Social Democratic Party and the Organized Labor Movement (1875-1918)

1. Gotha unity congress forms SAPD

   May 22, 1875Labels: SAPD, ADAV, SDAP

   • SPD History
   • Gotha Program

2. Gotha Program adopted as party platform

   May 27, 1875Labels: Gotha Program

   • Gotha Program
   • Gothaer Programm

3. Anti-Socialist Law passed by Reichstag

   Oct 19, 1878Labels: Anti-Socialist Law, Reichstag, Bismarck

   • GHDI
   • Anti Socialist Laws

4. Ruhr miners’ strike signals mass labor militancy

   May 1, 1889Labels: Ruhr miners, Westphalia

   • Engels Archive
   • Ruhr Strike

5. First May Day demonstrations held in Germany

   May 1, 1890Labels: May Day, Second International

   • Deutschlandmuseum
   • Hamburger Maik mpfe

6. SPD refounded openly at Halle party congress

   Oct 12, 1890Labels: SPD, Halle congress

   • SPD de
   • SPD History

7. General Commission of German Trade Unions founded

   Nov 16, 1890Labels: General Commission, Carl Legien

   • General Commission
   • Generalkommission

8. Erfurt Program ratified at SPD congress

   Oct 20, 1891Labels: Erfurt Program, SPD

   • Erfurt Program
   • SPD History

9. Hamburg dockworkers’ strike begins

   Nov 21, 1896Labels: Hamburg dockworkers, port workers

   • Hamburg Strike

10. Hamburg dockworkers’ strike ends in defeat

    Feb 6, 1897Labels: Hamburg strike, dockworkers

    • Hamburg Strike

11. Bernstein publishes “Evolutionary Socialism”

    Jan 1, 1899Labels: Eduard Bernstein, Evolutionary Socialism

    • Britannica

12. Mannheim Agreement defines SPD–union coordination

    Sep 23, 1906Labels: Mannheim Agreement, SPD

    • SPD de

13. SPD becomes largest Reichstag party in 1912 election

    Jan 12, 1912Labels: SPD, Reichstag

    • 1912 Election

14. SPD votes for World War I war credits

    Aug 4, 1914Labels: SPD Reichstag, Burgfrieden

    • Burgfriedenspolitik
    • Opposition WWI

15. Stinnes–Legien Agreement establishes postwar labor rights

    Nov 15, 1918Labels: Stinnes Legien, unions

    • Bundesarchiv
    • Stinnes Legien