Timeline Wednesday 15 January 1919

Events on Wednesday 15 January 1919 4

• 1871 – 1919 Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919) Died 15 January 1919, aged 47 Liebknecht co-founded the Spartacist League and the German Communist Party with Rosa Luxemburg and helped lead the failed January uprising in Berlin. He was captured alongside Luxemburg and killed by Freikorps troops on the same day.
• 1871 – 1919 Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Died 15 January 1919, aged 47 Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist and co-founder of the Spartacist League who helped lead the January 1919 uprising in Berlin. She was captured and murdered by Freikorps soldiers after the revolt was suppressed.
• 1919 Spartacist uprising in Berlin Communist revolt crushed by the German government The Spartacist League, led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, attempted to seize power in Berlin through strikes and armed insurrection. The government crushed the revolt using regular troops and Freikorps paramilitaries, and both leaders were captured and killed.
• 1919 Boston Molasses Flood Burst storage tank kills 21 in Boston's North End A massive steel tank holding over two million gallons of molasses ruptured in Boston's North End, sending a wave of molasses through the streets at destructive speed. Twenty-one people were killed and dozens injured, and the disaster led to stricter engineering regulations.