March 11

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March 11, 1780

Birth of August Leopold Crelle in Eichwerder, Germany. Crelle was a mathematician who founded the prestigious journal, Crelle's Journal (original name: Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik) in 1826.

March 11, 1850

A constitution is adopted in Prussia.

March 11, 1894

Birth of Otto Grotewohl in Braunschweig, Germany.

March 11, 1931

Death of F. W. Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe) in Hollywood (born in Bielefeld, Germany). Murnau was one of the giants of early German film making. Films by Murnau include Nosferatu (1922), Tartüff (1925), Faust (1926) and Tabu (1931).

March 11, 1938

Arthur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schusnigg as chancellor of Austria in preparation for the annexation by Germany.

March 11, 2002

Marion Gräfin Dönhof dies. She had worked with the newspaper, Die Zeit, (Hamburg) since 1946.