Persons, places and events

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

From the middle of the nineteenth century department stores became something of a sensation. What impressed people...

1866

In 1866 Habsburg forces suffered an annihilating defeat at the hands of the Prussian army. The Prussian victory...

03. Jul 1866

The Compromise with Hungary created the ‘Austro-Hungarian Monarchy’, dividing the Monarchy into two halves with...

15. Mar 1867

Over the centuries, several different buildings and rooms in the Vienna Hofburg served as ballrooms and venues for...

Location Vienna – The Court Opera

25. May 1869

On Black Friday, 9 May 1873, triggered by uncontrolled speculation, there was a massive fall in the value of shares...

1873

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

Location Franz Josef Land

1873

Eighty-four metres high and 108 metres in diameter, the Rotunda was the largest domed building of its kind at the...

1873

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

Item The Maria Theresa Monument

1874–13. May 1888

At the Congress of Berlin in 1878 representatives of the major European powers and the Ottoman Empire met to share...

1878

The first small-wheeled bicycle produced in Austria was probably the model made by Johann Puch in Graz in 1890....

1890

The Imperial-Royal Court Suppliers were allowed to display the ‘Highest Coat of Arms’ on their businesses and to...

1908

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

Event World War I, 1914–1918

28. Jul 1914–12. Nov 1918

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