2015 Event American skier Lindsey Vonn wins her 63rd World Cup, setting a new record after 35 years; the previous record of 62 wins was held by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Proell 2013 Event Austrian researchers successfully grew 'cerebral organoids' or mini-brains, containing several distinct regions of the brain; the mini-brains will help scientists understand how brains develop, and what causes schizophrenia and autism 2010 Event The Wittelsback-Graff Diamond, a 31.06-carat Fancy Deep Blue diamond, once part of the Austrian and Bavarian Crown jewels, is placed on display at the Smithsonian 2000 Death Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect 1997 Death Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist 1995 Death Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80 1995 Death Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88 1995 Death Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73 1995 Death Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81 1994 Death Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98 1994 Death Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42 1994 Death Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 1994 Event Austrian conservative Vice President wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% 1994 Death Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher 1994 Death Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 Death Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Death Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84 1992 Death Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88 1992 Death Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84 1992 Death Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1991 Death Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91 1991 Event Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die 1991 Death Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81 1991 Death Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies 1990 Death Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 1989 Death Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 1988 Death Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74 1987 Event Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1983 Event Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1976 Event 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) 1975 Death Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies 1975 Death Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Fruhling im Prater), dies at 94 1975 Death Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77 1973 Death Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 1973 Death Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher dies 1973 Event Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train 1973 Birthday Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor 1973 Death Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89 1972 Birthday Hermann Maier, Austrian Athlete 1972 Death Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71 1971 Death Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 1971 Birthday Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian 1971 Death Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70 1970 Event Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election 1969 Death Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75 1969 Birthday Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skiier 1992 Olympics gold 1967 Death Hans Fischbock, Austrian financier, dies 1965 Death Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75 1964 Death Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82 1964 Event Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns 1964 Death Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72 1963 Event Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government 1961 Event Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns 1959 Death Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1958 Death Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian/British chemist, dies at 71 1958 Birthday Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1958 Birthday Harti Weirather, Austrian alpine skier 1957 Death Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 1957 Death Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian President (1951-57), dies at 84 1956 Death Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 1956 Death Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies 1955 Death Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81 1955 Event Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again 1955 Death Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 1954 Death Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1954 Death Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83 1952 Birthday Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder 1951 Death Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian Composer 1951 Death Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher 1950 Death Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80 1950 Death Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1950 Birthday Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader, Austrian Freedom Pary 1949 Death Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 1949 Birthday Wolfgang Puck, Austrian Celebrity 1948 Death Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78 1947 Death Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74 1946 Death Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54 1946 Death Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged 1945 Death Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 1945 Event Austrian Republic re-establishes 1945 Death Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61 1944 Death Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79 1943 Death Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies 1943 Death Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/U.S. pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74 1943 Death J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83 1942 Birthday Peter Handke, Austrian songwriter, Ritt uber den Bodensee 1942 Event 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt 1942 Death Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 1942 Death Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 1942 Death Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 1942 Death Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 1939 Death Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64 1939 Death Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 1938 Event German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi 1938 Death Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies 1938 Birthday Heinz Fischer, Austrian Statesman 1938 Death Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 1938 Death Odon, Edmund, von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36 1938 Event Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 1938 Event Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden 1937 Death Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 1937 Birthday Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer 1936 Death Karl Buresch, Austrian politician, dies 1936 Death Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 1935 Death Alban Berg, Austrian Composer 1934 Death Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis 1934 Event Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution 1934 Event Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party 1934 Event Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his 1934 Death Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70 1933 Death Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 1933 Event Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations 1933 Event Austrian Communist Party banned 1933 Event Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament 1932 Death Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59 1931 Death Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian Playwright 1931 Event Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian 1931 Event Austrian government of Ender falls 1931 Birthday Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist 1930 Event Otto Ender forms Austrian government 1930 Event Austrian government of Vaugoin forms 1930 Birthday Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs 1930 Death Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 1929 Birthday Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert 1929 Event Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls 1929 Death Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54 1928 Birthday Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect 1927 Birthday Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer 1926 Event Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany 1925 Death Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64 1924 Event Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president 1924 Birthday Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming 1923 Birthday Walter Kohn, Austrian Physicist 1922 Birthday