End of The German Empire
- 1 August 1914 World War I breaks out.
- 14 April 1917 Government announces reduction in bread rations.
- 15 April 1917 200,000 Socialists and Communists stage major strikes in Germany
- 13 July 1917 Dr. Georg Michaelis replaces Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg as Chancellor of Germany.
- 31 October 1917 Michaelis resigns, replaced by Count Georg von Hertling
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