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These are the selected anniversaries for March that appear on the Germany portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
March 1
- 1547 - Birth of scholastic philosopher Rudolph Goclenius, inventor of the terms ontology and psychology
- 1768 - Death of philosopher Hermann Samuel Reimarus
- 1858 - Birth of sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (pictured)
- 1933 - Alleged birth of member of parliament Jakob Maria Mierscheid (SPD)
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March 2
- 1830 - Death of physician Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, discoverer of the macula in the eye
- 1840 - Death of astronomer Heinrich Olbers, after whom Olbers' paradox is named
- 1900 - Birth of composer Kurt Weill (pictured)
- 1940 - Birth of Lothar de Maizière, the last Prime Minister of the GDR
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March 3
- 1918 - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (pictured) is signed by Russia and the Central Powers
- 1845 - Birth of mathematician Georg Cantor, one of the founders of set theory
- 1871 - First election for the Reichstag of the German Empire
• March 3 anniversaries on English Wikipedia • March 3 anniversaries on German Wikipedia
March 4
- 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
- 1793 - Birth of philologist and critic Karl Lachmann
- 1879 - Birth of Bernhard Kellermann (pictured), author of Der Tunnel
- 1936 - First flight of zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg, one of the two largest flying crafts every built
- 1941 - Death of pacifist Ludwig Quidde, recipient of the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize
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March 5
- 1871 - Birth of Socialist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (pictured), co-founder of the Spartacus League
- 1904 - Birth of Catholic theologian Karl Rahner
- 1815 - Death of physician Franz Mesmer
- 1922 - Premiere of F. W. Murnau's silent movie Nosferatu
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March 6
- 1459 - Birth of banker Jacob Fugger the Rich (pictured)
- 1787 - Birth of physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer, discoverer of the Fraunhofer lines
- 1900 - Death of engineer Gottlieb Daimler, pioneer of the automobile
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March 7
- 1902 - Birth of actor and singer Heinz Rühmann
- 1940 - Birth of Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund leader Rudi Dutschke (pictured)
- 1945 - American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen and begin to cross the Rhine
- 1954 - Death of chemist Otto Diels, recipient of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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March 8
- 1714 - Birth of composer Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
- 1879 - Birth of physicist Otto Hahn, one of the discoverers of nuclear fission and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Death of aviation pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin (pictured)
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March 9
- 1276 - Augsburg (pictured) becomes an Imperial Free City
- 1758 - Birth of neuroanatomist Franz Joseph Gall
- 1930 - Kurt Weill's opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is performed for the first time
- 1988 - Death of politician Kurt Georg Kiesinger, chancellor of Germany during the first grand coalition
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March 10
- 1772 - Birth of Romantic philosopher and poet Friedrich von Schlegel
- 1788 - Birth of poet and novelist Joseph von Eichendorff
- 1864 - Death of king Maximilian II of Bavaria (pictured)
- 1927 - Birth of soccer coach Jupp Derwall
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March 11
- 1405 - The city of Frankfurt buys the Römer (pictured) house to use as a city hall
- 1894 - Birth of Otto Grotewohl, first minister-president of the GDR
- 1907 - Birth of Kreisau Circle member Helmuth James von Moltke
- 1931 - Death of silent film director F. W. Murnau
- 1931 - Birth of children's book author Janosch
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March 12
- 1607 - Birth of hymn writer Paul Gerhardt (pictured)
- 1824 - Birth of physicist Gustav Kirchhoff
- 1938 - German troops occupy Austria in the Anschluss
- 1950- Death of writer Heinrich Mann
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March 13
- 1719 - Death of alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger (pictured)
- 1781 - Birth of neoclassicist architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel
- 1952 - Birth of composer Wolfgang Rihm
- 2002 - Death of philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer
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March 14
- 1803 - Death of poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (pictured)
- 1854 - Birth of scientist Paul Ehrlich, recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his development of chemotherapy
- 1879 - Birth of physicist Albert Einstein
- 1883 - Death of philosopher and political theorist Karl Marx
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March 15
- 1830 - Birth of writer Paul Heyse, winner of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1821 - Birth of mathematician Eduard Heine
- 1900 - Death of mathematician Elwin Bruno Christoffel
- 1963 - Birth of football referee Markus Merk
- 1991 - Germany regains full sovereignty due to the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany
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March 16
- 1789 - Birth of physicist Georg Simon Ohm
- 1920 - Birth of Dorothea Binz, supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp
