FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
Date: 05 February 1871
Friedrich Ebert Birthday, Date of Birth
Friedrich Ebert ([ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈeːbɐt] ; 4 February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in 1925.
Ebert was elected leader of the SPD on the death in 1913 of August Bebel. In 1914, shortly after he assumed leadership, the party became deeply divided over Ebert's support of war loans to finance the German war effort in World War I. A moderate social democrat, Ebert was in favour of the Burgfrieden, a political policy that sought to suppress discord over domestic issues among political parties to concentrate all forces in society on the conclusion of the war effort. He tried to isolate those in the party opposed to war and advocated a split.
Ebert was a pivotal figure in the German revolution of 1918–1919. When Germany became a republic at the end of World War I, he became its first chancellor. His policies at that time were primarily aimed at restoring justice and order in Germany and suppressing the left. To accomplish these goals, he allied himself with conservative and nationalistic political forces, in particular the leadership of the military under General Wilhelm Groener and the right-wing Freikorps. With their help, the Reich government, which Ebert headed, crushed a number of socialist, communist and anarchist uprisings as well as those from the right, including the Kapp Putsch, a legacy that has made him a controversial historical figure.
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- Saturday, February 4, 1871
- Place of Birth
- Heidelberg
- Age
- 155
- Star Sign
- ♒
The February 4, 1871 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 34 day of the year. President of the United States was Ulysses S. Grant.
If you were born on this day, you are 155 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 118 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, February 4, 2027, in 246 days. You have lived for 56,731 days, or about 1,361,561 hours, or about 81,693,677 minutes, or about 4,901,620,620 seconds.
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4th of February 1871 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 4, 1871
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.; Reported Death of Bourbaki Excitement in Lyons The People Cry "Vive le Guerre" Prussians Marching on Havre. The Orleans Princes Reopening of Railroad Communication A Statement from Marshal McMahon. Chicago to Aid France Celebration in Cincinnati of German Victories A Grand Procession and Illumination.
Date: 05 February 1871
GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS.; The London Conference No Definite Action as Yet More Hopes and Expectations of a Satisfactory Settlementof the Alabama Claims Death of Robertson, the Dramatist Annexation Schemes of Servia. The Danube Question Excluded from the London Conference The Papal Guarantees.
Date: 05 February 1871
GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS.; Jules Favre Refuses to Attend the London Conference or to Send a Representative Ten New British GunBoats Ordered. Russia Triumphant in the Conference No Guarantee for Turkey.
Date: 04 February 1871
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.; New-York German War Resolutions in the Prussian Diet An Explanation. The Relief Movement in Boston $28,000 Subscribed.
Date: 04 February 1871