Kurt Eisner

Kurt Eisner was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic. As a socialist journalist, he organized the socialist revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918, which led to him being described as "the symbol of the Bavarian revolution". He is used as an example of charismatic authority by Max Weber. Eisner subsequently proclaimed the People's State of Bavaria but was assassinated by far-right German nationalist Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley in Munich on 21 February 1919.

14 May 1867

Born on the same birth day (14 May): Alvin Lucier • Bronte Campbell • Cai Chang • Hazel Blears • Louis Verneuil • Martin Garrix • Samuel Dexter • Sidney Bechet • Sofia Coppola • William Emerson (mathematician)

Born in the same month (May 1867): Anders Peter Nielsen • Andy Bowen • Anne Walter Fearn • Arnold Bennett • Giuseppe Morello • Hugh Trumble • J. T. Hearne • Margarete Böhme • Mary of Teck • Minakata Kumagusu • Władysław Reymont