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2013 Event - Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2012 Event - Moody's Investor's Service issues a negative outlook for the credit ratings for Austria, France and the United Kingdom 2009 Event - Two previously unknown works by Mozart - a concerto movement and a prelude, are performed in Salzburg, Austria 2007 Death - Kurt Waldheim, dies in Vienna, Austria, of heart failure, at 88 2006 Death - Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria 1996 Death - Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds, dies at 45 in Vienna, Austria 1995 Event - Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union 1994 Event - European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria 1994 Event - 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP 1994 Death - Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84 1993 Death - Lucia Popp, Czechoslovakia/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54 1993 Death - Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Death - Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70 1992 Event - Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria 1992 Event - Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria 1990 Death - Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies 1989 Death - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96 1989 Death - Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies 1989 Death - Konrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 85 1989 Death - Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1987 Event - Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World 1986 Event - Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria 1984 Event - Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph 1983 Event - Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria 1982 Death - Anna Freud, Austria/English psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86 1982 Event - Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1981 Death - Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86 1980 Death - Oskar Kokoschka, Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93 1977 Birthday - Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya 1977 Birthday - Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1976 Birthday - Ger Unterluggauer, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1976 Event - 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) 1976 Birthday - Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star 1976 Event - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1976 Event - Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria 1976 Event - 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria 1975 Birthday - Christoph Brandner, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1975 Birthday - Reinhard Davis, hockey goaltender, Team Austria 1998 1974 Death - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89 1974 Birthday - Dieter Kalt, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1973 Death - Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 1972 Birthday - Andreas Pusnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1972 Birthday - Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1972 Birthday - Mario Schaden, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1972 Event - 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria 1971 Death - Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 1971 Birthday - Claus Dalpiaz, hockey goaltender, Team Austria 1998 1971 Birthday - Hayley Carr, born in Salzburg, Austria, actress, Courtney-As the World Turns 1970 Death - Johannes Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Goethe in Bohmen), dies at 74 1970 Birthday - Wolfgang Kromp, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1970 Birthday - Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star 1970 Birthday - Gerald Ressman, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1970 Birthday - Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Lerida 1970 Event - Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria 1970 Birthday - Patrick Pilloni, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1969 Birthday - Martin Ulrich, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1969 Birthday - Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1969 Birthday - Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star 1969 Birthday - Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1969 Death - Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 1968 Death - Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89 1968 Birthday - Michael Puschacher, hockey goalie, Team Austria 1998 1968 Birthday - Horst Skoff, born in Klagenfurt, Austria, professional tennis player, won top-level singles title in Athens in 1989, ranked 18th in world rankings for singles, 70th for doubles 1968 Birthday - Christian Perthaler, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1968 Death - Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 1967 Birthday - Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1967 Birthday - Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open 1967 Event - Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet 1966 Birthday - Gerhard Puschnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1966 Birthday - Simon Wheeldon, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1966 Birthday - Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady 1966 Birthday - Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star 1965 Death - Richard Billinger, Austria poet and writer (Bauernpassion), dies 1965 Event - Franz Jonas elected president of Austria 1965 Death - Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62 1965 Death - Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 1964 Event - Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria 1964 Event - 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1964 Event - 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria 1963 Birthday - Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13 backup 1963 Birthday - Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1963 Birthday - Richard Nasheim, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1963 Death - Oscar Backing, Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at 83 1962 Birthday - Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 1962 Death - Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86 1960 Death - Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78 1960 Birthday - Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13 1960 Birthday - Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1960 Death - Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered Prime Minister Sturgkh, dies at 80 1959 Birthday - Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup 1958 Birthday - Anton Innauer, born in Bezau, Austria, 70m ski jumper, Gold 1980 Olympics 1958 Birthday - Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1957 Death - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60 1957 Death - Wilhelm Reich, Austria/U.S. psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60 1957 Death - Leo Perutz, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938, dies in Bad Ischi, Austria 1957 Event - Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria 1957 Birthday - Johann Hoelzel Falco, born in Vienna, Austria, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus' 1955 Event - New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) 1955 Event - Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938 