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1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union

1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria

1994 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84

1993 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54

1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81

1993 Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70

1992 Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria

1992 Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria

1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies

1989 Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96

1989 Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies

1989 Konrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 85

1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World

1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria

1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph

1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria

1982 Anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86

1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)

1981 Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86

1980 Oskar Kokoschka, Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93

1977 Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya

1977 Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1976 Ger Unterluggauer, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1976 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American)

1976 Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star

1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria

1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria

1975 Christoph Brandner, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1975 Reinhard Davis, hockey goaltender, Team Austria 1998

1974 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89

1974 Dieter Kalt, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1973 Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75

1972 Andreas Pusnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1972 Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1972 Mario Schaden, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1972 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria

1971 Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88

1971 Claus Dalpiaz, hockey goaltender, Team Austria 1998

1971 Hayley Carr, born in Salzburg, Austria, actress, Courtney-As the World Turns

1970 Johannes Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Goethe in Bohmen), dies at 74

1970 Wolfgang Kromp, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1970 Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star

1970 Gerald Ressman, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1970 Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Lerida

1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria

1970 Patrick Pilloni, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1969 Martin Ulrich, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1969 Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1969 Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star

1969 Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1969 Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83

1968 Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89

1968 Michael Puschacher, hockey goalie, Team Austria 1998

1968 Horst Skoff, Austria, tennis star

1968 Christian Perthaler, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83

1967 Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1967 Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open

1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet

1966 Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star

1966 Gerhard Puschnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1966 Simon Wheeldon, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1966 Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady

1966 Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star

1966 Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star

1965 Richard Billinger, Austria poet and writer (Bauernpassion), dies

1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria

1965 Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62

1965 Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74

1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria

1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria

1963 Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13 backup

1963 Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1963 Richard Nasheim, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998

1963 Oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83

1962 Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998

1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86

1960 Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78

1960 Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13

1960 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Sturgkh, dies at 80

1959 Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup

1958 Anton Innauer, born in Austria, 70m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold

1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60

1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60

1957 Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria

1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)

1955 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938

1955 Last allied occupying troops leave Austria

1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria

1955 Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation

1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again

1955 Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence

1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB

1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115

1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)

1953 Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier 1976 Olympics gold

1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria

1953 Annemarie Moser-Proll, born in Austria, downhill skier 1980 Olympics gold

1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69

1951 Arnold Schonberg, Austria/US composer (Verklarte Nacht), dies at 76

1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62

1951 Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba, Austria, figure skater, Olympics gold 1972

1950 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63

1950 Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80

1949 Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress, Chained Heat

1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84

1948 Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom 1968 Olympics bronze

1948 Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lehar), dies at 55

1947 Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78

1947 Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze

1947 Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater, 1968 Olympics gold

1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator

1946 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71

1946 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72

1946 Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist 1960 Olympics gold

1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms

1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43

1945 U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II

1945 Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress, Town Without Pity, Red Lips

1944 Canadians free Austria

1944 Klaus Maria Brandauer, born in Austria, actor, Mephisto, Out of Africa

1943 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier 1960 Olympics bronze

1943 Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier 1964 Olympic gold

1942 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68

1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79

1941 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84

1941 Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress, Cast a Giant Shadow

1941 Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus

1941 Liese Prokop, born in Austria, pentathlete 1968 Olympics silver 1968

1940 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies

1940 Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress, Star Trek 2, Beast Within

1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orch

1939 Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies

1939 Heinrich Messner, born in Austria, downhill skier 1972 Olympics bronze

1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44

1939 Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress, Masquerade, Casanova '70

1939 Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist 1964 Olympic gold

1939 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide

1939 Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64

1938 Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom, Olympic-1968

1938 Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch

1938 Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria

1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany

1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)

1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country

1938 German troops entered Austria

1937 Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor, 1986-

1937 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67

1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72

1936 Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater 1956 Olympics gold

