Deaths on January 4

Georg von Hertling

Died on January 4, 1919

Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)

Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr (from 1914 Graf) von Hertling (31 August 1843 – 4 January 1919) was a German politician who served as the minister-president of Bavaria from 1912 to 1917 and then as the minister-president of Prussia and chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918. He was the first party politician to hold the office.

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Events on 1919

5 Jan

Nazi Party
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
23 Mar

Italian Fascism
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
4 May

Treaty of Versailles
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
19 May

Turkish War of Independence
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
29 May

General relativity
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

Deaths on January 4

Georg von Hertling

Died on January 4, 1919

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Events on 1919

Nazi Party

Italian Fascism

Treaty of Versailles

Turkish War of Independence

General relativity