Persons, places and events

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

The cause of the War of Bavarian Succession lay in the claims to Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate made by...

1778

The Maria Theresa thaler, first struck in 1741, was a very well-known silver coin, especially in the Arab world,...

1780

The Marriage Patent of 1783 made a clear distinction between the Church sacrament of marriage and the State marriage...

1783

At the height of the eighteenth-century Turkish vogue, Ottoman envoys visited the capitals of Europe. Magnificent...

1783

Artists and statesmen alike belonged to various lodges which spread the ideas of the Enlightenment in Austria from...

Item Freemasons

1785

In 1785 Joseph II introduced the so-called ‘economy coffin’, which could be used several times. It was made of wood...

1785

The attitude of the Habsburgs to the Revolution was initially ambivalent: Leopold II evinced sympathy with the...

14. Jul 1789–1799

These wars are sometimes known as the Coalition Wars because of the changing sets of allies: Russia, Holland, Spain...

1792–1815

Owned by Crown Prince Rudolf, this pair of lederhosen is intended to stand as a symbol for the attempts made by...

1792–1914

The k. u. k. Hofmobilien- und Materialdepot was part of the economic machinery of the Habsburg Court and...

Location Vienna – Hofmobiliendepot

1793–1914

Domitila (or Tilia, as she was also called) was introduced to Pedro in September 1822 for a flirtation whilst...

Person Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867

Crown Prince Pedro of Bragança was a lively child who was adept at evading the attempts of his tutors to educate him...

Emperor Pedro I of Brazil

Emperor

1822–1831

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