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| 1902 | USI |  |
| Founds the Union of Saxon Indus trialists |
| 1906 | Election | |
| First enters the Reichstag as a National Liberal |
| 1907 | Election | |
| Elected Member of the Reichstag |
| 1912 | Election | |
| Streseman loses his seat |
| 1914 | Declaration of War | |
| Supports the war effort & annexationist war aims |
| 1914 | Election | |
| Elected Member of the Reichstag |
| 1914 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed National Liberal Leader in the Reichstag |
| 1919 | Constitution | |
| Berlin Votes against the constitution of the Weimar Republic |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles | |
| Versailles Opposes the treaty of Versailles |
| 1923 | Chancellor | |
| 13th Aug Berlin Appointed Chancellor in the "Great Coalition" |
| 6th Oct Berlin Dr Gustav Stresemann (People's) forms 2nd cabinet |
| 1923 | Constitution | |
| 21st Oct Berlin A Rhineland Republic supported by Belgium & France is declared at Aachen |
| 1923 | Economy | |
| Aug To further stabilise the economy Stressman reduces spending and bureaucracy while increasing taxes |
| 13th Aug Six days after the Munich putch a reform 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 Goldmark like the reparations) can be paid back without problems, savings on banks (or in war bonds) are lost, leading to widespread poverty |
| 15th Nov Old Reichsmark 4,200,000,000 = 1 US dollar |
| 15th Nov Rentenmark issued; pegged to the Gold Standard; Rentenmark 4.2 = 1 US dollar; at this time |
| 1923 | Government | |
| 13th Aug Heads a coalition government |
| 1923 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1923 | Occupation | |
| 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 |
| 1923 | Passive Resistance | |
| 24th Sep Ruhr Chancellor Stresemann ends the passive resistance in the Ruhr |
| 1923 | Plot | |
| Munich Restores order after the Munich Beer Hall Putcsh |
| 1923 | Rebellion | |
| Thuringia Puts down a communist rebellion in Thuringia |
| 30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes a coup attempt by the Black 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 the communist 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 the communist and socialist press, the Reichwehr forces these governments to resign |
| Oct Bavaria The Bavarian government takes direct control over the local parts of the Reichswehr |
| 20th Oct Saxony General Alfred Mueller marches on Saxony to prevent a communist takeover |
| 23rd Oct Hamburg Communist takeover of Hamburg |
| 25th Oct Hamburg Hamburg uprising suppressed |
| 29th Oct Saxony The Socialist/Communist government is suppressed in Saxony |
| 8th Nov Munich Beer Hall Putsch in Munich |
| 9th Nov Munich Beer Hall Putsch is crushed |
| 1923 | Rentenmark | |
| 13th Aug Six days after the Munich putch a reform 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 US dollar; at this time |
| 1923 | Reparations | |
| 26th Sep New Chancellor Gustav Streseman ends the passive resistance during French occupation of the Ruhr |
| 1923 | Resignation | |
| 23rd Nov Berlin Forced to resign after the Social Democrats leave the coalition |
| 30th Nov Berlin Dr Stresemann leaves office |
| 1923 | Rhine Republic | |
| 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 |
| 1923 | Rule of Pfalz | |
| 24th Oct Pfalz With French support, separatists try to declare an independet "Autonomous Pfalz" in Speyer |
| 1923 | Rule of Ruhr | |
| 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 |
| 1923 | State of Emergency | |
| 26th Sep Berlin Declares an end to passive resistance in the Ruhr |
| 26th Sep Berlin Declares resumption of reparations payments & a state of emergency |
| 1924 | Dawes Plan | |
| 9th April Accepts the Dawes Plan form German reparations |
| 9th April Foreign loans (primarily from the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States ) would be made available to Germany |
| 9th April Reparation payments would begin at 1 billion marks for the first year and should rise over a period of four years to 2.5 billion marks per year |
| 9th April Sets an upper limit for payment of reparations and limits the time to 37 years, the Motto is "Business, not politics" |
| 9th April The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US |
| 9th April The Dawes Plan provides short term economic benefits to the German economy, It softens the burdens of war reparations, stabilizes the currency, and attracts increased foreign investments and loans to the German market |
