Persons, places and events

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

From the beginning of the sixteenth century people were able to use a telescope to look into outer space. Being able...

1725

A native of Venice, Giacomo Casanova was a writer, Mason, well-travelled adventurer, bon vivant and welcome guest in...

Person Giacomo Casanova

* 02. Apr 1725, † 04. Jun 1798

As author, journalist, jurist and counsellor of state, Sonnenfels was an important representative of the Enlightenment...

Person Joseph von Sonnenfels

* 1733, † 25. Apr 1817

For generations of Habsburgs, Laxenburg with its palace and park, lying to the south of Vienna, was their favourite...

Location Laxenburg

1740–1916

Between 1726 and 1732 Prince Eugene of Savoy had an imposing palatial complex surrounded by an extensive park built...

Location Schloss Hof

1740–1792

Following the death of Charles VI a number of European powers refused to accept Maria Theresa’s accession to the...

16. Dec 1740–18. Oct 1748

To mark the recapture of Prague, Maria Theresa held a Ladies Carousel in the Winter Riding School of the Hofburg on...

1743

Originating in France, the eighteenth-century fashion for all things Turkish also swept the Habsburg court....

1744

This work was written during the course of the Vienna ‘Hanswurst controversy’ (1747–1783) in which Joseph von...

1747–1783

The Seven Years’ War was fought over Silesia, which Maria Theresa wanted to win back from Frederick the Great of...

1756–1763

From the age of four, Mozart toured Europe with his sister Maria Anna as a child prodigy, at the instigation of his...

Person Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

* 27. Jan 1756, † 05. Dec 1791

On 13 October 1762 the ten-year-old Maria Anna and the six-year-old Wolfgang Mozart performed on the violin and...

Item The Mozarts at Schönbrunn

1762

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