On #ThisDayInHistory in 1918, #KurtEisner ended 700 years of the #Bavarian #Wittelsbach monarchy. It started with a #GeneralStrike and tame speeches by #SPD. The workers defied social democratic moderates, stormed parliament, chased #LudwigIII out, and Eisner declared a republic.
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Silla de niños perteneciente a las Princesas Sofía de Baviera (luego Archiduquesa de Austria) y María Ana de Baviera (luego Reina de Sajonia).

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Nymphenburg palace - The Versailles in Bavaria

Nymphenburg palace - The Versailles in Bavaria

Caroline Augusta, Empress of Austria, was born #onthisday 8.2. in 1792. Her nephew Franz Josef I was the grandson of her husband Franz I.

#History #habsburg #wittelsbach #bavaria #bayern #HERstory #Royals #RoyalFamily #royalhistory #histodons #histodon @royalhistory

Hemmer und Meßner erzählen: Kleine Geschichte, warum Bayern heute nicht österreichisch ist

Wie Kurfürst Karl Theodor von der Pfalz vergeblich versuchte Bayern an die Österreicher loszuwerden