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Events on Wednesday 25 July 1934 2
1892 – 1934Engelbert Dollfuss (1892-1934)Died 25 July 1934, aged 41Chancellor of Austria who suspended parliament and set up the authoritarian Federal State of Austria. Austrian Nazis killed him during the failed July Putsch.
1934July Putsch in AustriaAustrian Nazis assassinate Chancellor DollfussAustrian Nazis stormed the Chancellery in Vienna and fatally shot Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, but the coup failed. Mussolini moved troops to the Brenner Pass to deter German intervention, and Kurt Schuschnigg became chancellor.