1955 Event - Last allied occupying troops leave Austria 1955 Event - Last Soviet forces leave Austria 1955 Event - Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation 1955 Event - Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again 1955 Event - Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence 1955 Event - Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB 1954 Event - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115 1954 Event - 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Birthday - Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier 1976 Olympics gold 1953 Event - Raab forms his 1st government in Austria 1953 Birthday - Annemarie Moser-Proll, born in Austria, downhill skier 1980 Olympics gold 1951 Death - Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 1951 Death - Arnold Schonberg, Austria/US composer (Verklarte Nacht), dies at 76 1951 Death - Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62 1951 Birthday - Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba, Austria, figure skater, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Death - Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 1950 Death - Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80 1949 Birthday - Sybil Danning, Danninger, Weis Austria, actress, Chained Heat 1949 Birthday - Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84 1948 Birthday - Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom 1968 Olympics bronze 1948 Death - Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lehar), dies at 55 1947 Death - Felix Salten, Siegmund Salzmann, Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78 1947 Birthday - Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze 1947 Birthday - Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator 1946 Birthday - Elfriede Jelinek, born in Murzzuschlag, Austria, writer, playwright, novelist, member, Austria's Communist Party, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004 1946 Death - Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 1946 Death - Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72 1946 Birthday - Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist 1960 Olympics gold 1945 Event - 2nd Republic of Austria forms 1945 Death - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 1945 Event - U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II 1945 Birthday - Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress, Town Without Pity, Red Lips 1944 Event - Canadians free Austria 1944 Birthday - Klaus Maria Brandauer, born in Austria, actor, Mephisto, Out of Africa 1943 Birthday - Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier 1960 Olympics bronze 1943 Birthday - Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Death - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 1942 Death - Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 1941 Death - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 1941 Birthday - Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress, Cast a Giant Shadow 1941 Birthday - Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus 1941 Birthday - Liese Prokop, born in Austria, pentathlete 1968 Olympics silver 1968 1940 Death - Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies 1940 Birthday - Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress, Star Trek 2, Beast Within 1939 Birthday - Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1939 Death - Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies 1939 Birthday - Heinrich Messner, born in Austria, downhill skier 1972 Olympics bronze 1939 Death - Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 1939 Birthday - Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress, Masquerade, Casanova '70 1939 Birthday - Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Death - Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide 1939 Death - Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64 1938 Birthday - Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom, Olympic-1968 1938 Birthday - Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch 1938 Event - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria 1938 Event - Austria becomes a state of Germany 1938 Event - Austria annexed by Nazi Germany 1938 Event - Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1938 Event - Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1938 Event - German troops entered Austria 1937 Birthday - Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor, 1986- 1937 Birthday - David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Death - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67 1937 Death - Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72 1936 Birthday - Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater 1956 Olympics gold 1936 Event - Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1935 Event - Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp 1935 Birthday - Anton Sailer, Austria, skier, Olympic-3 golds-1956 1935 Birthday - Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim' 1935 Birthday - Susan Engel, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, Ascendancy 1934 Event - Failed nazi coup in Austria 1934 Death - Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56 1934 Event - Austria signs pact with Vatican 1933 Death - Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Netherlands physicist, dies at 53 1933 Death - Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 1933 Death - Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1932 Event - Austria forbids demonstration by Nazi's and anti fascists 1932 Event - Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria 1931 Birthday - Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 1931 Event - Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria 1931 Event - Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1931 Event - 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria 1930 Birthday - Maximilian Schell, Austria, actor and director, Odessa File, Julia 1929 Event - John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria 1929 Death - Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64 1929 Event - Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria 1929 Birthday - Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig 1929 Birthday - Fred Sinowatz, SP, chancellor of Austria, 1983-86 1928 Event - MW Miklas elected president of Austria 1928 Birthday - Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 1928 Event - Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) 1928 Birthday - Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds 1928 Death - Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 1928 Birthday - Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband 1928 Birthday - William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules 1927 Birthday - Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation 1927 Birthday - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold 1926 Event - Austria government of Seipel, forms 1926 Death - August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70 1926 Birthday - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author and poet 1926 Birthday - Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress, Space 1999 1925 Death - Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies 1925 Birthday - Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence 1925 Birthday - Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash, Olympic-bronze-1948 1925 Birthday - Dorothea Hochletiner, born in Austria, giant slalom 1956 Olympics