The Weimar Republic was officially established on 11th August 1919, when Friedrich Ebert signed the new constitution into law.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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On the 10th August 1792, French revolutionary troops stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
On the 2nd June 1946, Italians voted in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
On the 1st April 1924, Adolf Hitler was found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail.
On the 21st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
The armed insurrection began on Easter Monday which, due to Easter being a moveable feast as a result of its relationship to the lunar calendar, in 1916 fell on the 24th April.
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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