Social Democratic Party of Germany

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1914

December

02
- Liebknecht votes against war creditsOn 2 December 1914 the Reichstag passed another 5 billion marks of war credits. The only deputy to vote against was the Social Democrat Karl Liebknecht.

1917

July

19
- Reichstag peace resolutionOn 19 July 1917 the Reichstag, with Social Democrat, Centre and Progressive votes, called for a peace of understanding without forced annexations.

November

01
- Hertling becomes ChancellorOn 1 November 1917 the Kaiser dismissed Georg Michaelis and appointed the 74-year-old Bavarian premier Georg von Hertling, a Centre politician, Chancellor.

1918

January

28
- The January strike in GermanyOn 28 January 1918 Berlin's armaments works came to a halt. 400,000 workers struck, about a million across Germany. They demanded peace and democracy.

October

03
- Max von Baden becomes chancellorOn 3 October 1918 Prince Max von Baden became Reich chancellor. For the first time in the Empire's history Social Democrats joined the government.

November

09
- Key eventRevolution in BerlinOn 9 November 1918 the revolution reached Berlin. The chancellor announced the Kaiser's abdication and handed power to Ebert; Scheidemann proclaimed a republic.

December