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Rhineland, The in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rhineland, The in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

13 records9 event labels8 people1795โ€“1936

Historical events in Rhineland, The

1795

2 June 1795
Rule of Rhineland, The
Frederick William II ยท Revolution of Germany

Under the Treaty of Basle, gives up Prussian territories west of the Rhine to France

1814

1814
Occupation
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher ยท Napoleonic Wars

Crosses the River Rhine

1919

1 June 1919
Declaration of Rhineland Rep
Phillip Scheidemann ยท Weimar Republic

The Rhineland Republic is declared with the support of France

28 June 1919
Treaty of Versailles
Gustav Bauer ยท Weimar Republic

Included in the Treaty is the demilitarization of the Rhineland

1924

1924
Occupation
Wihelm Marx ยท Weimar Republic

At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

1926

1926
Evacuation
Gustav Stressman ยท League of Nations

Meets Briand to discuss the evacuation of the Rhineland

1930

29 March 1930
Chancellor
Heinrich Bruening ยท Weimar Republic

Heinrich Bruning is appointed the successor of Chancellor Muller by Paul von Hindenburg after months of political lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military

30 June 1930
Occupation
Heinrich Bruening ยท Weimar Republic

The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland

30 June 1930
Weimar Republic
Heinrich Bruening ยท Weimar Republic

The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland

1936

February 1936
Occupation
Adolf Hitler ยท NSDAP Government

France ratifies a Treaty with Russia, Hitler uses this to march into the Rhineland

7 March 1936
Locarno Treaty Breach in Rhineland
Adolf Hitler ยท NSDAP Government

The German entry into the demilitarized zone constitutes a breach of the Locarno guarantee system.

7 March 1936
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Adolf Hitler ยท NSDAP Government

Hitler sends German troops into the demilitarized Rhineland, violating the Versailles and Locarno settlement.

7 March 1936
Treaty of Versailles
Adolf Hitler ยท NSDAP Government

Hitler occupies the Rhineland in contravention of Versailles, an act of war

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