- 1923 in Germany
"See also:"
1922 in Germany ,
other events of 1923,1924 in Germany and the
list of 'years in Germany'.----
Events
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January 11 - French and Belgian troops occupy theRuhr after Germany defaults on coal payments.
*August 6 - Foreign MinisterGustav Stresemann becomes German Chancellor upon the resignation ofWilhelm Cuno .
*August 10 -13 - Strikes and riots break out in response to the government's failure to deal with the economic crisis.
*September 15 - Germany's bank rate is raised to 90% due tohyperinflation . See1920s German inflation .
*September 26 - Gustav Stresemann calls for an end to passive resistance and protests by Germans against the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
*September 26 - The German government declares a state of emergency under Article 48 of the GermanWeimar Constitution due to the economic and political violence.
*October 21 - A separatist government is formed in theRhineland Palatinate which is quickly recognized by the French government.
*November 8 -9 - Members of theNational Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi), led byAdolf Hitler , fail in acoup attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government inMunich, Germany which is later known as the "Munich Putsch ".
*November 15 - The value of the German Papiermark falls to 4.2e|12 mark to theUnited States dollar causing the German government to issue the Rentenmark as a replacement for the Papiermark.
*November 23 - Gustav Stresemann resigns as German Chancellor after avote of no confidence from members of the government.
*December 1 -Center Party memberWilhelm Marx forms a newcoalition government becoming the new German Chancellor.
*December 8 - Germany signs aneconomic treaty with the United States.Arts and literature
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Hermann Oberth publishes "Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen " ("The Rocket into Interplanetary Space ")ports
Births
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May 27 -Henry A. Kissinger , United States presidential advisorDeaths
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February 1 -Ernst Troeltsch ,theologian andphilosopher
*February 10 -Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen ,physicist
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