|
|
| 1943 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Andreas Baader |
| 1968 | Arrest | |
| The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign |
| 1968 | Frankfurt Arson | |
| 2nd April Frankfurt A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism |
| 1968 | Red Army Faction | |
| One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society |
| 1968 | Trial | |
| Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign |
| Sentenced to 3 yrs imprisonment |
| 1969 | Bombing of Berlin | |
| 12th Dec Berlin The Baader-Meinhog bomb Berlin |
| 1970 | Arrest | |
| 4th April Berlin The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested |
| 14th May Berlin Meinhof & Mahler shoot their way into the Social Affairs Institute & release Baader |
| 1970 | Baader Meinhof | |
| 14th May Berlin Foundation of the Baader-Meinhof Group |
| 1970 | PLO | |
| Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO |
| 1970 | Red Army Faction | |
| Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others |
| 1970 | Terrorism | |
| 29th Sep Berlin 3 Berlin Banks are robbed on the same day |
| 29th Sep Berlin Over the next 3 yrs the Red Army Faction steals over DM1.5 |
| 1972 | Arrest | |
| June The leaders are arrested, after 6 murders, 50 attempted murders & numerous bank raids |
| 1972 | Bombing of Frankfurt | |
| 11th May Frankfurt The Baader-Meinhof bomb a USAArmy base in Frankfurt killing 1 & injuring 14 |
| 1972 | Red Army Faction | |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins , and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1975 | Trial | |
| 21st May Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place |
| 1976 | Arrest | |
| Baader is arrested |
| 1977 | Death | |
| 20th Oct Stammheim Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol |
| 1977 | Hostages | |
| Mogadishu An attempt to free Baader fails when commandoes free hostages at Mogadishu |
| 1977 | Sucide of Baader | |
| 20th Oct Stammheim Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt |
| 1977 | Trial | |
| 28th April On the trial's 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organization; they are sentenced to life imprisonment |
