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| 1st Nazi Party Day Hitler, Adolf |  |
| 27th Jan Munich Includes 12 public rallies held in & around Munich in defiance of a police ban |
| Anniversary Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| 8th Nov Munich Holds a meeting of Nationalists to mark the 5th anniversary of the WW1 armistice |
| Arrest Goering, Herman | |
| Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch |
| Arrest Hess, Rudolph | |
| Berlin Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch |
| Arrest Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st April Landsberg Imprisoned for 5 yrs in Landsberg fortress |
| 27th July Hitler is released |
| 11th Nov Landsberg Held in Landsberg fortress |
11th Nov Uffing Arrested in Austria  for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch |
| Arrest Jager, Heinz | |
| Berlin Arrested for refusing to sell his farm near the Berghof for Hitler's mountain lair |
| Arrest Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| Berlin Arrested for his part in the Munich Beer Hall putsch |
| Birth Trautman, Bernhard Carl "Bert" | |
| 22nd Oct Bremen Birth of Bert Trautman |
| Black Reichswehr Bock, Fedor von | |
| 30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes aCoup attempt by the Black Reichswehr |
| Chairman CCP Fehrenbach, Konstantin | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Catholic Centre Party |
| Chancellor Marx, Wihelm | |
| Berlin Appointed Chancellor of Germany , 1st term |
| Chancellor Stressman, Gustav | |
| 13th Aug Berlin Appointed Chancellor in the "Great Coalition" |
| 6th Oct Berlin Dr Gustav Stresemann (People's) forms 2nd cabinet |
| Commanding Officer Lossow, Otto Herman von | |
| Bavaria Appointed Commanding Officer in Bavaria |
| Communist Party Th„lmann, Ernst | |
A new KPD leadership loyal to Joseph Stalin, the new Soviet  Premier, was installed, headed by Ernst Th„lmann, abandons the goal of immediate revolution, and from 1924 onwards contested Reichstag elections |
| Constitution Stressman, Gustav | |
21st Oct Berlin A Rhineland Republic supported by Belgium  & France  is declared at Aachen |
| Coup d'Etat Seeckt, Hans von | |
| Berlin Suppresses the Hitler-Ludendorf led "beer hall putsch" |
| Death Schlageter, Albert Leo | |
| 27th May Albert Leo Schlageter, a German freebooter and saboteur, is executed by a French firing squad in the Ruhr, Hitler declares him a hero that the German nation was not worthy to possess |
| Deutscher Kampfund Hitler, Adolf | |
| Sep Bavaria Forms a coalition, the Deutscher Kampfund, with other extremist Bavarian organizations |
| Devaluation Cuno, Wilhelm Carl Josef | |
| 22nd June Berlin 622,000 Marks to the pound sterling, halved in value in one month |
| Economy Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Ruhr Occupation of the Ruhr leads to hyper-inflation |
| Ruhr The Republic claimed it could no longer afford the reparations payments required by the Versailles treaty, and theGovernment defaulted on some payments, in response, French and Belgium troops occupied the Ruhr |
| 15th Nov Ruhr A new currency, the Rentenmark, is introduced at the rate of 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000) Papiermark for 1 Rentenmark. At that time, 1 U.S. dollar was equal to 4.2 Rentenmark |
| Economy Marx, Wihelm | |
| Ruhr The Republic claimed it could no longer afford the reparations payments required by the Versailles treaty, and theGovernment defaulted on some payments, in response, French and Belgium troops occupied the Ruhr |
| Jan Ruhr At the end of the reparations moratorium, Germany cannot resume payments and defaults, France , accompanied by a token Belgium force, marches into the Ruhr Valley and sets up a military occupation |
| Economy Stressman, Gustav | |
| Aug To further stabilise the economy Stressman reduces spending and bureaucracy while increasing taxes |
| 13th Aug Six days after the Munich putch areform of the German currency takes place and the Rentenmark is introduced, this effectively ends inflation |
| 13th Aug Stresemann issues the Rentenmark, to halt the extreme hyperinflation crippling German society and the economy. It was successful because Stresemann refused to issue more currency, the cause of the inflationary spiral |
| Oct Inflation reaches an all time high, 1 US-Dollar costs 40 Billion Marks |
| Oct War bonds (which are rated by Reichsmark, not Gold mark like the reparations) can be paid back without problems, savings on banks (or in war bonds) are lost, leading to widespread poverty |
15th Nov Rentenmark issued; pegged to the Gold Standard; Rentenmark 4.2 = 1 USA  dollar; at this time |
| 15th Nov Old Reichsmark 4,200,000,000 = 1 USA dollar |
| Execution Hitler, Adolf | |
| 27th May Albert Leo Schlageter, a German freebooter and saboteur, is executed by a French firing squad in the Ruhr, Hitler declares him a hero that the German nation was not worthy to possess |
| Execution Schlageter, Albert Leo | |
| 27th May Albert Leo Schlageter, a German freebooter and saboteur, is executed by a French firing squad in the Ruhr, Hitler declares him a hero that the German nation was not worthy to possess |