bronze 1924 Event - Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1924 Birthday - Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1923 Birthday - Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer, Glove 1922 Event - Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria 1922 Event - Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence 1922 Birthday - Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein 1922 Death - Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 1921 Birthday - Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author 1921 Birthday - Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1921 Event - Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany 1921 Birthday - Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1920 Birthday - Erik Pausin, born in Austria, figure skating pairs, 1936 Olympics silver 1920 Birthday - Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves 1920 Event - Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy 1919 Event - Austria parliament approves 8-hour day 1919 Birthday - Bernhard Wicki, St. Polten Austria, director/actor, Crime and Passion 1919 Event - Treaty of St. Germain: Austria ends incorporation with Germany 1919 Event - Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria 1919 Event - Austria expels all Habsburgers 1919 Event - German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria 1919 Birthday - Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs, Olympics-silver-1936 1918 Birthday - Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1918 Event - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic 1918 Event - Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates 1918 Death - Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 1918 Event - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign 1917 Event - U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I 1917 Event - Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army 1917 Birthday - Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor, Shadow of the Cloak 1917 Event - China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1916 Birthday - Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded electronic music studio in Linz in 1959 1916 Death - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies 1916 Death - Karl von Sturgkh, premier Austria, assassinated 1915 Birthday - Rudolf Kirchschlager, president of Austria, 1974-86 1915 Birthday - William Roycroft, born in Austria, equestrian 3 day, Olympic-bronze-1976 1915 Birthday - Herma Bauma, born in Austria, javelin thrower, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1915 Event - Jews of Laibach Austria expelled 1914 Event - Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia 1914 Death - Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27 1914 Event - Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1914 Event - Austria invades Serbia, WW I 1914 Death - Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated 1913 Birthday - Hedy Lamarr, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, Ecstacy, Samson and Delilah 1913 Birthday - Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants 1912 Birthday - Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist, Cloak, Aufruf 1911 Event - Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma 1911 Birthday - Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor, 1970-83 1911 Birthday - Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist, Zerrissene Orpheus 1910 Birthday - Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria, 1966-70 1910 Birthday - John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor, Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes 1910 Birthday - Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City 1910 Birthday - Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist 1909 Birthday - Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler, Centerfold Girls 1909 Birthday - Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor, Belarus File 1909 Death - Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62 1909 Birthday - Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert 1909 Birthday - Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1908 Event - Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina 1908 Birthday - Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1908 Birthday - Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler 1907 Birthday - Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show 1907 Birthday - Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird 1907 Death - Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies of scarlet fever and diptheria at 4 years and 7 months of age in Maiernigg, Austria, five days after her father, Gustav Mahler's 47th birthday. She is buried at Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna. 1907 Birthday - Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1907 Birthday - Fred Zinneman, born in Austria, director, From Here to Eternity, Julia 1907 Birthday - Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs 1906 Birthday - Carl Esmond, Wien, Vienna, Austria, actor, Smash-Up 1906 Birthday - Kurt Godel, Austria, mathematician, Incompleteness Theorem 1905 Birthday - Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus 1905 Birthday - William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold 1905 Birthday - Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1904 Birthday - William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician 1904 Birthday - Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah 1904 Death - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 1904 Birthday - Willy Forst, Austria actor and director, Vienna Blood 1903 Birthday - Rene Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer, Concepts of Criticism 1903 Birthday - Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer, The Bees Novel 1902 Birthday - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All 1902 Birthday - Leopold Figl, premier of Austria 1902 Birthday - Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63 1902 Birthday - Lucie Rie, born in Vienna, Austria, born Luzie Gomperz, potter, works displayed in collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York 1902 Birthday - Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension 1901 Birthday - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, Somewhere in the Night 1901 Birthday - Otto Waldis, Austria, actor, Port of Hell, Unknown World 1900 Birthday - Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins, Nobel 1938 1900 Birthday - Anton Walbrook, Adolf Wohlbrook, Vienna Austria, actor, Laura 1900 Birthday - Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer, Johnny Spielt Auf 1900 Birthday - Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great 1900 Birthday - Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress, Metropolis, Mutter Courage 1900 Birthday - Ludwig Donath, born in Vienna Austria, actor, Torn Curtain, Sirocco 1899 Death - Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73 1898 Birthday - Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer, Appointment, Semi-Tough 1898 Death - Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60 1898 Birthday - Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama 1898 Death - Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66 1897 Birthday - Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer, Power of Love 1897 Birthday - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer, Violanta 1897 Birthday - John Wengraf, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, 