Weimar Republic - Dates Flashcards
Attempted Revolution in Munich; German Republic Declared; government led by Friedrich Ebert
November 1918
Ebert-Groener agreement
November 1918
Political parties agree to hold elections to a national Constituent Assembly
November 1918
Spartacist Revolt in Berlin (crushed by army and Freicorps)
January 1919
National Assembly elected (Friedrich Ebert becomes President, coalition government with SPD, Centre Party and DDP)
January 1919
Soviet Republic declared in Bavaria
1919
Treaty of Versailles presented to Germany and then signed by Germany
May 1919
June 1919
Weimar Constitution adopted
July 1919
Kapp Putsch
March 1920
Elections in the Reichstag sees fall in votes for the Weimar Republic (Weimar Coalition only got 44.6% of the vote)
June 1920
Matthias Erzeuger assassinated
August 1921
Treaty of Rapollo with Russia
April 1922
Walter Rathenau assassinated
June 1922
Law for the Protection of the Republic
July 1922
French and Belgium troops occupy the Ruhr
January 1923
Gustav Stresemann becomes Chancellor
September 1923
Attempted Nazi Putsch in Munich (Beer Hall Putsch)
November 1923
Rentenmark is introduced
November 1923
Nazi vote increases by 4.6% in Reichstag elections and gain 32 seats
May 1924
Reichstag accepts the Dawes Plan
August 1924
Death of President Ebert
February 1925
Locrano treaties signed
October 1925
Germany joins League of Nations
September 1926
Treaty signed between France and Germany
1927
