Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/February/February 28


 * 1746 - Death of historian Hermann von der Hardt
 * 1833 - Birth of field marshal Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (pictured), strategist of the Schlieffen Plan
 * 1900 - Birth of sailplane designer Wolf Hirth
 * 1944 - Birth of Sepp Maier, goalkeeper of the German national football team in the Football World Cup 1974
 * 2002 - Last day on which the German Mark is accepted as a form of payment