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Abdication

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1862–1918Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1862

Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen21 September 1862

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Promises to manage Parliament & put through reforms in defiance of Parliament. Persuades William not to abdicate & ends the Constitutional Crisis

1918

Friedrich Ebert7 November 1918

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

supporter of the monarchy until the abdication of the Kaiser ("If the Kaiser abdicates, the social revolution is inevitable. But I do not want it, I hate it like sin", he says to Max von Baden

Kurt Eisner1918

Bavaria · Government / Government of Germany

The Wittelsbach King abdicates & Eisner heads of a Soviet style Government

Names involved

Friedrich EbertKurt EisnerOtto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen

Provenance

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