March 29, 1909 (Monday)
- German Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow announced the doctrine of Niebelungentreue, the concept that the German and Austrian empires were united by their common language and heritage. Fighting on the same side in World War One, the two empires would fall together in 1918.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Unaffected by “the march of events,”
He passed from men’s memory in l’an trentiesme
De son eage; the case presents
No adjunct to the Muses’ diadem.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)