๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ was stabbed to death by ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ on March 23rd, 1819. Kotzebue was politically conservative and spoke out against the liberals demanding more freedom. This made him a target for the nationalists many of whom were students and part of Burschenschaften (similar to fraternities). One of those students was Karl Ludwig Sand and he took matters into his own hands killing Kotzebue. He was caught and executed later.
The murder was used by Metternich to push the Carlsbad Decrees which restricted the liberties of the Burschenschaften and the press.