1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome

1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp

1935 Anton Sailer, Austria, skier, Olympic-3 golds-1956

1935 Susan Engel, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, Ascendancy

1934 Failed nazi coup in Austria

1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56

1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican

1933 Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist, dies at 53

1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62

1932 Austria forbids demonstration by Nazi's and anti fascists

1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria

1931 Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria

1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe

1931 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria

1930 Maximilian Schell, Austria, actor and director, Odessa File, Julia

1929 John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria

1929 Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64

1929 Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria

1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig

1929 Fred Sinowatz, SP, chancellor of Austria, 1983-86

1928 MW Miklas elected president of Austria

1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)

1928 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds

1928 Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82

1928 Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband

1928 William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules

1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation

1927 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold

1926 Austria government of Seipel, forms

1926 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70

1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author and poet

1926 Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress, Space 1999

1925 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies

1925 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash, Oly-bronze-1948

1925 Dorothea Hochletiner, born in Austria, giant slalom 1956 Olympics bronze

1924 Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt

1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer

1923 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer, Glove

1922 Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria

1922 Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence

1922 Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein

1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies

1921 Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author

1921 Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany

1921 Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957

1920 Erik Pausin, born in Austria, figure skating pairs, 1936 Olympics silver

1920 Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves

1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy

1919 Austria parliament approves 8-hour day

1919 Bernhard Wicki, St. Polten Austria, director/actor, Crime and Passion

1919 Treaty of St. Germain: Austria ends incorporation with Germany

1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria

1919 Austria expels all Habsburgers

1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria

1919 Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs, Olympics-silver-1936

1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic

1918 Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates

1918 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28

1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign

1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

1917 Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army

1917 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor, Shadow of the Cloak

1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I

1916 Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies

1916 Karl von Sturgkh, premier Austria, assassinated

1915 Rudolf Kirchschlager, president of Austria, 1974-86

1915 William Roycroft, born in Austria, equestrian 3 day, Olympic-bronze-1976

1915 Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower, Oly-gold-1948

1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled

1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia

1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27

1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia

1914 Austria invades Siberia, WW I

1914 Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated

1913 Hedy Lamarr, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, Ecstacy, Samson and Delilah

1913 Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants

1912 Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater

1912 Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist, Cloak, Aufruf

1911 Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma

1911 Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor, 1970-83

1911 Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist, Zerrissene Orpheus

1910 Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria, 1966-70

1910 John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor, Sgt Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes

1910 Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City

1910 Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist

1909 Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler, Centerfold Girls

1909 Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor, Belarus File

1909 Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62

1909 Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert

1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

1908 Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic

1908 Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler

1907 Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show

1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer, Looking For a Bluebird

1907 Fred Zinneman, born in Austria, director, From Here to Eternity, Julia

1906 Carl Esmond, Wien, Vienna, Austria, actor, Smash-Up

1906 Kurt Godel, Austria, mathematician, Incompleteness Theorem

1905 Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus

1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold

1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music"

1904 William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician

1904 Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah

1904 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62

1904 Willy Forst, Austria actor and director, Vienna Blood

1903 Rene Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer, Concepts of Criticism

1903 Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer, The Bees Novel

1902 Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All

1902 Leopold Figl, premier of Austria

1902 Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63

1902 Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension

1901 Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, Somewhere in the Night

1901 Otto Waldis, Austria, actor, Port of Hell, Unknown World

1900 Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins, Nobel 1938

1900 Anton Walbrook, [Adolf Wohlbrook], Vienna Austria, actor, Laura

1900 Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer, Johnny Spielt Auf

1900 Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great

1900 Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress, Metropolis, Mutter Courage

1900 Ludwig Donath, born in Vienna Austria, actor, Torn Curtain, Sirocco

1899 Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73

1898 Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer, Appointment, Semi-Tough

