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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 2002 Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91 1996 Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian President, Nicolae Ceasescu, drinker, gambler, playboy, imprisoned for misusing government funds, dies at 45 in Vienna, Austria 1993 Lucia Popp, Czechoslovakia/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire 1990 A. C. Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Raimund Theatre, Vienna 1987 Hans Gal, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1987 Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna 1986 "Vienna Calling" by Falco peaks at #18 1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1979 U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps 1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R. 1979 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA 1979 Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1979 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne 1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in UK 1973 W H Auden, Vienna poet, dies 1972 Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star, 1988 Futures-Bari-ITA 1972 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria 1970 Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1967 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1967 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1967 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1967 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1964 Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna 1962 Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1961 John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna 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 1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) 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 1955 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN 1955 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright U.S. 1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1947 Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB 1945 Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna) 1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 1943 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp 1941 Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress, Cast a Giant Shadow 1940 Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress, Star Trek 2, Beast Within 1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1938 Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch 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 Hitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna 1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1932 Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1931 Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 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 Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano, Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54 1928 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds 1928 Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband 1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation 1926 1st congress of Paneuropabeweging opens in Vienna 1926 Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress, Space 1999 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 1924 Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna 1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1923 Interpol forms in Vienna 1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor, Vienna Symph 1960-70 1923 Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna 1923 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna 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 H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems 1921 Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1920 Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves 1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna 1918 Anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor, Assignment Vienna 1917 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor, Shadow of the Cloak 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 Tiny Alma, Catharina E J Stam, operetta singer, Vienna Blood 1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna 1912 Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater 1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65 1910 John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor, Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes 1910 Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist 1909 Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor, Belarus File 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 1909 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna 1909 Stephen Harold Spender, England, poet and critic, Vienna, Edge of Darkness 1908 Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat," premieres in Vienna 1908 Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler 1907 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna 1907 Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show 1907 Arnold Schonberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna 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 Billy Wilder, Vienna, director, Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17 1906 Carl Esmond, Wien, Vienna, Austria, actor, Smash-Up 1905 Arnold Schonberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna 1904 Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah 1904 Willy Forst, Austria actor and director, Vienna Blood 1903 Rene Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer, Concepts of Criticism 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna 1902 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der arne Heinrich," premieres in Vienna 1902 Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna 1902 Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General 1902 Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63 1902 Schonberg's "Verklarte Nacht," premieres in Vienna 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 Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna 1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic 1901 Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 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 Ludwig Donath, born in Vienna Austria, actor, Torn Curtain, Sirocco 1898 Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer, Appointment, Semi-Tough 1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama 1897 John Wengraf, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, 12 to Moon, Pride and Passion 1897 Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress, Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek 1896 Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress, House of Games, Flashdance, Charly 1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor, Joseph Schildkraut Presents 1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1892 Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna 1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent 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 1889 Ricardo Cortez, Jack Krantz, Vienna Austria, actor/dir, Blackmail 1888 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer, Gone With Wind 1887 Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer, Melodie Lehre 1887 Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist 1887 Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Austria, singer, Vienna Opera 1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna 1885 Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna 1885 Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna 1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1883 Anton, Friedrich Wilhelm, von Webern, born in Vienna, Austria, 12-tone composer 1882 Felix Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 1881 Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist, Beware of Pity 1877 Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna 1875 Theodor Innitzer, cardinal and archbishop Vienna 1875 Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist and composer 1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet 1874 "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna 1874 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna 1874 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna 1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna 1873 International Exhibition opens in Vienna 1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna 1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman 1870 Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum 1869 1st postcards are issued (Vienna) 1869 Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet, Symbolic Wounds 1867 Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna 1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island 1861 Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria, 1908-18 1860 Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer, Donna Diana 1856 Henry FC Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Nearlands blood), dies at 76 1849 Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna 1847 Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) 1844 Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna 1838 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna 1834 Franz Grillparzer's "Der Traum ein Leben," premieres in Vienna 1828 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna 1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna 1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1825 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 1825 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna 1824 Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna 1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna 1821 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna 1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna 1817 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna 1809 Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, French psychologist, dementia praecox 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer 1808 Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna 1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer 1806 French evacuate Vienna 1805 Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna 1802 Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright 1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna 1797 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna 1795 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England 1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1794 Hungarian revolutionary Ignac Martinovics arrested in Vienna 1792 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1792 D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 1791 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna 1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna 1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 1785 Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna 1784 Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) 1782 Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna 1780 Henry F. C. Tollens, merchant/poet, Vienna Nearlands Blood 1777 University library at Vienna opens 1762 Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg 1762 Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1752 Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna 1732 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna 1731 Spain signs Treaty of Vienna 1731 Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands 1725 Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna 1723 J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 1706 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established 1683 Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna 1683 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1670 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna 1670 Vienna Austria expels Jews 1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna 1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna 1668 Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued 1624 Hungarian king Bethlen Gabor and emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna 1557 Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor, 1612-19 1532 Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna 1529 Sultan Suleiman II ceases Vienna 1522 Martin Siebenburger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded 1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire 1462 Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna 1365 University of Vienna founded 1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna 1312 2nd council of Vienna 1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb 1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna |
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