Persons, places and events

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

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

1683

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

Location Budapest

1686–1916

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

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

1699

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

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

1701–1714

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

1704

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

* 1706, † 1776

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

1709–1870

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

1712

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

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

1720–1733

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