internal combustion engines

Answer 6

1886

Question 7

Bismarck dismissed as chancellor by Wilhelm II

Answer 7

1890

Question 8

Pan-German league established

Answer 8

1891

Question 9

Diesel invents Diesel engine

Answer 9

1892

Question 10

Wilhelm II sends Kruger telegram to South Africa, insulting Britain

Answer 10

1896

Question 11

UK declares war on Germany and establishes a blockade of war material and foodstuffs bound for Germany

Answer 11

4 August 1914

Question 12

Turnip winter

Answer 12

1916

Question 13

Wilhelm II abdicates his title as German Emperor and King of Prussia due to revolution.

Answer 13

9 November 1918

Question 14

The Council of the People’s Deputies introduced sweeping liberal reforms (e.g. tax and women’s suffrage.)

Answer 14

10 November 1918

Question 15

Germany signed the Armistice promising an immediate cessation of hostilities, significant territorial concessions, and the surrender of Germany’s war materiel.

Answer 15

17 November 1918

Question 16

Spartacist uprising

Answer 16

Jan 1919

Question 17

German presidential election, Ebert (SPD) was elected president by the Weimar National Assembly

Answer 17

Feb 1919

Question 18

Paris Peace Conference, The Treaty of Versailles signed,

Answer 18

June 1919

Question 19

The Weimar Constitution came into force. The Weimar Republic succeeded the German Empire.

Answer 19

August 1919

Question 20

Kappa Putsch and Ruhr uprising

Answer 20

13 March 1920

Question 21

Military occupation of Ruhr by France

Answer 21

Jan 1923

Question 22

Stresemann (liberals) was appointed chancellor and minister for foreign affairs.

Answer 22

Aug 1923

Question 23

Beer Hall Putsch: Nazi Adolf Hitler led attempted coup to Munich

Answer 23

Nov 1923

Question 24

Germany agreed to the Dawes Plan ending French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr valley and the reparation payment schedule was restructured.

Answer 24

Aug 1924

Question 25

Germany joined the League of Nations.

Answer 25

Sept 1926

Question 26

Wall street crash where Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped twelve percent

Answer 26

1929

Question 27

Results of Sept 1930 German federal election

Answer 27

The SPD retained 143 seats in the Reichstag. The Nazi Party gained ninety-five seats.

Question 28

Hitler was appointed chancellor at the head of a Nazi-DNVP coalition.

Answer 28

Jan 1933

Question 29

Reichstag fire, allegedly by communists, triggered emergency decree suspending civil liberties.

Answer 29

Feb 1933

Question 30

The Enabling Act signed

Answer 30

March 1933

Question 31

Night of the long knives killed 85+ political threats.

Answer 31

30 June 1934

Question 31

President Hindenburg died

Answer 31

Aug 1934

Question 32

German rearmament was announced in violation of the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 32

March 1935

Question 33

Kristallnacht: A pogrom took place in which SA paramilitaries and German civilians destroyed Jewish businesses and at least ninety-one were killed.

Answer 33

November 1938

Question 34

Germany invasion of Poland

Answer 34

September 1939

Question 35

Wannsee Conference to discuss the implementation of the Final Solution.

Answer 35

January 1942

Question 36

Hitler commits suicide.

Answer 36

April 1945

Question 37

Potsdam Conference: borders return to 1937 and divided between Western and Soviet zones.

Answer 37

August 1945

Question 38

Erdhard (economic director) introduces the Deutsche Mark

Answer 38

June 1948

Question 39

Berlin Blockade

Answer 39

June 1948 - May 1949

Question 40

West Germany founded

Answer 40

May 1949

Question 41

East Germany founded

Answer 41

October 1949

Question 42

Construction of Berlin wall begins

Answer 42

August 1961

Question 43

NDP (political neo nazi group) starts

Answer 43

Nov 1964

Question 44

Benno Ohnesorg shot

Answer 44

June 1967

Question 45

Emergency Acts passed

Answer 45

May 1968

Question 46

Voting age lowered to 18

Answer 46

June 1970

Question 47

East and West recognise each others sovereignty in the Basic Treaty

Answer 47

Dec 1972