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Anton Webern again follows Schoenberg, this time into serialism, when he adopts the 12-note method for his Three Traditional Rhymes
Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck has its premiere in Berlin
The Austrian architect Adolf Loos builds a house in Paris for the Romanian dadaist poet Tristan Tzara
Austrian director Fritz Lang creates a wildly ambitious silent film, Metropolis, the commercial failure of which bankrupts its studio
Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch demonstrates that bees communicate the whereabouts of food by means of a dance
Wolfgang Pauli announces his mathematical proof of the existence of the particle subsequently known as the neutrino
Adolf Hitler finally exchanges Austrian for German nationality, just in time to run for the German presidency
The Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss suspends parliament and subsequently outlaws the Nazi party
Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood
The Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is assassinated by Nazis in a coup that fails
Kurt von Schuschnigg succeeds the murdered Dollfuss as Austria's chancellor and Hitler's opponent
Alban Berg writes his Violin Concerto, commissioned by Louis Krasner, in memory of Manon Gropius
The Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz describes his experiments on young geese, with their capacity to imprint on human beings
Alban Berg's opera Lulu is incomplete when the composer dies
Adolf Hitler uses threats of force to browbeat the Austrian chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, into granting special favours to Austrian Nazis
The Austrian chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, defies Hitler by announcing a referendum on his country's independence
The Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg resigns in the face of threats from Hitler, and broadcasts that he is doing so under duress
German tanks cross the border into Austria, on the official invitation of Austrian Nazis
Adolf Hitler, following his troops into Austria, announces the Anschluss (union of Germany and Austria)
Left-wingers and Jews suffer immediate persecution in Nazi Austria, now part of Germany
Voters in both Germany and Austria give massive approval for Hitler's annexation of Austria
Nazi gangs smash the premises of Jews throughout Germany and Austria in a night that becomes known as Kristallnacht, the night of cut glass
Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan becomes music director of the Berlin State Opera
Austrian philosopher Karl Popper publishes The Open Society and its Enemies
Austrian composer Anton Webern is accidentally killed near Salzburg by a soldier in the US occupation force
