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Events on Wednesday 13 August 1913 1
1840 – 1913August Bebel (1840-1913)Died 13 August 1913, aged 73Bebel co-founded the Social Democratic Party of Germany and led it for decades, building it into the largest socialist party in Europe. He was a longtime member of the Reichstag and a leading theorist of the Second International. His death removed the most prominent figure of German social democracy before the First World War.