events
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Related Wikipedia articles
Kaiser
German word for "emperor", associated with rulers of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kaiser is the title historically used by German and Austrian emperors. In German, the title in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the rank of king. In English, the word kaiser is mainly applied to the emperors of the unified German Empire (1871–1918) and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wilhelm II
German Emperor from 1888 to 1918
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
German revolution of 1918–1919
Overthrow of the German Empire and creation of the Weimar Republic
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution, was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I. It quickly and almost bloodlessly brought down the German Empire, then, in its more violent second stage, the supporters…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Proclamation of the republic in Germany
Proclaiming of German Republic 1918
The proclamation of the republic in Germany took place in Berlin twice on 9 November 1918, the first at the Reichstag building by Philipp Scheidemann of the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD) and the second a few hours later by Karl Liebknecht, the leader of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Weimar Republic
German state from 1918 to 1933
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was the German state from 1919 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic. The period's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)