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| 1920, March 13–17 |
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| The KAPP PUTSCH, a monarchical coup, led to seizure of government buildings in Berlin. The government fled to Stuttgart, but the movement collapsed as result of a general strike of the trade unions. | 1 |
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| March 19 |
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| A great Spartacist rising took place in the Ruhr mining districts. | 2 |
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| April 3 |
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| Government troops, having entered the Ruhr, put down the revolt with great severity. | 3 |
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| April 6–May 17 |
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| French troops occupied Frankfurt and some of the Ruhr towns as a reply to invasion of the Ruhr by German government troops. | 4 |
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| June 6 |
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| General elections, to replace the national assembly by a regular Reichstag. The Weimar coalition lost its majority, and a new coalition was formed of the People's Party (Liberal), Center, and Democrats. The Müller cabinet resigned (June 8), and a new government was formed by Konstantin Fehrenbach, leader of the Center Party (June 25). The Socialists were excluded. | 5 |
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| July 5–16 |
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| Spa conference (See April 27). The Germans signed a protocol of disarmament and arranged for reparations payments. | 6 |
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