Persons, places and events

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Andreas Hofer led the Tyrolean resistance against the Bavarian-French occupation in 1809. He was a confidant of...

Person Andreas Hofer

* 22. Nov 1767, † 20. Feb 1810

Until the death of his mother, Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), João VI was Prince Regent. In 1816, after her death,...

Emperor João VI

King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

1816–1826

It was in Tyrol and Vorarlberg that the first house numbers in the Habsburg Monarchy were introduced in 1767. Within...

1767

The Prater was originally an imperial hunting reserve in the game-rich wetland forests near Vienna. The name derives...

Location Vienna - Prater

1766

Until around 1800 it was the spinning wheel and spindle that were used to process wool. The first spinning machine,...

1764

José Bonifácio was born in Santos in São Paulo and studied geology in Coimbra (Portugal). After completing his studies...

* 13. Jun 1763, † 06. Apr 1838

On 13 October 1762 the ten-year-old Maria Anna and the six-year-old Wolfgang Mozart performed on the violin and...

Item The Mozarts at Schönbrunn

1762

From the age of four, Mozart toured Europe with his sister Maria Anna as a child prodigy, at the instigation of his...

Person Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

* 27. Jan 1756, † 05. Dec 1791

The Seven Years’ War was fought over Silesia, which Maria Theresa wanted to win back from Frederick the Great of...

1756–1763

This work was written during the course of the Vienna ‘Hanswurst controversy’ (1747–1783) in which Joseph von...

1747–1783

Originating in France, the eighteenth-century fashion for all things Turkish also swept the Habsburg court....

1744

To mark the recapture of Prague, Maria Theresa held a Ladies Carousel in the Winter Riding School of the Hofburg on...

1743

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