Western Europe
This is a timeline for Western Europe
Potsdam Conference began in Germany
July 14 1945
Klement Gottwald becomes prime minister of Czechoslovakia
July 3 1946
United Nation bars Spain from membership
December 11 1946
Leon Blum forms socialist government in France
December 16 1946
Paul Spaak forms a coalition government in Belgium
March 19 1947
Robert Schuman of popular republican movement forms government in France
November 23 1947
Klement Gottwald becomes President of Czechoslovakia.
March 19 1948
Federal Republic of Germany came into being
May 23 1940
German Democratic Republic (east Germany) came into being
October 2 1949
Robert Schuman announces the Schuman plan
May 9 1950
Soviet troops crush workers rebellion in east Germany
June 15 1953
The dictator Antonio Salazar wins uncontested election in Portugal
November 8 1953
France agrees to leave north Vietnam
July 20 1945
Guy Mollet forms a new government in France
January 24 1956
Antonio Salazar resigns as prime minister of Portugal
September 26 1968
General Francisco Franco imposes martial law in Spain
January 24 1969
Willy Brandt becomes chancellor of west Germany
October 21 1969
Bruno Kreisky becomes chancellor of Austria
March 1 1970
Vasco Gonzalas gains power in Portugal
July 14 1974
The United States and west Germany establish diplomatic relations
September 4 1975