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Events on Tuesday 7 August 1900 1
1826 – 1900Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900)Died 7 August 1900, aged 74A founder of the German Social Democratic Party, Liebknecht was a leading figure of 19th-century German socialism and a prominent Reichstag deputy. He was imprisoned repeatedly for his political activities under Bismarck's anti-socialist laws. His son Karl Liebknecht later co-founded the German Communist Party.