Wolfgang Kapp (July 24, 1858 - June 12, 1922) was an East Prussiancivil servant and journalist. He was a strict nationalist, and a nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch that took place in Weimar Republic in 1920. July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... The word Putsch literally means a thrust or blow. ... The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (Pronounced Vye-Mar, and in German it is known as the Weimarer Republik). It is named after the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German monarchy... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
When the putsch failed, Kapp was forced to flee the country. He found a place of refuge in Sweden. The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige listen) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ...
After two years in exile, he was allowed to return to Germany in April 1922. He died shortly afterwards, of cancer, in Leipzig. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...
The Kapp Putsch - or more accurately the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch - was an extreme right-wing attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic which resulted directly from the imposition of the Treaty of Versailles.
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