12 to Moon, Pride and Passion 1896 Birthday - John Urzidil, Austria/U.S. writer, Die erbeuteten Frauen 1895 Death - Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62 1895 Death - Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 1895 Birthday - Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 1895 Birthday - Fred Essler, Austria, actor, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk 1895 Birthday - Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland 1894 Birthday - Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy 1893 Death - Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80 1893 Birthday - Richard Billinger, Austria poet and writer, From Where I Came 1893 Birthday - Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1892 Birthday - John Mylong, Austria, actor, Robot Monsters 1892 Event - Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms 1892 Birthday - Richard Tauber, Ernst Seiffert, Austria/British, tenor/conductor 1892 Birthday - Zita, empress, Austria, Queen, Hungary 1892 Birthday - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer, Adel und Untergang 1891 Birthday - Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent 1891 Birthday - Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist, spot tests 1890 Birthday - Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh 1890 Birthday - Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46 1890 Birthday - Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1890 Birthday - Adolf Scharf, president Austria, 1957-65 1889 Birthday - Ricardo Cortez, Jack Krantz, Vienna Austria, actor/dir, Blackmail 1889 Birthday - Ludwig Wittgenstein, born in Austria, philosopher, Tractatus 1889 Birthday - Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1887 Birthday - Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer, Melodie Lehre 1887 Birthday - Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer 1887 Birthday - Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist 1887 Birthday - Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Austria, singer, Vienna Opera 1887 Birthday - Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat 1887 Birthday - Albert Conti, born in Trieste, Austria, actor, Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion 1886 Birthday - Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer, Message from the Madhouse 1886 Birthday - Hermann Broch, Austria, novelist, Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment 1885 Birthday - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist 1885 Death - Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 1885 Birthday - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1884 Birthday - Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor, Threepenny Opera 1884 Event - 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria 1884 Birthday - Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalysis, Kunstler 1884 Birthday - Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army 1883 Birthday - Anton, Friedrich Wilhelm, von Webern, born in Vienna, Austria, 12-tone composer 1883 Birthday - Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor, Man With a Camera 1883 Birthday - Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance 1882 Birthday - Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1882 Birthday - Max Mell, Austria officer/literary, Donauweibchen 1882 Birthday - Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas 1881 Birthday - Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist, Beware of Pity 1880 Birthday - Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Netherlands physicist, adiabates hypothesis 1879 Birthday - Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Sturgkh 1878 Birthday - Karl Buresch, Austria politician 1878 Birthday - Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist, Geschichtsfilosofie 1878 Birthday - Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer, Der Partylowe 1877 Birthday - Max Pallenberg, Austria, actor, Brave Suender, husband of Fritzi Massary 1876 Death - August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 1875 Death - Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 1875 Birthday - Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist 1875 Birthday - Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist and composer 1874 Birthday - Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet 1874 Birthday - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer, Eros Thanatos 1874 Birthday - Karl Kraus, born in Austria, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture 1874 Birthday - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist 1873 Birthday - Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director, Oedipus Rex 1873 Birthday - Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello 1873 Birthday - Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess 1873 Birthday - Max Adler, Austria sociologist/socialist theorist 1872 Birthday - Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder 1871 Birthday - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman 1870 Birthday - Adolf Loos, Austria architect, building of houses 1870 Birthday - Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum 1870 Birthday - Alfred Adler, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Inferiority Complex 1869 Birthday - Felix Salten, Siegmund Salzmann, Austria journalist, Bambi 1869 Birthday - Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet, Symbolic Wounds 1869 Birthday - Karl Seitz, president of Austria 1868 Birthday - Karl Landsteiner, born in Austria, immunologist/pathologist, Nobel 1930 1866 Event - Italy declares war on Austria 1866 Event - Prussia attacks Austria 1866 Death - Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies 1866 Birthday - Johann Strauss, Austria, composer, Waltz King 1865 Death - Ferdinand G Waldmuller, Austria painter (biedermeier), dies 1863 Birthday - French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I 1863 Birthday - Hermann Bahr, Austria writer and director, New Men 1862 Birthday - Gustav Klimt, born in Austria, Art Nouveau painter 1862 Birthday - Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist, La Ronde 1861 Birthday - Italo Svevo, Trieste Austria, Italian novelist, La Coscienza di Zeno 1861 Birthday - Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy 1860 Birthday - Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan 1860 Birthday - Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer, Donna Diana 1860 Birthday - Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder, Zionist movement 1860 Birthday - Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, born in Windisch-Graz, Austria, composer 1859 Birthday - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist, Balloon flights, Amazon 1859 Death - Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief and Housewife), dies 1859 Birthday - Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austria, author, Lebensabend 1858 Event - Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1858 Birthday - Hans Rott, born in Braunhirschengrund, Austria, composer, organist at the Piarist church, praised by Anton Bruchnew, Gustav Mahler 1858 Death - Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76 1857 Event - Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited 1857 Birthday - Julius Wagner von Jauregg, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Nobel 1927 1856 Birthday - Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology 1855 Birthday - Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist, Still in the Music 