convincingly defeated by Hindenburg in first round of German presidential election. 10 April: Hindenburg re-elected Reichspräsident in run-off election with 53% of the vote. Hitler gains 37% and the Communist candidate Thälmann gains 10.2%. 13 April: The SA and SS are banned by Chancellor Brüning. 30 May: Chancellor Brüning (Center) leaves office and is replaced by Franz von Papen. 1 June: Papen cabinet formed. 16 June: Papen lifts the ban on the SA and SS. 16 June9 July: Lausanne Conference takes place. 17 July: Altona Bloody Sunday. Violent clashes between the police, the SA and Communist Party supporters. 20 July: "Preußenschlag": Papen uses emergency decree to dissolve Prussian government of Otto Braun and takes over as Reichskommissar. 31 July: Reichstag election: Nazi Party becomes the largest with 13.7 million votes (37.3%) and 230 out of 608 seats. 9 August: Konrad Piecuch, a Polish communist activist who took part in Silesian Uprisings against German rule is murdered in Germany by SA; Hitler defends the murderers in German press. 6 November: Reichstag election: Nazi Party loses ground with 11.7 million votes (33.1%) and 196 out of 584 seats. 17 November: Papen resigns but stays on as head of a caretaker cabinet. 2 December: Reichswehr General Kurt von Schleicher becomes Chancellor. 8 December: Following a major dispute with Hitler over whether to join government, Gregor Strasser resigns his Party offices. Nazi Revolution 1933 4 January: Secret meeting between Hitler and Papen occurs. 23 January: Schleicher resigns as Chancellor. 30 January: President Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of a Nazi-DNVP coalition. 1 February: Dissolution of the Reichstag. 2 February: Hitler meets with top military leaders, describes his plans to rearm Germany. 17 February: Prussian Interior Ministry permits the shooting of "enemies of the state" under the direction of Hermann Göring. 20 February: Secret Meeting between Adolf Hitler, and 20 to 25 industrialists to raise funds for the election campaign of the Nazi Party. 27 February: Reichstag fire occurs, it was officially blamed on Marinus van der Lubbe, a communist. 28 February: Hitler awarded emergency powers under the presidential decree, Law for the Protection of People and State ("Reichstag Fire Decree"), the process of exerting totalitarian control over Germany, begins. Over the next five months, the Nazis systematically force all opposition political parties to shut down. 5 March: Reichstag Election results in slim majority for Hitler's coalition, though not a majority for the Nazi Party, which