Henry Anatole Grunwald, Austrian Editor 1921 Birthday Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist 1921 Death Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies 1921 Death Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1921 Birthday Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer 1921 Death Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 1919 Event Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1919 Death Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austrian author, dies at 59 1918 Birthday Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1918 Death Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies 1918 Event Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents 1918 Death Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 1918 Birthday Gottfried von Einem, born in Bern, Switzerland, Austrian composer, Dantons Tod 1916 Death Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 1916 Event Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1916 Death Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman 1916 Event Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1916 Death Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist 1916 Death Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78 1916 Birthday Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer, Vom Tode 1915 Event Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1915 Death Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84 1914 Event Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland 1914 Event Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia 1914 Event Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary 1914 Event Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant" 1914 Death Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated 1913 Birthday Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist 1913 Birthday Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Netherlands playwright/director, Albee/Pinter 1912 Birthday Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austrian writer, At the Minds Limit 1912 Birthday Gertrud Fussenegger, Dorn, Austrian writer, Mohrenlegende 1911 Death Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66 1910 Death Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65 1908 Birthday Simon Wiesenthal, Polish/Austrian nazi hunter, Wiesenthal Center 1908 Birthday Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy 1908 Birthday Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer, Masquerade 1908 Birthday Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover 1907 Death Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 1907 Birthday Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer, Drei Tage Liebe 1907 Birthday Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor 1906 Birthday Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer 1905 Birthday Erwin Chargaff, Austrian Scientist 1905 Birthday Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist 1905 Death Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 1905 Birthday Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978 1904 Birthday Anton Zischka, Austrian writer, Lebendiges Europa 1904 Death Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies 1903 Birthday Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi, SS/SD 1903 Death Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher 1903 Birthday Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment 1903 Birthday Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist, Black Byzantium 1903 Birthday Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director, Im weissen Rossl 1903 Death Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at 42 1902 Birthday Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung 1902 Birthday Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher 1901 Birthday Odon [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian playwright 1901 Birthday Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer, Sonata Ritmica 1900 Birthday Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist 1899 Death Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57 1899 Birthday Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian 1899 Birthday Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1899 Birthday Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1898 Birthday Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer 1897 Birthday Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon 1897 Birthday Wilhelm Reich, Austrian/U.S. psycho analysist, character analysis 1896 Birthday Attila Horbiger, Austrian actor, Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika 1895 Birthday Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F 1895 Death Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 1895 Death Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 1895 Death Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 1894 Birthday Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician 1894 Birthday Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer 1894 Birthday Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director, Der blaue Engel 1892 Birthday Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis 1892 Death Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austrian, dies 1892 Birthday Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1892 Birthday Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America 1891 Birthday Julius Raab, Austrian union chancellor, 1953-61 1891 Birthday Ferdinand Bruckner, Theodor Tagger, Austrian playwright, Races 1890 Birthday Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist 1890 Event Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law 1890 Birthday Karl Freund, Czechoslovakian/Austrian cameraman/director 1889 Death Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50 1889 Birthday Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist 1889 Death Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies 1888 Birthday Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1887 Birthday Friedrich A. Paneth, Austrian/British chemist 1887 Birthday Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1887 Birthday Georg Trakl, Austrian poet, Autumn of the Lonely 1887 Death Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 1886 Birthday Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist 1886 Birthday Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter, Erasmus Prize 1960 1885 Birthday Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall 1885 Birthday Alban Berg, Austrian Composer 1884 Death Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74 1884 Death Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44 1884 Death Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75 1883 Birthday Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier 1882 Birthday Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic 1882 Birthday Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis 1881 Birthday Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher 1881 Birthday Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat 1881 Death Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 1881 Birthday Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer and director, Burg Theater 1881 Birthday Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1880 Birthday Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless 1880 Birthday Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard 1880 Birthday Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher 1878 Birthday Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist, Protactinium 1875 Birthday Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No! 1874 Birthday Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian Composer 1874 Birthday Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician, Reaction of Pirquet 1874 Birthday Julius Bittner, Austrian composer, Little Violet 1874 Birthday Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer 1874 Birthday Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1873 Birthday Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president 1872 Birthday Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director 1872 Birthday Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min, 1916-18 1872 Death Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 1871 Death Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43 1871 Birthday Franz Blei, Peregrinus Steinhovel, Austrian painter/critic 1871 Birthday Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria 1870 Birthday Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect 1870 Birthday Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president, 1918-20, 45-50 1870 Death Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 1868 Birthday Heinrich Schenker, A Niloff, Austrian musicologist, Urlinie 1868 Death Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 1868 Death Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 1867 Death Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies 1866 Event Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1866 Birthday Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Austrian Governor-General 