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

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867
Prince Eugene of Savoy is regarded as one of the most important military commanders and statesmen in Austrian history...
Eugene of Savoy
Prince

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

Franz Josef Land

1873

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

Freemasons

1785
Born in Leiden, Gerard van Swieten was a student of the physician Herman Boerhaave and from 1745 personal physician and...
Gerard van Swieten

* 07. May 1700, † 18. Jun 1772
A native of Venice, Giacomo Casanova was a writer, Mason, well-travelled adventurer, bon vivant and welcome guest in...
Giacomo Casanova

* 02. Apr 1725, † 04. Jun 1798
Born in Hamburg, the architect and architectural historian Gottfried Semper was professor of architecture at the...
Gottfried Semper

* 29. Nov 1803, † 15. May 1879

Lying on the River Mur, the capital of the federal province of Styria is dominated by the Schlossberg, where there...

Graz

1477–1648

Lying in the Swiss canton of Aargau, the Habichtsburg, also known as the Habsburg, is regarded as the ancestral seat...

Habichtsburg

1273–1282
In 1869 Makart was invited to move to Vienna, where his studio soon became a centre of Viennese society. He had a huge...
Hans Makart

* 28. May 1840, † 03. Oct 1884

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