The architects Ferdinand Fellner (1847–1916) and Hermann Helmer (1849–1919) had built almost 50 theatres across the...

Vienna – The Volkstheater

14. Sep 1889

Opened in 1748, the ‘Royal Theatre beside the Palace’ performed a repertoire of Italian operas, French dramas,...

Vienna – The Burgtheater

14. Oct 1888

In 1765 Maria Josepha of Bavaria, a granddaughter of Joseph I, married Joseph II, who became emperor and co-regent with...
Josepha of Bavaria

* 1739, † 1767

The Crown of St Wenceslas (Czech: Svatováclavská koruna) is the crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia and named...

The Crown of St Wenceslas

1526–1918

Built around 1720 in the game-rich wetland forests bordering the Danube, this Baroque hunting lodge was a favourite...

Schloss Eckartsau

1918

The death of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916 after a reign of sixty-eight years marked the symbolic end of the Monarchy...

The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne at Sarajevo brought the long-standing political tensions to the...

World War I, 1914–1918

28. Jul 1914–12. Nov 1918

13 May 1888 saw the unveiling of a large monument situated between the two Court Museums as part of the Ringstrasse...

The Maria Theresa Monument

1874–13. May 1888

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