Weimar Germany
Power Point lecture: Golden Twenties - Foreign Policy
Weimar Germany (1918-1933)
10 Nov. 1918 Formation of the Council of People's Deputies
15 Jan. 1919 Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg murdered by Freikorps
19 Jan. 1919 Elections to the National Assembly
6 Feb. 1919 Opening of the National Assembly in Weimar
11 Feb. 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD) becomes 1st Reich President
13 Feb.-20 June
1919 Government coalition under Philipp Scheidemann (SPD)
21 June 1919 Gustav Bauer (SPD) becomes Reich Chancellor
28 June 1919 Signing of the Peace Settlement of Versailles
11 Aug. 1919 Weimar Reich constitution in force
10 Jan. 1920 Versailles Treaty comes into force
13-16 Mar 1920 Kapp Putsch when rightists attempt to seize power in Berlin
27 Mar. 1920 Hermann Müller (SPD) becomes Reich Chancellor
6 June 1920 1st Reichstag elections (losses for SPD-Centre-DDP)
25 June 1920 Konstantin Fehrenbach (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor
27 Apr. 1921 Setting of reparations at 132 billion gold marks
10 May 1921 Joseph Wirth (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor
26 Aug. 1921 Ex-finance minister Matthias Erzberger murdered by rightists
16 Apr. 1922 Rapallo Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union
24 June 1922 Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau assassinated in his car
22 Nov. 1922 Wilhelm Cuno (no party) becomes Reich Chancellor
11 Jan. 1923 Ruhr Occupation by France and Belgium to ensure reparations
13 Jan.-26 Sept.
1923 Passive resistance by Ruhr workers and authorities
13 Aug. 1923 Gustav Stresemann (DVP) becomes Reich Chancellor
8-9 Nov. 1923 Failed Hitler Putsch in Munich together with Ludendorff
15 Nov. 1923 Introduction of the Rentenmark and ending of hyperinflation
30 Nov. 1923 Wilhelm Marx (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor
29 Aug. 1924 Dawes Plan to schedule reparations accepted by Reichstag
15 Jan. 1925 Hans Luther (no party) becomes Reich Chancellor
26 Apr. 1925 Election of von Hindenburg as 2nd Reich President
14 July 1925 Beginning of Allied withdrawal from Ruhrgebiet
16 Oct. 1925 Locarno Treaty guarantees Franco-German borders
24 Apr. 1926 German-Soviet Friendship Treaty
26 May 1926 Wilhelm Marx (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor again
8 Sept. 1926 Acceptance of Germany into the League of Nations
10 Dec. 1926 Nobel peace prize for Foreign Minister Stresemann
28 June 1928 Hermann Müller (SPD) becomes Reich Chancellor again
27 Aug. 1928 Signing of the Kellogg Pact
25 Oct. 1929 Wall Street Crash and onset of the world depression
12 Mar. 1930 Ratification of the Young Plan to attenuate reparations
29 Mar. 1930 Heinrich Brüning (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor
30 June 1930 Early withdrawal of the Allies from the Rhineland
14 Sept. 1930 Reichstag elections - NSDAP becomes 2nd largest party
11 Oct. 1931 Herzburg Front formed between traditionalist and Nazi right
10 Apr. 1932 Re-election of von Hindenburg as Reich President
1 June 1932 Franz von Papen (Centre) becomes Reich Chancellor
9 July 1932 Conference of Lausanne ends reparations definitively
6 Nov. 1932 Reichstag elections in which NSDAP votes drop
3 Dec. 1932 General Kurt von Schleicher becomes Reich Chancellor