Timeline of the Weimar Republic
January 1919
- Uprising of the Spartacus League in Berlin
- Liebknecht and Luxemburg are murdered
- National assembly elections
- Weimar chosen as location for the assembly
February 1919
- National Assembly convenes
- Ebert is elected President of the Reich
- The Scheidemann Cabinet is elected
- Kurt Eisner is murdered
April 1919
- Councils’ Republic in Munich
- Second councils’ Meeting
- The socialization committee steps down
- The Bauhaus is founded
May 1919
- The Munich councils’ republic is put down
- The Allies’ conditions for peace are delivered
- The NV holds protest meeting in Berlin
- Light sentences for murderers of Luxemburg/Liebknecht
June 1919
- Allies’ ultimatum to Germany
- The Scheidemann Cabinet resigns
- Gustav Bauer becomes head of government
- The Treaty of Versailles is signed
July 1919 (alt)
- Ratifizierung des Versailler Vertrages
- Ende der alliierten Seeblockade
- Verabschiedung der Weimarer Reichsverfassung
July 1919
- The Treaty of Versailles is ratified
- The Allies’ Blockage Ends
- The Weimar constitution of the Reich is adopted
August 1919
- The Reich’s constitution is signed
- Friedrich Ebert is elected President of the Reich
- Matthias Erzberger presents financial reforms for the Reich
- The National Assembly leaves Weimar
September 1919
- The British Blockade ends
- Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye between Austria and the Allies
- The National Assembly moves to the Berlin Reichstag
November 1919
- The “National Block” wins the parliamentary elections in France
- Hindenburg reinforces the stab-in-the-back myth (Dolchstoßlegende)
- The Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater) is opened in Berlin
December 1919
- The Independent Socialists (USPD) adopt a radically ideological platform at its convention
- Three German Nobel Prize laureates
- First concert of instrumental music on the radio