German Revolution of 1918–1919

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The German Revolution of 1918–1919 was a series of uprisings and political upheavals at the end of World War I that overthrew the German monarchy and led to the establishment of a democratic republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in German history ⓘ
political upheaval ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aim end of the monarchy in Germany ⓘ
establishment of a democratic republic in Germany ⓘ
introduction of social and political reforms in Germany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs November Revolution ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
chronologicalSuccessor Weimar Republic ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
endTime 1919-08 ⓘ
hasCause World War I ⓘ
discontent among German sailors and soldiers ⓘ
economic hardship in Germany during World War I ⓘ
food shortages in Germany ⓘ
influence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
military defeat of the German Empire in World War I ⓘ
war weariness among German population ⓘ
hasPart Bavarian Soviet Republic ⓘ
January 1919 Berlin uprising ⓘ
linked to: Spartacist uprising

Kiel mutiny ⓘ
November Revolution ⓘ
Spartacist uprising ⓘ
keyFigure Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
Gustav Noske ⓘ
Karl Liebknecht ⓘ
Philipp Scheidemann ⓘ
Rosa Luxemburg ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
Bremen ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Kiel ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
opponent Freikorps ⓘ
linked to: Freikorps soldiers

German High Command ⓘ
conservative monarchists ⓘ
participant Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
German Imperial Navy ⓘ
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
Spartacus League ⓘ
soldiers' councils ⓘ
workers' councils ⓘ
partOf European revolutions of 1917–1923 ⓘ
result abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II ⓘ
armistice of 11 November 1918 ⓘ
collapse of the German Empire ⓘ
end of the German monarchy ⓘ
establishment of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
introduction of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
proclamation of a German republic ⓘ
signing of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
significantEvent crushing of the Bavarian Soviet Republic by Freikorps ⓘ
election to the Weimar National Assembly in January 1919 ⓘ
establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic ⓘ
formation of the Council of the People’s Deputies ⓘ
proclamation of the republic in Berlin on 9 November 1918 ⓘ
suppression of the Spartacist uprising ⓘ
startTime 1918-10 ⓘ
temporalContext end of World War I ⓘ

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Weimar Republic → startEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria → endedBy → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
House of Hesse-Darmstadt → dissolutionCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → dissolutionCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → dissolvedBy → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Free People’s State of Württemberg → establishedAsResultOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
King of Württemberg → endCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Prussian Order of the Crown → disestablishedAsConsequenceOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany → significantEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Spartacus League → participatedIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Spartacus League → historicalPeriod → Weimar Revolution period ⓘ
linked to: German Revolution of 1918–1919
Spartacist uprising → isPartOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck → participantIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Otto Grotewohl → participantIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse → endEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden → endEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
House of Hohenzollern → lostThronesAfter → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Kapp Putsch → precededBy → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Matthias Erzberger → participantIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Abdication of Wilhelm II → hasEffect → establishment of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
linked to: German Revolution of 1918–1919
Abdication of Wilhelm II → follows → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Abdication of Wilhelm II → partOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Abdication of Wilhelm II → relatedTo → November Revolution ⓘ
linked to: German Revolution of 1918–1919
Bavarian Army → dissolvedAsResultOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Imperial Ministry of Finance → dissolvedFollowing → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Ludwig III of Bavaria → notableEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Ludwig III of Bavaria → causeOfEndOfReign → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
King of Saxony → endCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Weimar National Assembly → historicalContext → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Ernst Thälmann → participantIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Prussian Minister President → significantEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
German Revolution of 1918–1919 → hasPart → November Revolution ⓘ
linked to: German Revolution of 1918–1919
German Revolution of 1918–1919 → alsoKnownAs → November Revolution ⓘ
linked to: German Revolution of 1918–1919
Drums in the Night → historicalContext → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Prussian House of Lords → reasonForDissolution → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Second Reich → endCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony → demiseCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony → endOfReignContext → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Free State of Waldeck → formedAsResultOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse → endOfReignReason → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Maximilian of Baden → significantEvent → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Friedrich Ebert → participatedIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Erich Mühsam → participantIn → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
DNVP → foundedAfter → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Free State of Gotha → establishedAsResultOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Imperial Ministry of the Interior → dissolvedFollowing → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine → endCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Principality of Lippe → dissolvedFollowing → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Saxony-Meiningen → dissolutionCause → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
King of Bavaria → abolishedAsResultOf → German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