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Following the death of Charles VI a number of European powers refused to accept Maria Theresa’s accession to the...

16. Dec 1740–18. Oct 1748

Between 1726 and 1732 Prince Eugene of Savoy had an imposing palatial complex surrounded by an extensive park built...

Location Schloss Hof

1740–1792

For generations of Habsburgs, Laxenburg with its palace and park, lying to the south of Vienna, was their favourite...

Location Laxenburg

1740–1916

As author, journalist, jurist and counsellor of state, Sonnenfels was an important representative of the Enlightenment...

Person Joseph von Sonnenfels

* 1733, † 25. Apr 1817

A native of Venice, Giacomo Casanova was a writer, Mason, well-travelled adventurer, bon vivant and welcome guest in...

Person Giacomo Casanova

* 02. Apr 1725, † 04. Jun 1798

From the beginning of the sixteenth century people were able to use a telescope to look into outer space. Being able...

1725

Ferdinand Storffer was commissioned by Emperor Charles VI to execute a pictorial record of the imperial collections...

1720–1733

In 1713 Emperor Charles VI issued an edict declaring the indivisibility of all Habsburg lands and that the...

Event The Pragmatic Sanction, 1713

19. Apr 1713

For centuries the only ways of driving machines were water, wind and muscle power. The invention of the steam engine...

1712

In 1709 the Theater nächst dem Kärnthnertor was built. For a long time its programme featured Italian opera,...

1709–1870

Prince Khevenhüller-Metsch married the lady-in-waiting of Maria Theresa’s mother. Following a career that included...

* 1706, † 1776

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

1704

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