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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