• November 9th 1918




  • November 11th 1918




  • January 12th 1919




  • February 6th 1919




  • April 1919




  • June 28th 1919




  • August 21st 1919




  • January 19th 1919




  • Kaiser abdicates, German republic proclaimed




  • Armistice ends fighting in World War I




  • Communists attempt to seize control of Berlin




  • The new national assembly meets in Weimar




  • Revolutionaries declare a Bavarian socialist republic




  • The Treaty of Versailles signed by all parties




  • Friedrich Ebert sworn in as first German president




  • Elections held to form a new national assembly