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Born in Leiden, Gerard van Swieten was a student of the physician Herman Boerhaave and from 1745 personal physician and...

Person Gerard van Swieten

* 07. May 1700, † 18. Jun 1772

Artists and statesmen alike belonged to various lodges which spread the ideas of the Enlightenment in Austria from...

Item Freemasons

1785

Located to the east of Spitzbergen in the northern Arctic Ocean, this archipelago was discovered in 1873 by the...

Location Franz Josef Land

1873

Franz II (I) liked to stylize himself as the ‘Father of his State’, in keeping with the Biedermeier patriarchal...

1804–1835

Prince Eugene of Savoy is regarded as one of the most important military commanders and statesmen in Austrian history...

Person Eugene of Savoy

Prince

Domitila (or Tilia, as she was also called) was introduced to Pedro in September 1822 for a flirtation whilst...

Person Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867

At the Congress of Vienna Prince Metternich saw himself as the ‘coachman of Europe’. In 1821he became chancellor and...

Foreign minister of Austria

This design for an armorial standard from around 1615 shows the arms of the Liechtensteins, an aristocratic family...

1648–1740

Budapest was created in 1873 through the amalgamation of three hitherto separate towns: the medieval citadel of Ofen...

Location Budapest

1686–1916

Those passing through the city gates had to show various documents such as a passport, a health certificate or a...

1704

Bezoars are concretions found in the stomachs of ruminants. Smaller ones were ground up and used for medicinal...

Item Bezoar, c. 1600

1600

The Saliera, of rolled gold, was created by Cellini for Francis I of France between 1540 and 1543. From his...

1543

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