Historical place archive

River Rhine in History

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

5 records4 event labels3 people1813–1924

Historical events in River Rhine

1813

31 December 1813
Invasion of France
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher · Napoleonic Wars

The Allied forces under Blucher cross the Rhine

1918

9 November 1918
Armistice
Friedrich Ebert · World War, 1st

The Allies demand the demilitarization of the Rhineland & annulment Brest Litovsk

11 November 1918
Armistice
Friedrich Ebert · World War, 1st

German troops begin their withdrawal to the Rhine

1924

1924
Dawes Plan
Wihelm Marx · Weimar Republic

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

1924
Reparations
Wihelm Marx · Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan, the US vice president helps to craft a plan for annual German installment payments, but avoids the more troublesome issue of the total amount owed. At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and River Rhine. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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