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Hitler was born
At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, Hitler was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria. -
Hitlers father dies
In Leonding, Austria, on Saturday, January 3, 1903, Alois Hitler died at the age of 65. He was out for a walk and stopped at his favorite inn. He ordered a wine and collapsed before they brought the wine He died within minutes from a lung hemorrhage. It was not the first one he had suffered. -
Hitler dropping out of high school
in 1905 Hitler dropped out of high school at the age of 16. His father wasnt there because he had already died and his mother let him she didnt care. -
Hitler's mother dies
Klara Hitler (Adolf Hitlers mother) dies of cancer on January 14 1907. His mother went to the doctor because of pains in her chest so bad that had kept her awake at night. The loss of his mother affects Hitler deeply. When the doctor told him he grieved deeply. -
Hitler fails art exam
After Hitler had dropped out of high school he was his on idle. His mother encouraged him to get a job but he wouldnt. His only friend was with another young dreamer named August Kubizek, who wanted to be a great musician. He didnt have a girlfriend either. He applied for this art exam assured he would get in and failed and he was very sad when this happened. -
Hitler moves to Vienna
At the age of 17, Hitler moves to Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was rejected twice by an arts school called Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He still considered himself an artist after this -
Hitler begins military service in World War I
Hitler ignored his army orders in 1909 because he hated Austria. Later he was rejected by the Austrian army for being too weak, so he volunteered for Germany. Because a war was happening, medical examinations were not strict and Hitler was accepted. -
Hitler is blinded by mustard gas.
When Hitler was fighting the British he was blinded by a mustard gas attack. He recovered from this and gained his sight back but while he was recovering he was deeply depressed and spent alot of his time crying. -
Hitler is elected the leader of the new Nazi Party
Hitler won an election and became the leader of a new political party, called Nazi. It was founded it 1919 as the German Workers’ Party. Hitler joined the Nazi party the year it was founded and became its leader in 1921. In 1933, he became chancellor of Germany and his Nazi government soon assumed dictatorial powers. -
The Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923 was Hitlers attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. On November 8th and 9th 1923 Hitler used the anger felt against the Berlin government in Bavaria to attempt an overthrow of the regional government in Munich to takeover the national government. This incident is generally known as the Beer Hall Putsch. This was their first attempt at seizing the German government by force. -
Hitler sent to Landsberg jail
In Germany Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for leading the Nazis unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch". In November 1923, after the German government resumed the payment of war reparations to Britain and France, the Nazis launched the "Beer Hall Putsch" which was their first attempt at seizing the German government by force. -
Germany Elect Nazi
Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were in a campaign in 1930 unlike anything ever seen in Germany. Hitler traveled the country saying dozens of major speeches, attending meetings, shaking hands, signing autographs, posing for pictures, and even kissing babies. He promised for the unployed to have work,prosperity to failed business people; profits to industry; expansion to the Army; social harmony and an end of class distinctions to idealistic young students; and restoration of German glory to those in
