Persons, places and events

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

Women smokers did not conform to the nineteenth-century bourgeois ideal of their sex. They were considered to be...

1848

Scraps of cloth from clothing that had been worn out and discarded were for a long time the raw material used in the...

1844

In 1869 Makart was invited to move to Vienna, where his studio soon became a centre of Viennese society. He had a huge...

Person Hans Makart

* 28. May 1840, † 03. Oct 1884

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, the 'Oriental Style' and exotic foreign accessories from far-off...

01. Jan 1840–31. Dec 1840

The Romans had a dedicated postal service to convey messages and letters. In the Middle Ages this work was taken...

1840

In the nineteenth century railways transformed the way people travelled and goods were transported. In 1825 the...

1839

A native of Vienna, Karl von Hasenauer was a pupil of the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg (1813–1868) and...

Person Karl von Hasenauer

* 20. Jul 1833, † 04. Jan 1894

This clock, made in 1831 and put into a picture based on an engraving, shows Emperor Franz II (I) at the desk of his...

1828

During the reign of Pedro II (1849–1889), Brazil enjoyed decades of peace, and, still more importantly, of technical...

Emperor Pedro II

Emperor of Brazil

1831–1889

Johann Strauss II followed in his father’s footsteps as a conductor and composer. He raised the dance music of the...

Person Johann Strauss II

* 25. Oct 1825, † 03. Jun 1899

Pictures from ancient and medieval times make it clear that the plough was an important tool in working the soil for...

1818

On the occasion of his daughter Leopoldine’s marriage to the heir to the Brazilian throne, Emperor Franz I decided...

10. Apr 1817

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