Persons, places and events

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

Born in Hamburg, the architect and architectural historian Gottfried Semper was professor of architecture at the...

Person Gottfried Semper

* 29. Nov 1803, † 15. May 1879

Made in Prague for Emperor Rudolf II in 1602, this crown, referred to as the ‘House Crown’, originally served as a...

1804–1918

Franz II (I) liked to stylize himself as the ‘Father of his State’, in keeping with the Biedermeier patriarchal...

1804–1835

On 11 August 1804 Emperor Franz issued a Patent or edict announcing his assumption of the title and office of...

1804–1806

The younger Napoleon was the first legitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Archduchess Marie Louise. Although...

Person Napoleon Franz Bonaparte

Duke of Reichstadt

After the victory over Napoleon the leading European powers negotiated a new political order at the Congress of...

18. Sep 1814–09. Jun 1815

On the occasion of his daughter Leopoldine’s marriage to the heir to the Brazilian throne, Emperor Franz I decided...

10. Apr 1817

Pictures from ancient and medieval times make it clear that the plough was an important tool in working the soil for...

1818

Johann Strauss II followed in his father’s footsteps as a conductor and composer. He raised the dance music of the...

Person Johann Strauss II

* 25. Oct 1825, † 03. Jun 1899

During the reign of Pedro II (1849–1889), Brazil enjoyed decades of peace, and, still more importantly, of technical...

Emperor Pedro II

Emperor of Brazil

1831–1889

This clock, made in 1831 and put into a picture based on an engraving, shows Emperor Franz II (I) at the desk of his...

1828

A native of Vienna, Karl von Hasenauer was a pupil of the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg (1813–1868) and...

Person Karl von Hasenauer

* 20. Jul 1833, † 04. Jan 1894

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