Persons, places and events

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

In the nineteenth century railways transformed the way people travelled and goods were transported. In 1825 the...

1839

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, the 'Oriental Style' and exotic foreign accessories from far-off...

01. Jan 1840–31. Dec 1840

The Romans had a dedicated postal service to convey messages and letters. In the Middle Ages this work was taken...

1840

In 1869 Makart was invited to move to Vienna, where his studio soon became a centre of Viennese society. He had a huge...

Person Hans Makart

* 28. May 1840, † 03. Oct 1884

Scraps of cloth from clothing that had been worn out and discarded were for a long time the raw material used in the...

1844

Women smokers did not conform to the nineteenth-century bourgeois ideal of their sex. They were considered to be...

1848

The Heldenberg (Heroes’ Hill) is a monumental complex dating from the mid-nineteenth century which celebrates with...

Location Heldenberg

1848

On 13 March 1848 revolution broke out in Vienna, leading to the overthrow of State Chancellor Metternich, freedom of...

Event The revolution of March 1848

13. Mar 1848

A livery is the uniform worn by the servants of an aristocratic or royal/imperial household. The colour and form of...

1849–1914

The hilly forested landscape known as the Vienna Woods is the north-easternmost part of the Alpine chain and extends...

Location The Vienna Woods

1849–1914

The Salzkammergut lies on the Alpine chain at the borders of the federal provinces of Upper Austria, Salzburg and...

Location Salzkammergut

1849–1914

Invited to come to Vienna by Chancellor Metternich, the cabinet-maker Michael Thonet was active in the city from...

1850

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