1865 Birthday Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian, Le Premiere Internationale 1864 Birthday Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1864 Event Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico 1864 Event Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico 1864 Event Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein 1859 Death Prince Metternich, Austrian Politician 1858 Death Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 1858 Death Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79 1857 Death Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 1857 Birthday Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer, Evangelimann 1854 Birthday Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs 1854 Birthday Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist 1853 Event Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1852 Birthday Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918 1851 Event Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1849 Death Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44 1848 Event Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia 1846 Birthday Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithanie 1846 Death Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 1844 Birthday Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker 1840 Birthday Hans Makart, Austrian painter, Plague in Florenz 1840 Birthday Carl Menger, Austrian economist 1839 Birthday Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, Der Schandfleck 1837 Birthday Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner 1837 Death Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 1836 Birthday Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, masochism 1833 Birthday Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier, 1868..93 1831 Death Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 1830 Birthday Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist 1830 Birthday Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman 1829 Death Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies 1829 Death Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 1828 Death Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer 1827 Birthday Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa 1827 Death Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies 1826 Event M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 1822 Birthday Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer 1814 Death Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 1812 Birthday Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter 1810 Death Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, dies at 78 1810 Birthday Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina 1809 Death Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77 1809 Event Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon 1809 Death Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73 1806 Death Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77 1805 Birthday Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author, Nachsommer 1805 Birthday Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter, Mutterliebe 1804 Birthday Ludwig A. Benedek, Austrian general 1804 Birthday Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist 1803 Birthday Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, Doppler effect 1803 Birthday Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter 1801 Birthday Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor, Judith und Holofernes 1801 Death Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 1801 Event France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville 1800 Birthday Ludwig A. F. Ritter von Kochel, Austrian musicologist, Mozart, Fux 1799 Death Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 1797 Event Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France 1797 Birthday Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer 1794 Event Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1793 Birthday Ferdinand G Waldmuller, Austrian painter 1791 Birthday Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM 1791 Birthday Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist, Golden Fleece 1790 Event Austrian army occupies Brussels 1788 Death Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69 1787 Death Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 1787 Event Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor 1778 Birthday Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master 1778 Birthday Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia, 1848 1775 Birthday Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover 1773 Birthday Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince 1773 Birthday Prince Metternich, Austrian Politician 1772 Birthday S ndor Kisfaludy, Hungary, poet/Austrian army, 1793-1801 1765 Death Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor, dies at 70 1764 Event Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king 1764 Birthday Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Event Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie 1760 Death Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 1759 Event Austrian troops occupy Dresden 1758 Event Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia 1757 Event Austrian troops occupy Berlin 1757 Event Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia 1751 Death Jozef LD von Konigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78 1751 Event England signs Austrian and Russian alliance 1751 Birthday Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister 1749 Birthday Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat 1748 Event Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession 1745 Event Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war 1744 Event Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 1744 Event French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1741 Death Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1740 Birthday Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist 1737 Death Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/Field Marshal, dies at 79 1732 Birthday Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, Mariensaule 1729 Birthday Michael F B Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general, 7 Year Wars 1728 Birthday Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium 1726 Birthday Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer 1723 Death J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 1718 Birthday Louis E of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Thick Duke, Austrian duke 1718 Event Austrian joins Triple Alliance 1716 Event Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1715 Birthday Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist 1704 Death Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 1695 Birthday Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor 1690 Death Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies 1688 Event Austrian armies occupy Belgrade 1679 Death Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50 1673 Birthday Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1670 Event Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna 1668 Birthday Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/Field Marshall 1663 Event Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army 1647 Death Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 1641 Death Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies 1638 Birthday Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1626 Event Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated 1626 Death Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle 1609 Birthday Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austrian chencellor, -1674 1600 Death Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42 1599 Event Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain 1591 Death Jakob Handl, Petelin, Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 1571 Event Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion 1566 Death Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 1559 Birthday Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo 1550 Birthday Jakob Handl, Petelin, Austrian composer/bandmaster 1522 Event Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches 1519 Event Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government 1514 Birthday Rhaticus, Rheticus, Austrian astronomer/mathematician 1502 Event Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine 1486 Birthday Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat 1480 Death Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies 1478 Birthday Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia, Philips I 1409 Event Austrian civil war ends 1388 Event Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1330 Death Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies 1315 Event Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian 1283 Event Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market 450 Death Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies