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1923 In Germany
Events in the year 1923 in Germany. Incumbents National level President *Friedrich Ebert (Social Democrats) Chancellor *Wilhelm Cuno (Non-partisan) to 12 August, then from 13 August Gustav Stresemann (German People's Party) to 30 November, then Wilhelm Marx ''(1st term)'' (Centre) Events * 11 January – French and Belgian troops enter the Ruhr in the Occupation of the Ruhr because of Germany’s refusal to pay war reparations, causing strikes and a severe economic crisis. * 20 April – Julius Streicher's antisemitic newspaper ''Der Stürmer'' begins publication. * 13 August – The First Stresemann cabinet was sworn in. * 15 September – Germany's bank rate is raised to 90% due to hyperinflation. See 1920s German inflation. * 26 September: ** Chancellor Gustav Stresemann calls for an end to passive resistance and protests by Germans against the French and Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr. ** The German government declares a state of emergency under Article 48 of the German Wei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antisemitism has historically been manifested in many ways, ranging from expressions of hatred of or discrimination against individual Jews to organized pogroms by mobs, police forces, or genocide. Although the term did not come into common usage until the 19th century, it is also applied to previous and later anti-Jewish incidents. Notable instances of persecution include the Rhineland massacres preceding the First Crusade in 1096, the Edict of Expulsion from England in 1290, the 1348–1351 persecution of Jews during the Black Death, the massacres of Spanish Jews in 1391, the persecutions of the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the Cossack massacres in Ukraine from 1648 to 1657, various anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 October
Events Pre-1600 *1096 – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade. *1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch. * 1392 – Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. *1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. * 1520 – João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins". *1600 – Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan. 1601–1900 *1774 – The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty". *1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate is launched. *1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Stresemann Cabinet
The Second Stresemann cabinet (German: ''Zweites Kabinett Stresemann'') was the ninth democratically elected ''Reichsregierung'' of the German Reich, during the period in which it is now usually referred to as the Weimar Republic. The cabinet was named after ''Reichskanzler'' (chancellor) Gustav Stresemann and took office on 6 October 1923 when it replaced the First Stresemann cabinet which had resigned on 3 October. Stresemann's second cabinet resigned on 23 November 1923 and was replaced on 30 November by the first cabinet under chancellor Wilhelm Marx. Establishment The first Stresemann cabinet resigned late on 3 October 1923 due to disagreement between the political parties over the extent to which the planned ''Ermächtigungsgesetz'' should give the government power to change the length of the working day by decree. However, the ''Große Koalition'' (grand coalition) of DVP, Social Democrats (SPD), Zentrum and German Democratic Party (DDP) was not replaced by a new constel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 October
Events Pre-1600 *105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. *69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. *AD 23 – Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. *404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. * 618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. *1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. *1600 – '' Euridice'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. 1601–1900 *1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. *1762 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
