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German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
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Kurt Eisner
German politician, revolutionary and journalist
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Assassination
Murder of a prominent person
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1919 unrecognized socialist state in Germany
The Bavarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Munich Soviet Republic, was a short-lived unrecognised socialist state in Bavaria during the German revolution of 1918–1919.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Capital, most populous city in Bavaria
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