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After the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg, a war broke out between France and the Austrian Habsburgs...

1701–1714

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

The tower clock made for St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna in 1699 weighed 700 kilograms. The first reports of a...

1699

A native of Stockholm, the painter Martin van Meytens was much travelled and enjoyed international renown. He was Maria...

* 24. Jun 1695, † 23. Mar 1770

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

Location Budapest

1686–1916

In the summer of 1683 the Ottoman army led by Grand Vizier Kara Mustapha laid siege to Vienna, the Emperor’s...

1683

The figure of Hanswurst, regarded as the creation of Josef Anton Stranitzky (1676–1726), was a major element in...

Person Hanswurst

* 10. Sep 1676, † 19. May 1726

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

Person Eugene of Savoy

Prince

Thanks to his lengthy training in Rome, the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach became one of the most...

Person Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

* 1656, † 1723

This small-bore rifle with a wheel lock was produced around 1650 and was intended for hunting fowl and smaller game...

1650

Lying in the west of the city in the suburb of Hietzing, Schönbrunn Palace and its gardens are one of the most...

Location Vienna – Schönbrunn Palace

1648–1918

The Augarten in Vienna is all that remains of a seventeenth-century imperial pleasure garden that was once...

Location Vienna – Augarten

1648–1792

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