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2000 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect

1997 Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

1995 Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80

1995 Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88

1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73

1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81

1994 Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98

1994 Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42

1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29

1994 Austrian conservative Vice President wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5%

1994 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher

1994 Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55

1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84

1992 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88

1992 Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84

1992 Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

1991 Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91

1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die

1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81

1991 Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies

1990 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86

1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81

1988 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74

1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim

1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II

1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election

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

1975 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies

1975 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Fruhling im Prater), dies at 94

1975 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77

1973 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47

1973 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher dies

1973 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train

1973 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

1973 Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89

1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian Athlete

1972 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71

1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83

1971 Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian

1971 Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70

1970 Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election

1969 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75

1969 Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skiier 1992 Olympics gold

1967 Hans Fischbock, Austrian financier, dies

1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75

1964 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82

1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns

1964 Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72

1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government

1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns

1959 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60

1958 Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian/British chemist, dies at 71

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

1958 Harti Weirather, Austrian alpine skier

1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71

1957 Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian President (1951-57), dies at 84

1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74

1956 Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies

1955 Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81

1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again

1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79

1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61

1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83

1952 Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder

1951 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian Composer

1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

1950 Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80

1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71

1950 Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader, Austrian Freedom Pary

1949 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75

1949 Wolfgang Puck, Austrian Celebrity

1948 Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78

1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74

1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54

1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged

1945 Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63

1945 Austrian Republic re-establishes

1945 Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61

1944 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79

1943 Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies

1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/U.S. pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74

1943 J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83

1942 Peter Handke, Austrian songwriter, Ritt uber den Bodensee

1942 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt

1942 Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61

1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69

1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60

1942 Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91

1939 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64

1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72

1938 German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi

1938 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies

1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian Statesman

1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56

1938 Odon, Edmund, von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36

1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks

1938 Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden

1937 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64

1937 Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer

1936 Karl Buresch, Austrian politician, dies

1936 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58

1935 Alban Berg, Austrian Composer

1934 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis

1934 Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution

1934 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party

1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his

1934 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70

1933 Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62

1933 Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations

1933 Austrian Communist Party banned

1933 Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament

1932 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59

1931 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian Playwright

1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian

1931 Austrian government of Ender falls

1931 Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist

1930 Otto Ender forms Austrian government

1930 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms

1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs

1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92

1929 Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert

1929 Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls

1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54

1928 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect

1927 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer

1926 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany

1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64

1924 Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president

1924 Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming

1923 Walter Kohn, Austrian Physicist

1922 Henry Anatole Grunwald, Austrian Editor

1921 Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist

1921 Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies

1921 Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist

1921 Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer

1921 Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81

1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)

1919 Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austrian author, dies at 59

1918 Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria

1918 Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies

1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents

1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55

1918 Gottfried von Einem, born in Bern, Switzerland, Austrian composer, Dantons Tod

1916 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81

1916 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol

1916 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front

1916 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

1916 Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78

1916 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer, Vom Tode

1915 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed)

1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84

1914 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland

1914 Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia

1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary

1914 Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant"

1914 Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated

1913 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist

1913 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Netherlands playwright/director, Albee/Pinter

1912 Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austrian writer, At the Minds Limit

1912 Gertrud Fussenegger, Dorn, Austrian writer, Mohrenlegende

1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66

1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65

1908 Simon Wiesenthal, Polish/Austrian nazi hunter, Wiesenthal Center

1908 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy

1908 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer, Masquerade

1908 Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover

1907 Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65

1907 Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer, Drei Tage Liebe

1907 Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor

1906 Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer

1905 Erwin Chargaff, Austrian Scientist

1905 Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

1905 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92

1905 Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978

1904 Anton Zischka, Austrian writer, Lebendiges Europa

1904 Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies

1903 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi, SS/SD

1903 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1903 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment

1903 Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist, Black Byzantium

1903 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director, Im weissen Rossl

1903 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at 42

1902 Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung

1902 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher

1901 Odon [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian playwright

1901 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer, Sonata Ritmica

1900 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist

1899 Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57

1899 Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian

1899 Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

1899 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher

1898 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer

1897 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon

1897 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian/U.S. psycho analysist, character analysis

1896 Attila Horbiger, Austrian actor, Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika

1895 Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F

1895 Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76

1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59

1895 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77

1894 Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician

1894 Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer

1894 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director, Der blaue Engel

