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365 days of German history
Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.
Start of the Spartacus Uprising
The socialist provisional government that followed the overthrow of the monarchy in the November Revolution of 1918 tried to maintain a united front, integrating both those factions seeking an orderly transition to democracy and supporters of radical change. When moderates began to co-operate with the former imperial military, the radical left saw this as a betrayal of their goals and left the government. Allying with other radical groupings such as the Spartacus league, they formed the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). [...]
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