1898 Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60

1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama

1898 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66

1897 Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer, Power of Love

1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer, Violanta

1897 John Wengraf, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, 12 to Moon, Pride and Passion

1896 John Urzidil, Austria/US writer, Die erbeuteten Frauen

1895 Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62

1895 Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62

1895 Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orch Zurich

1895 Fred Essler, Austria, actor, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk

1895 Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland

1894 Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy

1893 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80

1893 Richard Billinger, Austria poet and writer, From Where I Came

1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orch-1937

1892 John Mylong, Austria, actor, Robot Monsters

1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms

1892 Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor

1892 Zita, empress, Austria, /Queen, Hungary

1892 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer, Adel und Untergang

1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent

1891 Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist, spot tests

1890 Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh

1890 Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46

1890 Adolf Scharf, president Austria, 1957-65

1889 Ricardo Cortez, [Jack Krantz], Vienna Austria, actor/dir, Blackmail

1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, born in Austria, philosopher, Tractatus

1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45

1887 Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer, Melodie Lehre

1887 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer

1887 Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist

1887 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Austria, singer, Vienna Opera

1887 Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat

1887 Albert Conti, born in Trieste, Austria, actor, Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion

1886 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer, Message from the Madhouse

1886 Hermann Broch, Austria, novelist, Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment

1885 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist

1885 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63

1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!

1884 Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor, Threepenny Opera

1884 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria

1884 Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis, Kunstler

1884 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army

1883 Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor, Man With a Camera

1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance

1882 Max Mell, Austria officer/literary, Donauweibchen

1882 Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas

1881 Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist, Beware of Pity

1880 Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist, adiabates hypothesis

1879 Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Sturgkh

1878 Karl Buresch, Austria politician

1878 Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist, Geschichtsfilosofie

1878 Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer, Der Partylowe

1877 Max Pallenberg, Austria, actor, Brave Suender, /husb of Fritzi Massary

1876 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59

1875 Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet, Duino Elegies

1875 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82

1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist

1875 Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist and composer

1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet

1874 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer, Eros Thanatos

1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist

1873 Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director, Oedipus Rex

1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello

1873 Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess

1873 Max Adler, Austria sociologist/socialist theorist

1872 Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder

1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman

1870 Adolf Loos, Austria architect, building of houses

1870 Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum

1870 Alfred Adler, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Inferiority Complex

1869 Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria journalist, Bambi

1869 Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet, Symbolic Wounds

1869 Karl Seitz, president of Austria

1868 Karl Landsteiner, born in Austria, immunologist/pathologist, Nobel 1930

1866 Italy declares war on Austria

1866 Prussia attacks Austria

1866 Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies

1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer, Waltz King

1865 Ferdinand G Waldmuller, Austria painter (biedermeier), dies

1863 French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I

1863 Hermann Bahr, Austria writer and director, New Men

1862 Gustav Klimt, born in Austria, Art Nouveau painter

1862 Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist, La Ronde

1861 Italo Svevo, Trieste Austria, Italian novelist, La Coscienza di Zeno

1860 Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan

1860 Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer, Donna Diana

1860 Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder, Zionist movement

1860 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, born in Windisch-Graz, Austria, composer

1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist, Balloon flights, Amazon

1859 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief and Housewife), dies

1859 Richard Englander, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author, Lebensabend

1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die

1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76

1857 Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited

1857 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Nobel 1927

1856 Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology

1855 Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist, Still in the Music

1855 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, Euphorion

1855 Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66

1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"

1852 Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria

1850 Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69

1850 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76

1849 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies

1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia

1848 Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

1848 Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire

1847 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies

1846 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79

1845 Gustave Ador, union president of Austria, 1919

1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist, statistical mechanics

1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist, Nobel 1905

1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42

1842 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal

1842 Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student

1840 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance

1838 Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist

1837 Sissi, Emperor of Austria

1837 Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens

1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94

1835 Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist, Stefan-Boltzmann law

1835 Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer, 318 Dance

1834 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium

1832 Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico

1831 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist

1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium

1830 Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor

1828 Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Schone Mullerin), dies at 31

