release from prison. February 28, 1925 Reichspresident Friedrich Ebert dies. March 29, 1925 First round of presidential elections: no candidate receives absolute majority. April 25, 1925 Second round of presidential elections: Paul von Hindenburg, the candidate of the right wing parties, wins over Wilhelm Marx, candidate of the Centre party July 1925 French and Belgian troops evacuate the Ruhr completely. November 22, 1925 Strasser wing of Nazi party goes into rebellion. October 5–16, 1925 Locarno Treaties negotiated. December 1, 1925 Locarno Treaties signed. 1926 January 20, 1926 Dr. Hans Luther (No party affiliation) forms 2nd cabinet February 14, 1926 Bamberg conference begins. April 24, 1926 Germany and Soviet Union sign Berlin Treaty. May 12, 1926 Dr. Luther leaves office over flag dispute May 16, 1926 Marx cabinet of the Center, BVP, DDP, DVP. June 20, 1926 Referendum on expropriation of princely families. September 8, 1926 Germany admitted to the League of Nations 1927 January 29, 1927 Marx's 3rd cabinet leaves office July 16, 1927 Unemployment Insurance Law passed. 1928 May 1928 Adolf Hitler speaking ban lifted in Bavaria. 29 June 1928 Marx's 4th cabinet leaves office 27 August 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact signed 20 October 1928 Alfred Hugenberg becomes head of DNVP 8 December 1928 Prelate Kaas becomes head of Center party. 1929 7 June 1929 Young Plan resets reparations amount, and allows it to be paid in installations over a period of 58.5 years. 3 October 1929 Foreign minister Gustav Stresemann dies. 24 October 1929 Black Tuesday stock market crash, start of world economic collapse. 22 December 1929 Liberty Law referendum to reject Young Plan fails due to extremely low turnout (14.9–50% was required for it to be valid.) 1930 30 March 1930 Hermann Mueller's (SPD) 2nd cabinet leaves office 30 June 1930 French troops leave the Rhineland ahead of schedule. 16 July 1930 Reichstag dissolved; first emergency decree by Reichspresident. August 1930 SA commander in Berlin Walter Stennes calls for SA general strike against Nazi Party. 14 September 1930 Reichstag elections; gains by NSDAP who become the second-largest party (behind the SPD.) September 1930 Hitler at trial of 3 SA Lieutenants disavows the SA goals of replacing the army and hence appeases the German army. 1931 11 May 1931 Austrian Kreditanstalt collapses May 1931 Four million unemployed in Germany. 20 June 1931 Herbert Hoover puts moratorium on reparations. 13 July 1931 German bank crisis. 11 October 1931 Harzburg Front