|
1919 |
| Date |
Event |
| 5th
January |
Spartacists
took over public buildings, organized a general strike and formed a
revolutionary committee |
| 6th January |
Spartacists
roamed streets firing guns and waving red flags
|
|
| 10th
January |
Free
Corps capture Newspaper building occupied by communists |
| 11th
January |
all
other buildings occupied by Spartacists were taken over |
| 13th
January |
Free
Corps caught and killed the Spartacist leaders and ended the Spartacist
uprising.
|
| 19th
January |
30
million Germans voted for the three main socialist parties excluding the
communists. |
| 6th
February |
The
new parliament met in Wiemar
|
| 7th
May |
The
Treaty of Versailles was presented to the German government
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|
| May |
Places of amusement closed down and people marched against Versailles |
 |
| 28th
June |
two
German ministers signed the treaties because generals had informed the
government the army could not fight and win. |
| British,
American and French troops enter the Rhineland due to the treaty of
Versailles |
| August
|
the
new constitution was published and Ebert became president. |