| 9th April The German Reichsbank would be reorganized under Allied supervision |
| 9th April The Ruhr area is to be evacuated by Allied occupation troops |
| 9th April The sources for the reparation money should include transportation, excise, and custom taxes |
| 1924 | Economy | |
| 9th April The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US |
| 1925 | Diplomacy | |
| 9th Jan German note sent to France suggesting western security pact |
| 25th Jan German note sent to London suggesting western security pact |
| 1925 | League of Nations | |
| Locarno The Council of the League is required to rule on alleged breaches of the treaty & Britain & Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a 'flagrant contravention' |
| 1925 | Treaty of Locarno | |
| Locarno Germany signs arbitration conventions with France and Belgium and arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia, refering disputes to an arbitral tribunal or to the Permanent Court of International Justice |
| Locarno In its final form the treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles , including the DMZ |
| Locarno The principle treaty is signed between Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy, under which the first three signatories undertook not to attack each other, with the latter two acting as guarantors |
| 9th Feb Locarno Follows Stressman's proposal for a reciprocal of his country's western frontiers as established under the 1919 treaty of Versailles , as a means of facilitating Germany's rehabilitation among the western powers |
| 5th Oct Locarno Germany's security pact proposals result in the Locarno treaties |
| 1st Dec London 7 agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5 October-16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1 |
| 1925 | Treaty of Mutual Guarantee | |
| Locarno Germany and Belgium, and Germany and France, would not attack each other or resort to war against each other, except in legitimate self-defence |
| Locarno In its final form the treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles , including the DMZ |
| Locarno The Council of the League is required to rule on alleged breaches of the treaty & Britain & Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a 'flagrant contravention' |
| 1925 | Treaty of Versailles | |
| Locarno In its final form the treaty of Mutual Guarantee, or Rhineland Pact, as it was more popularly known, confirmed Germany's frontiers with Belgium and France as established at Versailles , including the DMZ |
| 1926 | Evacuation Rhineland | |
| Rhineland Meets Briand to discuss the evacuation of the Rhineland |
| 1926 | League of Nations | |
| Berlin Obtains Germany's admission into the League of Nations |
| 8th Sep Berlin Germany enters the League of Nations, the vote is unanimous |
| 8th Sep Berlin The "spirit of Locarno" is seen in Germany's September 1926 admission to the League of Nations |
| 8th Sep Berlin Wins Germany's admission into the League of Nations with a seat in the League council |
| 1926 | Nobel Prize | |
| 10th Dec Berlin The Nobel Peace Prize is shared by Gustav Stresemann of Germany and Aristide Briand of France |
| 10th Dec Berlin Wins the Nobel Peace Prize with Aristide Briand |
| 1926 | Pact | |
| Berlin Accepts the Locarno Pact |
| 1926 | Rule of Saarland | |
| Saarland Meets Briand to discuss the return of the Saarland to Germany |
| 1926 | Treaty of Locarno | |
| Berlin Accepts the Locarno Pact |
| The "spirit of Locarno" is seen in Germany's September 1926 admission to the League of Nations |
| 24th April German-Soviet non-aggression pact |
| 1927 | Allied Control Commission | |
| Jan The Allied Control Commission is withdrawn from Germany |
| 1928 | Diplomacy | |
| Berlin Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact |
| 1928 | Pact | |
| Berlin Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact |
| 1929 | Death | |
| 3rd Oct Berlin Death of Gustav Stressman |
| 1929 | Diplomacy | |
| Stresemann proposes that France, Germany and Belgium should recognize as permanent their frontiers that were agreed at Versallies |
| Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France |
| 1929 | Pact | |
| 8th Feb Berlin Germany accepts the Kellog-Briand Pact |
| 1929 | Protocol Litvinov | |
| 9th Feb Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war |
| 1929 | Treaty of Versallies | |
| Stresemann proposes that France, Germany and Belgium should recognize as permanent their frontiers that were agreed at Versallies |
| 1929 | Treaty of Young Plan | |
| Berlin Accepts the Young Plan |
