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born February 4, 1871, in Heidelberg

1900

Elected Social Democratic (SPD) representative in the Bremen municipal assembly.
Bremen trade-union official.

1905

Ebert becomes Secretary in the SPD executive board.

1912

Ebert is elected to the German Reichstag.

1913

Successor to August Bebel as SPD party chairman (together with Hugo Haase).

1916

Co-chairman with Philipp Scheidemann of the SPD fraction in the German Reichtag.

November 9, 1918

Revolution in Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and goes into exile in the Netherlands. Prince Max of Boden entrusts Ebert with managing the affairs of state.

February 11, 1919

The National Assembly elects Friedrich Ebert President of the Reich.

October 24, 1922

The Reichstag votes to prolong Friedrich Ebert's presidency to 1925.

February 28, 1925

President Ebert dies in Berlin.

 

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