1892 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis

1892 Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austrian, dies

1892 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal

1892 Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America

1891 Julius Raab, Austrian union chancellor, 1953-61

1891 Ferdinand Bruckner, Theodor Tagger, Austrian playwright, Races

1890 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist

1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law

1890 Karl Freund, Czechoslovakian/Austrian cameraman/director

1889 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50

1889 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist

1889 Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies

1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know

1887 Friedrich A. Paneth, Austrian/British chemist

1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player

1887 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet, Autumn of the Lonely

1887 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83

1886 Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist

1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter, Erasmus Prize 1960

1885 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall

1885 Alban Berg, Austrian Composer

1884 Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74

1884 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44

1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75

1883 Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier

1882 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic

1882 Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis

1881 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher

1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat

1881 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76

1881 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer and director, Burg Theater

1881 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player

1880 Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless

1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard

1880 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1878 Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist, Protactinium

1875 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No!

1874 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian Composer

1874 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician, Reaction of Pirquet

1874 Julius Bittner, Austrian composer, Little Violet

1874 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer

1874 Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge

1873 Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president

1872 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director

1872 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min, 1916-18

1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81

1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43

1871 Franz Blei, Peregrinus Steinhovel, Austrian painter/critic

1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria

1870 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect

1870 Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president, 1918-20, 45-50

1870 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42

1868 Heinrich Schenker, A Niloff, Austrian musicologist, Urlinie

1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62

1868 Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66

1867 Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies

1866 Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa

1866 Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Austrian Governor-General

1865 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian, Le Premiere Internationale

1864 Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist

1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico

1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico

1864 Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein

1859 Prince Metternich, Austrian Politician

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

1858 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79

1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66

1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer, Evangelimann

1854 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs

1854 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist

1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land

1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918

1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends

1849 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44

1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia

1846 Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithanie

1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81

1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker

1840 Hans Makart, Austrian painter, Plague in Florenz

1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist

1839 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, Der Schandfleck

1837 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner

1837 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58

1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, masochism

1833 Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier, 1868..93

1831 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74

1830 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1829 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies

1829 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53

1828 Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

1827 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa

1827 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies

1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet

1822 Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer

1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87

1812 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter

1810 Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, dies at 78

1810 Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina

1809 Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77

1809 Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon

1809 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73

1806 Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77

1805 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author, Nachsommer

1805 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter, Mutterliebe

1804 Ludwig A. Benedek, Austrian general

1804 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist

1803 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, Doppler effect

1803 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter

1801 Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor, Judith und Holofernes

1801 Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73

1801 France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville

1800 Ludwig A. F. Ritter von Kochel, Austrian musicologist, Mozart, Fux

1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59

1797 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France

1797 Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army

1793 Ferdinand G Waldmuller, Austrian painter

1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM

1791 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist, Golden Fleece

1790 Austrian army occupies Brussels

1788 Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69

1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67

1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor

1778 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master

1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia, 1848

1775 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover

1773 Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince

1773 Prince Metternich, Austrian Politician

1772 S ndor Kisfaludy, Hungary, poet/Austrian army, 1793-1801

1765 Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor, dies at 70

1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king

1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer

1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin

1760 Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin

1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin

1760 Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin

1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie

1760 Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59

1759 Austrian troops occupy Dresden

1758 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia

1757 Austrian troops occupy Berlin

1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia

1751 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78

1751 England signs Austrian and Russian alliance

1751 Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister

1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat

1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession

1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war

1744 Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague

1744 French army takes Austrian Netherlands

1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80

1740 Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist

1737 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/Field Marshal, dies at 79

1732 Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, Mariensaule

1729 Michael F B Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general, 7 Year Wars

1728 Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium

1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer

1723 J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66

1718 Louis E of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Thick Duke, Austrian duke

1718 Austrian joins Triple Alliance

1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands

1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist

1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59

1695 Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor

1690 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies

1688 Austrian armies occupy Belgrade

1679 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50

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

1670 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna

1668 Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/Field Marshall

1663 Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army

1647 Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62

1641 Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies

1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars

1626 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated

1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle

1609 Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austrian chencellor, -1674

1600 Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42

1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain

1591 Jakob Handl, Petelin, Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40

1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

1566 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79

1559 Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo

1550 Jakob Handl, Petelin, Austrian composer/bandmaster

1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches

1519 Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government

1514 Rhaticus, Rheticus, Austrian astronomer/mathematician

1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine

1486 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat

1480 Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies

1478 Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia, Philips I

1409 Austrian civil war ends

1388 Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army

1330 Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies

1315 Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian

1283 Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market

450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies


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