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| 1894 | Birth
Hess, Rudolph |  |
| | Birth of Rudolph Hess, son of a German importer the owner of Hess & Co |
| 1915 | Medal
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class |
| 1916 | Battle of Neuville
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Participates in the battle of Neuville St Vaast |
| 1916 | Battle of Verdun
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Participates in the battle of Verdun |
| 1918 | Thule Society
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Appointed Member of the Thule Society |
| 1919 | Revolution
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Helps overthrow the Bavarian Soviet Regime |
| 1920 | Secretary
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Appointedler's Secretary |
| 1923 | Arrest
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch |
| 1923 | Plot
Hess, Rudolph | |
| Nov 8th | Siezes Bavarian Government ministers & holds them under arrest |
| 1924 | Arrest
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Gives himself up for part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch |
| | Imprisoned for 6 months alongside Hitler in Landsberg Prison |
| 1924 | Publication
Hess, Rudolph | |
| April 15th | Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess |
| 1927 | 1st Transatlantic Flight
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Writes to Henry Ford asking for 200,000 Marks to fly from Europe to America, refused |
| 1927 | NSDAP
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Produces "Road to Revival", circulated among top industrialists |
| 1928 | Alliance
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Succeeds in raising funds from Fritz Thyssen |
| | Succeeds in raising funds from Fritz Thyssen |
| 1929 | Brown House
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Raises funds to enable the NSDAP to move its HQ to the Briennerstrasse in Munich |
| 1929 | NSDAP
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Raises funds to enable the NSDAP to move its HQ to the Briennerstrasse in Munich |
| 1932 | Deputy Head of State
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Appointed Deputy Fuhrer to Hitler |
| 1933 | Rally
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Addresses what he calls a, "Congress of Victory" |
| 1933 | Arrest
Hess, Rudolph | |
| June 30th | Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them |
| 1938 | Anschluss
Hess, Rudolph | |
| Jan 25th | Austrian police raid the Committee of Seven Vienna HQ |
| Jan 25th | Documents are found signed by Hess clearing an Austrian Nazi revolt in the Spring |
| 1939 | Deputy Head of State
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Appointed second in succession to the head of State behind Hitler |
| 1940 | Massacre
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | 2.5 million are exterminated under his command |
| 1941 | Arrest
Hess, Rudolph | |
| May 10th | Arrested by the British & held as a POW |
| 1941 | Diplomacy
Hess, Rudolph | |
| May 10th | Hess flies himself to Scotland & meets the Duke of Hamilton to submit his own peace proposals |
| May 10th | Proposes asking Britain to give Germany a free hand in Europe, in exchange Germany will leave the British Empire intact |
| 1946 | Trial
Hess, Rudolph | |
| | Sentenced at Nuremburg to life in prison at Spandau in Berlin |
| 1987 | Death
Hess, Rudolph | |
| Aug 17th | It is announced that Hess has committed suicide in Spandau |
