Timeline 1919-33 Flashcards
What happened on the 9th of November 1918?
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated from the throne
What happened on the 11th of November 1918?
The armistice was signed, ending the First World War
What happened between the 5-12th of January 1919?
The Spartacist uprising
What happened between February and June 1919?
The Weimar National Assembly was established
What happened on the 28th of June 1919?
The Treaty of Versailles was signed
What happened on the 11th of August 1919?
The Weimar constitution was signed
What happened on the 13th of March 1920?
The Kapp Putsch
What happened July 1921?
Hitler becomes the undisputed leader of the Nazi party
What happened on the 11th of January 1923?
The invasion of the Ruhr by the French and Belgians
What happened between January and November 1923?
Hyperinflation
What happened on the 13th of August 1923?
Stressemann becomes chancellor and foreign minister
What happened on the 8th of November 1923?
The Munich “Beer Hall’ Putsch, Hitler sent to Landsberg prison
What happened August 1924?
The Dawes plan
What happened August 1924?
The Dawes plan
What happened on the 18th of July 1925?
Mein Kampf was published
What happened on the 16th of October 1925?
The Locarno Pact was agreed
What happened on the 14th of February 1926?
The Bamberg Conference
what happened on the 8th of September 1926?
Germany joins the League of Nations
What happened on the 27th of August 1928?
The Kellog-Briand pact is signed by 62 countries
What happened on the 31st of August 1929?
The Young Plan is agreed
What happened on the 3rd of October 1929?
Stressemann dies and is replaced by Müller
What happens on the 29th of October 1929?
The Wall Street crash
What happened on the 27th of March 1930?
Brüning replaces Müller as chancellor (centre)
What happened on the 14th of September 1930?
The Nazi party gains many votes in the Reichstag election
What happened in January of 1932?
Unemployment in Germany reached 6.1 million
What happened on the 10th of April 1932?
Hindenburg is re-elected as President, Adolf Hitler comes second
What happened on the 1st of June 1932?
Von Papen replaces Brüning as Chancellor
What happened on the 31st of July 1932?
The Nazi party wins the largest party in the Reichstag elections, with 37% of the vote
What happened on the 6th of November 1932?
The 2nd Reichstag election, Nazi votes dropped by 4%, yet they were still within the top 3 parties
What happened December 1932?
Von Schleicher replaced Von Papen as Chancellor
What happened January 28th 1933?
Von Schleicher resigns as Chancellor
What happened on the 30th of January 1933?
President Von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the next Chancellor
What happened on the 1st of February 1933?
At Hitlers request, Hindenburg dissolves the Reichstag
What happens on the 27-28th of February 1933?
The Reichstag fire
What happens on the 5th of march 1933?
The Reichstag elections, Nazis win largest party with 44%
What happened on the 23rd of March 1933?
The Enabling act was passed in the Reichstag, enabling legal dictatorship
