After the victory over Napoleon the leading European powers negotiated a new political order at the Congress of...

The Congress of Vienna, 1814/15

18. Sep 1814–09. Jun 1815

The younger Napoleon was the first legitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Archduchess Marie Louise. Although...
Napoleon Franz Bonaparte
Duke of Reichstadt
Born in Hamburg, the architect and architectural historian Gottfried Semper was professor of architecture at the...
Gottfried Semper

* 29. Nov 1803, † 15. May 1879

Crown Prince Pedro of Bragança was a lively child who was adept at evading the attempts of his tutors to educate him...
Pedro I of Brazil
Emperor
1822–1831
Domitila (or Tilia, as she was also called) was introduced to Pedro in September 1822 for a flirtation whilst...
Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867

The k. u. k. Hofmobilien- und Materialdepot was part of the economic machinery of the Habsburg Court and...

Vienna – Hofmobiliendepot

1793–1914

These wars are sometimes known as the Coalition Wars because of the changing sets of allies: Russia, Holland, Spain...

The attitude of the Habsburgs to the Revolution was initially ambivalent: Leopold II evinced sympathy with the...

The French Revolution, 1789–1799

14. Jul 1789–1799

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