Max von Baden Biography and Timeline

Birth of Max von Baden

Birth of Max von Baden

Rule of Finland

Germany claims the Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia

Role range: 1914-1918

Rule of Ukraine

Germany claims the Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia

Role range: 1914-1918

Rationing

Due to the naval blockade the civilian ration is reduced to 2,000 calories daily

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Chancellor

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Government

Forms a new Government

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Ceasefire

The German Government formally asks US President Wilson for a ceasfire

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Rebellion of Rebels in Kiel

Suppresses the mutiny of the Kiel Fleet

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Supreme War Council

The Allied Supreme War Council accepts Wilson's Fourteen Points as an armistice basis.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Rebellion of Rebels in Munich

Suppresses the revolution in Munich

Rebellion of Rebels in Munich

Suppresses the revolution in Munich

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Abdication

Helps persuade the Kaiser to abdicate

Role range: 1914-1918

Abdication

Announces the abdication of Wilhelm II during the armistice

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Abdication

Announces the Kaiser has abdicated

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Dismissal

Dismisses Ludendorf during the armistice

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Resignation of Max von Baden

Resigns in favor of Friedrich Ebert, the second Empire is at an end

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Resignation of Max von Baden

Ebert, supported by the "Majority" Socialists, forces von Baden to resign. Asked by Hindenburg to arrange an armistice but saved the indignity

Role range: 1914-1918

Ceasefire

The Allied ceasfire with Germany comes into effect

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Death of Max von Baden

Death of Max von Baden