1861: Liberals united in the German Progress Party (Deutsche Fortschrittspartei) 1867: The moderate faction seceded as the ⇒ National Liberal Party 1868: A radical South German faction seceded as the ⇒ Democratic People's Party 1884: The party merged with the ⇒ Liberal Union into the German Freeminded Party (Deutsche Freisinnige Partei) 1893: The party split in the Freeminded People's Party (Freisinnige Volkspartei) and the ⇒ Freeminded Union (Freisinnige Vereinigung) 1910: The FVP merged with the ⇒ Freeminded Union and the ⇒ German People's Party into the Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei) 1918: The party is reorganised into the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei), incorporating parts of the ⇒ National Liberal Party 1930: The DDP in an attempt to survive reorganised itself into the German State Party (Deutsche Staatspartei) 1933: The party is forced to dissolve itself