Persons, places and events

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

Paupers and beggars generally lived near to the city walls or led a nomadic life in their search for work, food and...

1648

The Karlskirche (Church of St Charles Borromeo) in Vienna is a major work of the European Baroque, whose symbolic...

Location Vienna – Karlskirche

1648–1740

This design for an armorial standard from around 1615 shows the arms of the Liechtensteins, an aristocratic family...

1648–1740

Although dating only to the second half of the nineteenth century, this badge of office represents the rituals and...

1648–1914

The Kapuzinergruft (Capuchin Crypt), part of the Capuchin Friary on Neuer Markt in Vienna’s historic centre, is the...

Location Vienna – The Capuchin Crypt

1648–1918

Called the ‘Sun King’, Louis XIV was sole ruler of France from 1661. His wide-ranging powers and luxurious lifestyle...

Emperor Louis XIV

King of France and Navarre

1643–1715

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini came from an aristocratic family in northern Italy. From 1652 he lived in Vienna, where his...

Person Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini

* 1636, † 12. Dec 1707

In 1618 Protestant nobles in Bohemia began a revolt against Habsburg rule; it marked the beginning of the Thirty...

1620

The so-called ‘defenestration of Prague’ in May 1618 is regarded as the beginning of the armed conflicts which took...

1618–1648

The tobacco plant originally came from America. After the ‘discovery’ of the continent it was brought to Europe,...

1600

Bezoars are concretions found in the stomachs of ruminants. Smaller ones were ground up and used for medicinal...

Item Bezoar, c. 1600

1600

This print showing the museum of Ferrante Imperato is one of the oldest preserved illustrations of an early modern...

1599

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