1867: A right-wing faction of the ⇒ German Progress Party formed the National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei) 1871: A conservative faction of NLP formed the Imperial Liberal Party (Liberale Reichspartei) 1880: A left-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Union 1918: The NLP is reorganised into the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei), part of the party joined the German Democratic Party 1933: The party is dissolved