| Exile Goering, Herman | |
Nov Escapes to Austria after the Munich Beer Hall Putsch then lives in Italy  & Sweden  |
| Government Stressman, Gustav | |
| 13th Aug Heads a coalition government |
| Invasion of Germany Marx, Wihelm | |
| Jan Ruhr At the end of the reparations moratorium, Germany cannot resume payments and defaults, France , accompanied by a token Belgium force, marches into the Ruhr Valley and sets up a military occupation |
| Jews Hitler, Adolf | |
| 13th April Munich Blames the Jews for the loss of the war, inflation & the occupation of the Ruhr |
| Meeting Hitler Jodl, Alfred | |
| 1st meets Hitler & is convinced of his "genius" |
| Minister of Finance Hilferding, Rudolf | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance, 1st term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Stressman, Gustav | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Bauriedi, Andreas | |
| 9th Nov Munich Bauriedi's blood is spilt over the "Blutfahne", the relic NAZI standard |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Dietrich, Sepp | |
| Munich Takes part in the Munich Putsch |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Feder, Gottfried | |
| 9th Nov Munich Feder takes part in the party's Beer Hall Putsch |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Frank, Hans | |
| Munich Participates in the Munich putsch as a stormtrooper |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Goering, Herman | |
| 8th Nov Munich Severely wounded after the police open fire, wounds which effect his future health |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Himmler, Heinrich | |
| 9th Nov Munich Arrives to take over the War Ministry but cannot gain entrance |
| 9th Nov Munich Marches alongside Ernst Rohm who the SS would later execute |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Nov Munich A failed attempt by Hitler to topple the BavarianGovernment & march on Berlin |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| 8th Nov Munich Holds a meeting of Nationalists to mark the 5th anniversary of the WW1 armistice |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 9th Nov Munich Arrives in the Burgerbraukeller in support of the putsch to take control of the Army |
| 9th Nov Munich Proposes the march through Munich which gives the NAZI's their 1st martyrs, 14 killed |
| 9th Nov Munich Arrives in the Burgerbraukeller in support of the putsch to take control of the Army |
| 9th Nov Munich Proposes the march through Munich which gives the NAZI's their 1st martyrs, 14 killed |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Rohm, Ernst | |
| Munich Participates in the Munich Beer Hall Puts |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Rosenberg, Alfred | |
| 9th Nov Munich Marches through Munich in support of the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch |
| Munich Beer Hall Putsch Trambauer, Heinrich | |
| 9th Nov Munich Carries the "Blutfahne" as the standard bearer |
| Nazi Party Day Hitler, Adolf | |
| 28th Jan Marsfeld The trooping of the SA colours takes plac attended by 60,000 storm troopers |
| NSDAP Himmler, Heinrich | |
| Appointed Member of the NSDAP |
| Occupation Cuno, Wilhelm Carl Josef | |
| 13th Jan Ruhr German Chancellor Cuno declares "passive resistance", strikes, riots and bloody clashes of the occupation troops with workers are common |
| Occupation Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Ruhr The Ruhr is occupied by the French & Belgium s after non-payment of reparations |
| Occupation Hitler, Adolf | |
| 11th Jan Ruhr French & Belgium troops march into the Ruhr after Germany defaults on reparations |
| 11th Jan Ruhr Hitler announces there will be 12 Party rallies on 27th January |
| Occupation Stressman, Gustav | |
| 26th Sep New Chancellor Gustav Streseman ends the passive resistance during French occupation of the Ruhr |
21st Oct With French support, separatists try to declare an independent "Rhine Republic" in Aachen, the plan fails due to resistance by the population and the British  disapproval |
| Party Leader Th„lmann, Ernst | |
| A new KPD leadership loyal to Joseph Stalin, the new Soviet Premier, was installed, headed by Ernst Th„lmann, abandons the goal of immediate revolution, and from 1924 onwards contested Reichstag elections |
| Passive Resistance Stressman, Gustav | |
| 24th Sep Ruhr Chancellor Stresemann ends the passive resistance in the Ruhr |
| Plot Hess, Rudolph | |
| 8th Nov Munich Siezes Bavarian Government ministers & holds them under arrest |
| Plot Lossow, Otto Herman von | |
| 9th Nov Munich Promises NAZI support but follows orders from the High Command to crush the putsch |
| Plot Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| Munich Helps suppress the Beer-Hall Putsch in Munich |
| Plot Stressman, Gustav | |
| Munich Restores order after the Munich Beer Hall Putcsh |
| President Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| Appointed President of the Reichsbank, 1st term |