1827 Josef Strauss, Austria, composer, Dorfschwalben aus Austria

1825 Johann Baptist Strauss, the younger, Austria, composer, Waltz King

1825 Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austria, poet, Weistumer

1824 Anton Bruckner, Austria, Wagner disciple and monumental bore/composer

1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55

1820 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79

1818 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)

1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England

1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria, Battle at Custozza

1816 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music

1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance

1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance

1815 Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples

1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples

1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia)

1813 Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria

1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59

1811 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies

1811 Austria declares bankruptcy

1810 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria

1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer

1809 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl

1809 Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria

1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria

1809 Franz I of Austria declares war on France

1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher

1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg

1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist

1800 Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria

1799 Austria declares war on France

1797 France and Austria signs cease fire

1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty

1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge

1795 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia

1793 Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary

1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France

1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia

1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars

1792 Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant

1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35

1791 Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova

1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen

1791 Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58

1788 Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer

1788 Austria declares war on Russia

1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night

1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria

1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria

1781 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer

1780 Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63

1778 Prussia declares war on Austria

1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62

1776 Austria ends interregation torture

1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria

1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music

1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia

1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria

1771 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet, Regulus

1771 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov, Austria Netherland

1769 Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane

1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline

1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg

1762 Austria uses 1st paper currency

1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria

1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia

1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia

1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia

1757 Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder, Piano method

1757 Austria and France divide Prussia

1756 France and Austria sign alliance

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer, Figaro

1753 Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty

1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands

1748 England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty

1746 Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Neth armies

1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army

1746 Russia and Austria sign agreements

1746 Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation

1745 Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden

1745 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria

1745 Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria

1745 Austria and Bavaria sign peace

1745 England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance

1743 England, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms

1743 England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms

1742 Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty

1742 Sardinia and Austria sign alliance

1741 Wierich PL count von Daun, Governor-General of Austria and Netherlands, dies

1741 Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, 1765-90

1740 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

1739 Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks

1738 France and Austria sign peace

1736 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer

1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist, Mesmerism

1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer, Die Schopfung

1732 Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung

1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style

1725 Spain and Austria sign secret treaty

1725 Spain and Austria sign trade treaty

1719 Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact

1717 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I

1715 Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands

1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist

1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine

1714 Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore

1711 Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar

1711 Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria

1708 Battle at Trencsen: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army

1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal

1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62

1699 Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey

1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, /fought Austria and Russia

1677 Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68

1673 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, milt minister of Austrian Netherlands

1670 Vienna Austria expels Jews

1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I

1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64

1664 Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar

1663 Osman declares war on Austria

1660 Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva

1657 Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal, Turkish Wars

1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria

1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin

1644 Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies

1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria

1641 Ferdinand, of Austria, cardinal of Spain, dies at 32

1633 Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67

1631 Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands

1629 Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands

1628 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism

1621 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61

1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands

1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia

1606 Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok

1597 French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria

1596 Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais

1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth

1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41

1595 Ferdinand, archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies

1584 Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major

1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31

1576 Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria

1559 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal

1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands, 1598-1600

1556 Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over

1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor

1553 Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands

1551 Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania

1547 King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman

1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland

1541 Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu

1538 King Ferdinand of Austria and King Janos Zapolyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein

1533 Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty

1531 Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other

1530 Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51

1529 Ferdinand, archduke, Austria, /mayor, Bohemia

1527 Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary

1527 Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia

1526 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia

1522 Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails

1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria

1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria

1501 Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente

1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria

1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor

1493 King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis

1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria

1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth

1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII

1459 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria

1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria

1421 Jews of Austria imprisoned and expelled

1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria

1420 Jews of Syria and Austria expelled

1415 Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493

1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria

1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells

1307 Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies

1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred

1246 Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25

1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names

1221 Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria

1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies

1156 Markgraafschap Austria becomes a temple (Privilegium minus)

996 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde

833 Louis, king of Austria, crowned

404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies



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