1923 in Germany

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January 11 - French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr after Germany defaults on coal payments.
August 6 - Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann becomes German Chancellor upon the resignation of Wilhelm Cuno.
August 10-13 - Strikes and riots break out in response to the government's failure to deal with the economic crisis.
September 15 - Germany's bank rate is raised to 90% due to hyperinflation.
September 26 - Gustav Stresemann calls for an end to sabotage by Germans against French and Belgian workers in the Ruhr.
September 26 - The German government declares a state of emergency under Article 48 of the German Weimar Constitution due to the economic and political violence.
October 21 - A separatist government is formed in the Rhineland Palatinate which is quickly recognized by the French government.
November 8-9 - Members of the National Socialist Workers' Party (Nazi), led by Adolf Hitler, fail in a coup attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich, Germany which is later known as the "Munich Putsch".
November 15 - The value of the German Papiermark falls to 4.2×10¹² mark to the United States dollar causing the German government to issue the Rentenmark as a replacement for the Papiermark.
November 23 - Gustav Stresemann resigns as German Chancellor after a vote of no confidence from members of the government.
December 1 - Center Party member Wilhelm Marx forms a new coalition government becoming the new German Chancellor.
December 8 - Germany signs an economic treaty with the United States.