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| 1879 | Birth |  |
| 29th Oct Werl Birth of Franz von Papen, Werl, Westphalia to a wealthy noble family |
| 1907 | Lieutenant Papen | |
| Appointedieutenant in a cavalry regiment |
| 1913 | Captain | |
| Appointed Captain in the General Staff |
| 1913 | Military Attache | |
| Appointed Military Attache to Mexico |
| 1915 | Expulsion Papen | |
| Expelled from the USA as "persona non grata" |
| 1915 | Military Attache | |
| Appointed Military Attache to the USA |
| 1918 | Chief of Staff | |
| Appointedhief-of-Staff with the Turkish 4th Army in Palestine |
| 1918 | Lieutenant General | |
| Appointedieutenant General in Turkey |
| Appointed Lieutenant General in Turkey |
| 1921 | CCP Papen | |
| Appointed Member of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1921 | Deputy | |
| Berlin Appointed Deputy of the Prussian Landtag |
| 1932 | Cabinet | |
| Forms the "Cabinet of Barons", 4 Barons & a Count without majority Reichstag support |
| 13th Aug Appoints as Reichswehr Minister Kurt von Schleicher and all of the members of the new cabinet are of the same political opinion as Hindenberg. |
| 13th Aug Hitler refuses to serve as Franz von Papen's vice chancellor |
| 1932 | Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| Hindenburg tells Papen to form a government "above parties" |
| Uses Schleicher's list which includes 5 members of the nobility |
| Von Papen is closely associated with the industrialist and land-owning classes and pursued an extreme Conservative policy along Hindenburg's lines |
| 1st June Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| 1932 | Conference of Lausanne | |
| 9th July Lausanne At the Conference in Lausanne reparations are fixed on a final sum of 3 billion Goldmarks, this gives a total of paid reparations of 53 Billion Goldmarks |
| 11th Dec Lausanne At the Conference in Lausanne the major powers acknowledge Germanys equal rights in (re)armament |
| 1932 | Dismissal | |
| 20th July Otto Braun his Social Democratic Administration are deposed by Chancellor Papen |
| 1932 | Election | |
| July Since most parties opposed the new government, von Papen had the Reichstag dissolved and calls for new elections |
| 31st July Supports Hindenburg during the Presidential elections rather than his own party |
| 31st July The general elections yield major gains for the KPD and the Nazis, who win 37.2% of the vote, supplanting the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag |
| 6th Nov Elections yield 33.1% for the Nazis, dropping 2 million voters, Franz von Papen steps down, and is succeeded by General Kurt von Schleicher as Reichskanzler |
| 6th Nov Unable to win a majority in the Reichstag |
| 1932 | National Concentration | |
| 1st June Forms the Cabinet of National Concentration |
| 13th Aug Hitler refuses to serve as Franz von Papen's vice chancellor |
| 1932 | Reich Commissioner | |
| 20th July Deposes the Prussian Government & appoints himself Reich Commissioner for Prussia |
| 20th July Ends any prospect of a democratic election |
| 1932 | Reichstag | |
| July Since most parties opposed the new government, von Papen had the Reichstag dissolved and calls for new elections |
| 1932 | Reparations | |
| 9th July At the Conference in Lausanne reparations are fixed on a final sum of 3 billion Goldmarks, this gives a total of paid reparations of 53 Billion Goldmarks |
| 1932 | Resignation | |
| 6th Nov Hindenburg urges Papen's resignation |
| 3rd Dec Papen resigns after a failure to pass his plans for a "new state" |
| 3rd Dec Resigns after Schleicher deserts Papen because of his reactionary policies |
| 1932 | SA | |
| 15th June Papen lifts the ban on the SA, in accordance with his promise to Schleicher |
| 15th June Von Papen lifts the ban on the SA, imposed after the street riots, in an unsuccessful attempt to secure the backing of Hitler |
| 1932 | Vote Confidence | |
| July Berlin Loses a vote of confidence in the Reichstag |
| July Berlin The emergency decrees carried fail to help the Papen plan stimulate the economy |
| 1932 | Weimar Republic | |
| Von Papen is closely associated with the industrialist and land-owning classes and pursued an extreme Conservative policy along Hindenburg's lines |
| 1933 | Ambassador | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Austria |
| 1933 | Concordat | |
| 8th July Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| 8th July Rome Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| 1933 | Government | |
| 30th Jan As Vice Chancellor believes he can contain Hitler & use him to gain supreme power |
| 1933 | Prime Minister | |
| 1st June Appointed Prime Minister of Prussia |
| 1933 | Reichstag | |
| 4th Jan Cologne It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor |
| 4th Jan Cologne Meets Hitler at von Schroeder's home |
| 1933 | Vice Chancellor | |
| Berlin Appointed Vice Chancellor to Hitler |
| 30th Jan Berlin Appointed Vice Chancellor |
| 1934 | Diplomacy | |
| Vienna Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup |
| 1934 | Purge | |
| 30th June Berlin A group of Nazis attempt to kill Papen but he persuades them not to |
| 1934 | Speech | |
| 17th June Marburg At the University of Marburg calls for a halt to the Nazi excesses |
| 1938 | Dismissal | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Ambassador to Austria |
| 1939 | Ambassador | |
| Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| 1945 | Arrest | |
| April Ruhr Arrested in the Ruhr by the Allies |
| 1945 | Nuremberg War Trials | |
| Nuremburg Acquitted of all charges |
| 1946 | Nuremberg War Trials | |
| Nuremburg Brought to trial by the Allies at the Military Tribunal at Nuremberg but acquited |
| 1st Oct Nuremburg Acquited at the Nuremberg war crimes trials |
| 1947 | Trial | |
| Feb Nuremberg Germa Sentenced to 8 months by a denazification court as a war criminal |
| 1949 | Trial | |
| Jan Appeals against his sentence & is released |
| 1969 | Death | |
| 2nd May Obersasbach Dies in Obersasbach, Baden |