| Publication Einstein, Albert | |
| Publication of, "The Meaning of Relativity" |
| Rally NSDAP Hitler, Adolf | |
| Munich 1st Nazi rally is held in Munich & attracts 20,000 |
| Aug Nuremberg Germa 1st Nuremberg Nazi rally is held, Julius Streicher had suggested the location |
| Rally NSDAP Streicher, Julius | |
| Aug 1st Nuremberg Nazi rally is held, Julius Streicher had suggested the location |
| Rebellion Bock, Fedor von | |
| 30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes aCoup attempt by the Black Reichswehr |
| Rebellion Lossow, Otto von | |
| 20th Oct Bavaria General Otto von Lossow in Bavaria is relieved of command by Berlin; he refuses. |
| Rebellion Mueller, Alfred | |
| 20th Oct Saxony General Alfred Mueller marches on Saxony to prevent aCommunist takeover |
| Rebellion Stressman, Gustav | |
| Thuringia Puts down a communistrebellion in Thuringia |
| 30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes aCoup attempt by the Black Reichswehr |
| Oct Bavaria The BavarianGovernment takes direct control over the local parts of the Reichswehr |
| Oct Hamburg Bloody street riots in Hamburg between communists and the police |
| Oct Saxony In Saxony and Thuringia the coalition-governments of KPD and SPD protest against the prohibition of theCommunist and socialist press, the Reichwehr forces these governments to resign |
| Oct Thuringia In Saxony and Thuringia the coalition-governments of KPD and SPD protest against the prohibition of theCommunist and socialist press, the Reichwehr forces these governments to resign |
| 20th Oct Saxony General Alfred Mueller marches on Saxony to prevent aCommunist takeover |
| 23rd Oct Hamburg Communist takeover of Hamburg |
| 25th Oct Hamburg Hamburg uprising suppressed |
| 29th Oct Saxony The Socialist/CommunistGovernment is suppressed in Saxony |
| 8th Nov Munich Beer Hall Putsch in Munich |
| 9th Nov Munich Beer Hall Putsch is crushed |
| Reichcommissioner Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| Berlin Appointed Reichcommissioner in Bavaria during a stae of emergency |
| Reichswaehrungskommissar Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| 12th Nov Berlin Dr Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht is named ''Reichswaehrungskommissar'' |
| Rentenmark Stressman, Gustav | |
| 13th Aug Six days after the Munich putch areform of the German currency takes place and the Rentenmark is introduced, this effectively ends inflation |
| 13th Aug Stresemann issues the Rentenmark, to halt the extreme hyperinflation crippling German society and the economy. It was successful because Stresemann refused to issue more currency, the cause of the inflationary spiral |
| 15th Nov Rentenmark issued; pegged to the Gold Standard; Rentenmark 4.2 = 1 USA dollar; at this time |
| Reparations Cuno, Wilhelm Carl Josef | |
| 13th Jan Ruhr German Chancellor Cuno declares "passive resistance", strikes, riots and bloody clashes of the occupation troops with workers are common |
| Reparations Marx, Wihelm | |
| Jan Ruhr At the end of the reparations moratorium, Germany cannot resume payments and defaults, France , accompanied by a token Belgium force, marches into the Ruhr Valley and sets up a military occupation |
| Reparations Stressman, Gustav | |
| 26th Sep New Chancellor Gustav Streseman ends the passive resistance during French occupation of the Ruhr |
| Resignation Cuno, Wilhelm Carl Josef | |
| 12th Aug Berlin Resigns due to the collapse of the German economy |
| 13th Aug Wilhelm Cuno (No party affiliation) leaves office |
| Resignation Stressman, Gustav | |
| 23rd Nov Berlin Forced to resign after the Social Democrats leave the coalition |
| 30th Nov Berlin Dr Stresemann leaves office |
| Rhine Republic Stressman, Gustav | |
| 21st Oct Ruhr With French support, separatists try to declare an independent "Rhine Republic" in Aachen, the plan fails due to resistance by the population and the British disapproval |
| Rule of Pfalz Stressman, Gustav | |
| 24th Oct Pfalz With French support, separatists try to declare an independet "Autonomous Pfalz" in Speyer |
| Rule of Ruhr Stressman, Gustav | |
| 21st Oct Ruhr With French support, separatists try to declare an independent "Rhine Republic" in Aachen, the plan fails due to resistance by the population and the British disapproval |
| SA Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Nov Founds the SA |
| Speech Hitler, Adolf | |
| 13th April Munich Blames the Jews for the loss of the war, inflation & the occupation of the Ruhr |
| State of Emergency Hitler, Adolf | |
| 26th Sep Bavaria A state of emergency is declared in Bavaria |
| State of Emergency Knilling, Eugen von | |
| 26th Sep Bavaria Declares a state of emergency in Bavaria |
| State of Emergency Stressman, Gustav | |
| 26th Sep Berlin Declares an end to passive resistance in the Ruhr |
| 26th Sep Berlin Declares resumption of reparations payments & a state of emergency |
| 26th Sep Berlin Declares an end to passive resistance in the Ruhr |
| Trial Hitler, Adolf | |
| 24th Feb Munich 1st day of Hitler's trial in Munich for treason |
