Persons, places and events

Explore people, events, objects and locations connected with Habsburg history and learn more about their historical context.

Invited to come to Vienna by Chancellor Metternich, the cabinet-maker Michael Thonet was active in the city from...

1850

Archduke Johann Salvator was one of the Habsburgs’ enfants terribles : his lifestyle and liberal views brought him into...

Person Johann Salvator

Archduke of Austria

In 1853, while walking on the glacis in Vienna, the Emperor survived an attempted assassination by the Hungarian...

18. Feb 1853

From 1883 to 1900 Katharina Schratt was a member of the ensemble at the Vienna Court Theatre, where she achieved great...

Person Katharina Schratt

* 11. Sep 1853, † 17. Apr 1940

The building in the centre of Vienna known today as the Palais Ferstel originally housed the Austro-Hungarian...

1855

The Votivkirche was erected between 1855 and 1879 on the initiative of Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian to designs by...

Location Vienna - the Votivkirche

1855–1879

Forming part of the Ringstrasse ensemble, these two museums were built to house the imperial dynastic collections....

Location Vienna – The Court Museums

1857–1913

Plans for the ‘Imperial Forum’ were drawn up when the city walls were levelled. Gottfried Semper’s designs...

Item The Imperial Forum

1857–1913

On 20 December 1857 Emperor Franz Joseph signed the decree ordering the demolition of the city walls and the...

1857–1914

The war against Piedmont-Sardinia and its ally France led to the Habsburgs losing a major part of their territories...

Event The Battle of Solferino, 1859

24. Jun 1859

Together with his brother Ernst and Franz Matsch, Gustav Klimt was given a number of important public commissions....

1862–1918

Empress Elisabeth ordered a set of twenty-seven stars made of diamonds and pearls from the Vienna jewellers Köchert...

1865

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