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2007 Kurt Waldheim, dies in Vienna, Austria, of heart failure, at 88
2006 Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria 1996 Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds, dies at 45 in Vienna, Austria 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, Czechoslovakia/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 1989 Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 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/English 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/Netherlands 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 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 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered Prime Minister Sturgkh, dies at 80 1959 Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup 1958 Anton Innauer, born in Bezau, Austria, 70m ski jumper, Gold 1980 Olympics 1958 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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60 1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/U.S. psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60 1957 Leo Perutz, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938, dies in Bad Ischi, Austria 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, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator 1946 Elfriede Jelinek, born in MŸrzzuschlag, Austria, writer, playwright, novelist, member, Austria's Communist Party, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004 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 Orchestra 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 Austria annexed by Nazi 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 David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 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 Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim' 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/Netherlands physicist, dies at 53 1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 1933 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1932 Austria forbids demonstration by Nazi's and anti fascists 1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria 1931 Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 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 Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 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 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 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash, Olympic-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 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 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 Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 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 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 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, born in Austria, javelin thrower, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 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, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants 1912 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 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, Sergeant 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 1909 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 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/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird 1907 Fred Zinneman, born in Austria, director, From Here to Eternity, Julia 1907 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 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 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 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/U.S. 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 Orchestra 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 Orchestra 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 Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 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 Anton, Friedrich Wilhelm, von Webern, born in Vienna, Austria, 12-tone composer 1883 Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor, Man With a Camera 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance 1882 Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 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/Netherlands 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, husband of Fritzi Massary 1876 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 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 Karl Kraus, born in Austria, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture 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 1861 Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy 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 Hans Rott, born in Braunhirschengrund, Austria, composer, organist at the Piarist church, praised by Anton Bruchnew, Gustav Mahler 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 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1847 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Governor-General (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/Field Marshal 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 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished Symphony 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 Netherlands, 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/Netherlands 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 1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 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 1709 Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 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, military 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/Field Marshal, 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 Netherlands 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/Governor 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 Netherlands 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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