- 1920 - Birth of Traudl Junge, secretary of Adolf Hitler
- 1935 - Adolf Hitler introduces conscription in Germany to form the Wehrmacht
- 1945 - More than 90% of Würzburg is destroyed in an air raid
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March 17
- 1804 - Friedrich Schiller's drama Wilhelm Tell premieres in Weimar
- 1834 - Birth of engineer and inventor Gottlieb Daimler
- 1846 - Death of mathematician and astronomer Friedrich Bessel
- 1926 - Birth of writer Siegfried Lenz
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March 18
- 1733 - Birth of writer and bookseller Christoph Friedrich Nicolai
- 1813 - Birth of dramatist Christian Friedrich Hebbel
- 1858 - Birth of inventor Rudolf Diesel
- 1940 - Hitler and Mussolini meet on the Brenner Pass to publicly celebrate their pact
- 1990 - The first free elections to the Volkskammer are held in the German Democratic Republic
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March 19
- 1649 - Death of classical scholar and theologian Gerhard Johann Vossius
- 1849 - Birth of admiral Alfred von Tirpitz
- 1873 - Birth of composer and organist Max Reger
- 1937 - Birth of politician Egon Krenz, last leader of the German Democratic Republic
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler issues the Nero Decree, a scorched earth directive
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March 20
- 1239 - Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- 1770 - Birth of Friedrich Hölderlin
- 1890 - Otto von Bismarck resigns his office as Chancellor of Germany and is succeeded by Leo von Caprivi
- 1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his paper on the special theory of relativity
- 1931 - Death of former Chancellor Hermann Müller
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March 21
- 1685 - Birth of composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1927 - Birth of politician Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Foreign Minister of Germany during the German reunification
- 1763 - Birth of poet Jean Paul
- 1751 - Death of publisher Johann Heinrich Zedler, publisher of the Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon encyclopedia
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March 22
- 1797 - Birth of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (pictured)
- 1799 - Birth of astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
- 1832 - Death of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1935 - The world's first regular television service, Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, starts broadcasting
- 1937 - Birth of athlete Armin Hary, first man to run 100 m in 10.0 s
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March 23
- 1881 - Birth of chemist Hermann Staudinger, recipient of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1882 - Birth of mathematician Emmy Noether (pictured)
- 1900 - Birth of psychoanalyst Erich Fromm
- 1912 - Birth of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun
- 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany
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March 24
- 1490 - Birth of scientist Georg Agricola (pictured)
- 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis
- 1927 - Birth of author Martin Walser
- 1955 - Death of politician Otto Gessler
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March 25
- 1699 - Birth of composer Johann Adolph Hasse
- 1798 - Birth of mathematician Christoph Gudermann
- 1801 - Death of Romantic author Friedrich von Hardenberg, known as Novalis
- 1957 - The Treaty of Rome is signed, establishing the European Economic Community
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March 26
- 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor
- 1827 - Death of Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1949 - Birth of writer Patrick Süskind, author of Perfume
- 1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect
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March 27
- 1765 - Birth of philosopher and theologian Franz Xaver von Baader
- 1845 - Birth of physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, recipient of the 1901 Nobel Prize for Physics
- 1847 - Birth of chemist Otto Wallach, recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1871 - Birth of writer Heinrich Mann
- 1886 - Birth of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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March 28
- 1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers asteroid 2 Pallas
- 1849 - The Frankfurt Parliament passes a constitution for Germany
- 1897 - Birth of football coach Sepp Herberger
- 1996 - Death of philosopher Hans Blumenberg
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March 29
- 1826 - Birth of politician Wilhelm Liebknecht, one of the founders of the SPD
- 1895 - Birth of writer Ernst Jünger
- 1912 - Birth of test and glider pilot Hanna Reitsch
- 1930 - Heinrich Brüning is appointed Chancellor of Germany
- 1982 - Death of composer Carl Orff, best known for Carmina Burana
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March 30
- 1559 - Death of mathematician Adam Ries
- 1864 - Birth of sociologist Franz Oppenheimer
- 1912 - Death of author Karl May
- 1984 - Death of theologian Karl Rahner
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March 31
- 1811 - Birth of chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
- 1819 - Birth of statesman Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany 1894-1900
- 1917 - Death of physician Emil Adolf von Behring, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1939 - Birth of film director Volker Schlöndorff
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