Persons, places and events

Explore people, events, objects and locations connected with Habsburg history and learn more about their historical context.

Located to the east of Spitzbergen in the northern Arctic Ocean, this archipelago was discovered in 1873 by the...

Location Franz Josef Land

1873

Eighty-four metres high and 108 metres in diameter, the Rotunda was the largest domed building of its kind at the...

1873

Over the centuries, several different buildings and rooms in the Vienna Hofburg served as ballrooms and venues for...

Location Vienna – The Court Opera

25. May 1869

The Compromise with Hungary created the ‘Austro-Hungarian Monarchy’, dividing the Monarchy into two halves with...

15. Mar 1867

In 1866 Habsburg forces suffered an annihilating defeat at the hands of the Prussian army. The Prussian victory...

03. Jul 1866

From the middle of the nineteenth century department stores became something of a sensation. What impressed people...

1866

Empress Elisabeth ordered a set of twenty-seven stars made of diamonds and pearls from the Vienna jewellers Köchert...

1865

Together with his brother Ernst and Franz Matsch, Gustav Klimt was given a number of important public commissions....

1862–1918

The war against Piedmont-Sardinia and its ally France led to the Habsburgs losing a major part of their territories...

Event The Battle of Solferino, 1859

24. Jun 1859

Forming part of the Ringstrasse ensemble, these two museums were built to house the imperial dynastic collections....

Location Vienna – The Court Museums

1857–1913

Plans for the ‘Imperial Forum’ were drawn up when the city walls were levelled. Gottfried Semper’s designs...

Item The Imperial Forum

1857–1913

On 20 December 1857 Emperor Franz Joseph signed the decree ordering the demolition of the city walls and the...

1857–1914

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