1923 in Germany
See also: 1922 in Germany, other events of 1923, 1924 in Germany and the list of 'years in Germany'.
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Incumbents
Events
- January 11 – French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr after Germany defaults on coal payments.
- August 6 – Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann becomes German Chancellor upon the resignation of Wilhelm 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 to hyperinflation.
- September 26 – Gustav Stresemann calls for an end to sabatoge by Germans against French and Belgian workers in the Ruhr.
- September 26 – The German government declares a state of emergency under Article 48 of the German Weimar Constitution due to the economic and political violence.
- October 21 – A separatist government is formed in the Rhineland Palatinate which is quickly recognized by the French government.
- November 8-9 – Members of the National Socialist Workers' Party (Nazi), led by Adolf Hitler, fail in a coup attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich, Germany which is later known as the "Munich Putsch".
- November 15 – The value of the German mark falls to 4,200,000 of the United States dollar causing the German government to issue the retenmark as a replacment for the mark.
- November 23 – Gustav Stresemann resigns as German Chancellor after a vote of no confidence from members of the government.
- December 1 – Center Party member Wilhelm Marx forms a new coalition government becoming the new German Chancellor.
- December 8 – Germany signs an economic treaty with the United States.
Arts and literature
- Hermann Oberth publishes Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space)
Sports
Births
- May 27 – Henry A. Kissinger, United States presidential advisor
Deaths
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