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| 1889 | Birth |  |
| 20th April Birth of Adolf Hitler, Brannau, Austria, son of Alois Hitler & Klara Polz |
| 1903 | Death |  |
| 3rd Jan Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father |
| 1907 | Death |  |
| Dec Death of Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother |
| 1914 | Mobilization |  |
| 31st July Munich Photographed in a crowd clamouring for war |
| 1914 | Petition Hitler |  |
| 3rd Aug Petitions Louis III of Bavaria to for service in a Bavarian regiment in World War I |
| 1916 | Battle of Somme, 1st |  |
| 7th Oct Somme Injured by a grenade splinter & returns to Germany for the 1st time in 2 yrs |
| 1916 | Health |  |
| Oct Beelitz Convalesces in Beelitz |
| 7th Oct Somme Injured by a grenade splinter & returns to Germany for the 1st time in 2 yrs |
| 1917 | Medal |  |
| Awarded the Iron Cross , 1st class |
| 17th Sep Bavaria Awarded the Bavarian Service Cross |
| 1918 | 7th Company Hitler |  |
| 21st Nov Muinich Appointed Member of the 7th Company, 1st Reserve Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment |
| 1918 | Award Regimental Diploma |  |
| 9th May Awarded for courage beyond the call of duty |
| 1918 | Guard Hitler |  |
| Dec Traunstein Appointed Guard at the Traunstein prisoner-of-war camp |
| 1918 | Health |  |
| Temporalily loses sight because of gas poisoning |
| Oct Pasewalk Convalesces in hospital in Pasewalk, recovers from temporary blindness |
| 19th Nov Pasewalk Leaves hospital & returns via Berlin to Munich |
| 1918 | Medal |  |
| 4th Aug Awarded the Iron Cross , 1st class |
| 1918 | Revolution |  |
| Nov Bavaria A soldier's council took charge of his regiment since the Bavarian Revolution |
| 1919 | Arrest |  |
| 27th April Red Guards attempt to arrest Hitler |
| 1919 | DAP Hitler |  |
| Sep Appointed Member of the German Workers Party |
| 1919 | Informer Propagandist |  |
| Lechfeld Appointed Informer Propagandist |
| Lechfeld Appointed V-Mann of an "Enlightenment Commando" to infiltrate the German Workers Party |
| 1919 | Meeting NSDAP |  |
| 16th Oct Munich Hitler speaks for the 1st time in public & raises 300 Marks for the party funds |
| Nov Munich At Hitler's instigation more public meetings are held, increasing to about 400 |
| 1919 | NSDAP |  |
| Munich First visits the German Workers Party, the forerunner of the NSDAP |
| Sep Appointed Member of the German Workers Party |
| 16th Oct Munich 111 people attend a public NSDAP meeting at the Hofbraukeller situated in Wienerstrase |
| 1920 | 25 point Program |  |
| Feb Munich Adapted from Rudolf Jung's Austro-Bohemian program by Anton Drexler, Adolf Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart |
| 25th Feb Munich The 25 point Program of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) is proclaimed by Adolf Hitler at a large party gathering in Munich |
| 25th Feb Munich The party keeps the program when it changes its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party in April 1920 & remains the official party program throughout the party's existence |
| 1920 | Demobilization Hitler |  |
| 31st Mar Stays on the Army payroll until 31st March 1920 |
| 1920 | Discharge Hitler |  |
| Discharged from the Army |
| 1920 | Manifesto NSDAP |  |
| 24th Feb Munich Hitler proclaims the Party program at the Hofbrauhaus |
| 1920 | NSDAP |  |
| Renames the DAP the National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei |
| 1920 | Rally NSDAP |  |
| 24th Feb Munich At Hitler's wishes the 1st NSDAP rally is held, the Festsaal of the Hofbrauhaus |
| 24th Feb Munich Chairs the NSDAP rally in the absence of Drexler, over 2,000 attend |
| 1920 | Saalschutz |  |
| Munich Founds a group called the Saalschutz to protect NSDAP speakers, forerunner of the SA |
| 1920 | SA |  |
| Munich Founds a group called the Saalschutz to protect NSDAP speakers, forerunner of the SA |
| 1920 | Swastika |  |
| Munich Designs the Swastika which becomes the Party's emblem |
| 1921 | Arrest |  |
| 14th Sep Hitler and SA disrupt speech by Otto Ballestedt of the Bayernbund; beaten badly; Hitler with others arrested |
| 1921 | Chairman NSDAP |  |
| 29th July Appointed Chairman of the NSDAP |
| 1921 | Constitution |  |
| 1st Aug Munich Sweeps away committees & establishes the "leadership principle" |
| 1921 | Fuehrer, Der |  |
| 29th July Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP, he becomes "Der Fuehrer" |
| 1921 | NSDAP |  |
| Munich Membership of the NSDAP has grown from 190 in Jan 1920 to 3,300 by Aug 1921 |
| 11th July Adolf Hitler resigns from the party to force the hand of Anton Drexler not to unite with the DSP |
| 25th July Adolf Hitler rejoins the party |
| 29th July Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP, he becomes "Der Fuehrer" |
| Dec The NSDAP total party membership comes to 2000 |
| 1921 | Rally NSDAP |  |
| Rosenheim Address es a meeting where the 1st group of the party outside Munich had been founded |
| Feb Munich Address es over 6,000 people in the Circus Krone |
| 1921 | Reform |  |
| 1st Aug Munich Sweeps away committees & establishes the "leadership principle" |
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