1855 Birthday - August Sauer, Austria literature historian, Euphorion 1855 Death - Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 1854 Event - Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" 1852 Birthday - Johan N Salvator, Johann Orth, archduke of Austria 1850 Death - Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 1850 Death - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 1849 Death - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies 1849 Event - Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia 1848 Event - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary 1848 Event - Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire 1848 Event - Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1847 Death - Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Governor-General (Austria-Netherland), dies 1846 Death - Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 1845 Birthday - Gustave Ador, union president of Austria, 1919 1844 Birthday - Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist, statistical mechanics 1843 Birthday - Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist, Nobel 1905 1843 Death - Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 1842 Birthday - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal 1842 Birthday - Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student 1840 Event - England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance 1838 Birthday - Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist 1837 Birthday - Sissi, Emperor of Austria 1837 Event - Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens 1836 Birthday - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94 1835 Birthday - Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist, Stefan-Boltzmann law 1835 Birthday - Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer, 318 Dance 1834 Event - Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 1832 Birthday - Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico 1831 Birthday - Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist 1830 Event - England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1830 Birthday - Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor 1828 Death - Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Schone Mullerin), dies at 31 1827 Birthday - Josef Strauss, Austria, composer, Dorfschwalben aus Austria 1825 Birthday - Johann Baptist Strauss, the younger, Austria, composer, Waltz King 1825 Birthday - Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austria, poet, Weistumer 1824 Birthday - Anton Bruckner, Austria, Wagner disciple and monumental bore/composer 1824 Death - Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55 1820 Death - Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 1818 Event - 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria) 1818 Event - Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1817 Birthday - Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria, Battle at Custozza 1816 Birthday - August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music 1815 Event - Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1815 Event - Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance 1815 Event - Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples 1815 Event - Austria declares war on realm of Naples 1813 Event - Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 1813 Event - Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria 1813 Birthday - Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59 1811 Death - Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies 1811 Event - Austria declares bankruptcy 1810 Event - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria 1809 Birthday - Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer 1809 Event - Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl 1809 Event - Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1809 Event - Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1809 Event - Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1806 Birthday - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher 1805 Event - France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1801 Birthday - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist 1800 Event - Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria 1799 Event - Austria declares war on France 1797 Event - France and Austria signs cease fire 1797 Birthday - Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished Symphony 1797 Event - Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty 1796 Event - Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge 1795 Event - 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1793 Birthday - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary 1793 Event - 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1792 Event - France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 Event - France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1792 Event - Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant 1791 Death - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 1791 Event - Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova 1791 Birthday - Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen 1791 Death - Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Netherlands, commits suicide at 58 1788 Birthday - Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer 1788 Event - Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Birthday - Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night 1782 Birthday - Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria 1782 Birthday - Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria 1781 Birthday - Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer 1780 Death - Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63 1778 Event - Prussia declares war on Austria 1777 Death - Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 1776 Event - Austria ends interregation torture 1775 Event - Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria 1773 Birthday - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music 1772 Event - 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1772 Event - 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria 1771 Birthday - Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet, Regulus 1771 Birthday - Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov, Austria Netherland 1769 Birthday - Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane 1766 Birthday - Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline 1763 Event - Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg 1762 Event - Austria uses 1st paper currency 1760 Event - Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria 1760 Event - Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Event - Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Event - Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia 1757 Birthday - Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder, Piano method 1757 Event - Austria and France divide Prussia 1756 Event - France and Austria sign alliance 1756 Birthday - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer, Figaro 1753 Event - Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty 1748 Event - France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1748 Event - England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty 1746 Event - Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1746 Event - Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army 1746 Event - Russia and Austria sign agreements 1746 Event - Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation 1745 Event - Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden 1745 Event - Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria 1745 Event - Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria 1745 Event - Austria and Bavaria sign peace 1745 Event - England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance 1743 Event - England, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms 1743 Event - England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms 1742 Event - Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty 1742 Event - Sardinia and Austria sign alliance 1741 Death - Wierich PL count von Daun, Governor-General of Austria and Netherlands, dies 1741 Birthday - Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, 1765-90 1740 Event - Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia 1739 Event - Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1738 Event - France and Austria sign peace 1736 Birthday - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer 1734 Birthday - Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist, Mesmerism 1732 Birthday - Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1732 Birthday - Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1732 Birthday - Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1725 Event - Spain and Austria sign secret treaty 1725 Event - Spain and Austria sign trade treaty 1724 Event - Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1719 Event - Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact 1717 Birthday - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I 1715 Event - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands 1715 Birthday - Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist 1714 Event - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1714 Birthday - Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore 1711 Event - Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar 1711 Event - Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria 1709 Event - Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1708 Event - Battle at Trencsen: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army 1703 Event - English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1701 Death - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 1699 Event - Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1696 Birthday - Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1677 Death - Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68 1673 Birthday - Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1670 Event - Vienna Austria expels Jews 1670 Event - Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I 1666 Death - Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 1664 Event - Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar 1663 Event - Osman declares war on Austria 1660 Event - Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva 1657 Birthday - Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1653 Event - German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria 1648 Event - People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin 1644 Death - Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies 1643 Birthday - Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria 1641 Death - Ferdinand, of Austria, cardinal of Spain, dies at 32 1633 Death - Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 1631 Event - Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1629 Birthday - Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands 1628 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism 1621 Death - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61 1609 Birthday - Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands 1607 Event - Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia 1606 Event - Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok 1597 Event - French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria 1596 Event - Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais 1595 Event - King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1595 Death - Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 1595 Death - Ferdinand, archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies 1584 Birthday - Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major 1578 Death - Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1576 Event - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria 1559 Birthday - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal 1558 Birthday - Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands, 1598 - 1600 1556 Event - Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over 1556 Event - Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor 1553 Birthday - Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands 1551 Event - Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania 1547 Event - King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman 1547 Birthday - Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1541 Event - Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu 1538 Event - King Ferdinand of Austria and King Janos Zapolyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein 1533 Event - Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty 1531 Event - Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other 1530 Death - Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 1529 Birthday - Ferdinand, archduke, Austria, mayor, Bohemia 1527 Event - Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary 1527 Event - Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia 1526 Event - Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia 1522 Event - Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails 1515 Event - Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria 1515 Event - Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria 1501 Event - Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente 1496 Event - Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria 1493 Event - Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor 1493 Event - King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 1490 Event - Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria 1485 Event - Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands 1477 Birthday - Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII 1459 Birthday - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 1453 Event - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria 1421 Event - Jews of Austria imprisoned and expelled 1421 Event - Jews are expelled from Styria Austria 1420 Event - Jews of Syria and Austria expelled 1415 Birthday - Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493 1386 Event - Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria 1349 Event - People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells 1307 Death - Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies 1298 Event - Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred 1246 Death - Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 1235 Event - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names 1221 Birthday - Frederik II, Strijdbare, duke of Austria 1177 Death - Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies 1156 Event - Markgraafschap Austria becomes a temple (Privilegium minus) 996 Event - 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde 833 Event - Louis, king of Austria, crowned 404 Death - Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies |
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