Weimar Republic Timeline of Events

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...

Timeline of Events

1919

8.11.1919

The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.

1920

3.13.1920

The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.

1925

4.26.1925

Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.