Austria timeline
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Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna took place on 11 and 12 September 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. It was a battle of... Read more
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War of Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) involved nearly all the powers of Europe (except for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the... Read more
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a major military conflict that lasted from 1756, as a result of the French and Indian War that erupted in North America in... Read more
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Declaration of Pillnitz
The Declaration of Pillnitz on August 27, 1791, was a statement issued at the Castle of Pillnitz in Saxony (south of Dresden) by the Habsburg Holy... Read more
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First Coalition
The First Coalition (1793–1797) was the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. It took shape... Read more
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Battle of Neerwinden
The Battle of Neerwinden took place on (18 March 1793) near the village of Neerwinden in present-day Belgium between the Austrians under Prince... Read more
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Battle of Fleurus
In the Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) French forces under Jourdan defeated an Austrian army under Saxe-Cobourg in one of the most decisive... Read more
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Battle of Lodi
The Battle of Lodi was fought on May 10, 1796 between French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl... Read more
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Treaty of Leoben
The Treaty of Leoben (also known as the Peace of Leoben) was signed on 17 April 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte. It was a preliminary accord that... Read more
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Battle of Trebbia
The Battle of Trebbia was fought on June 19, 1799 and resulted in the victory of the Austrians and Russians under Field Marshal Suvorov against the... Read more
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Tesla Enrolls At Austrian Polytechnic
At the Polytechnic school Tesla began his studies in mechanical and electrical engineering. One day a physics teacher showed Tesla's class a new... Read more
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Ring Theatre Fire
A fire at the Ring Theater in Vienna, Austria, kills at least 620 people and injures hundreds more on this day in 1881. The luxurious, ornate... Read more
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Adolf Hitler born in Austria
At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German... Read more
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Adolf Hitler lives in Vienna
The beautiful old world city of Vienna, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with its magnificent culture that had seen the likes of Beethoven... Read more
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Edward R. Murrow and William Shirer Report on Hitler's Anschluss
Murrow gained his first glimpse of fame during the March 1938 Anschluss, in which Adolf Hitler engineered the annexation of Austria by Nazi... Read more
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Blons Avalanches of 1954
The Blons avalanches in Austria was one of the worst mass burials by avalanche in recorded history. This happened on February 10 and February... Read more
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El Al Flight 402 is Shot Down by Bulgarian Fighter Pilots
Perhaps only the Soviets could display such gall, but other countries have also been guilty of firing on commercial flights. In 1955, two Bulgarian... Read more
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First Participant in the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
The first participant of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (AHMS) started his work on September 1st 1992 at the Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.... Read more
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1993 Special Olympics World Winter Games
20-27 March 1993 The Fifth Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Salzburg and Schladming, Austria, with 1,600 athletes from more than 50... Read more
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Galtür Avalanche
In February 1999, a catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon followed a team of scientists... Read more
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Kaprun Disaster
On the morning of 11 November 2000, 167 men, women and children boarded a funicular train that should have taken them to the Kitzsteinhorn... Read more
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Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
This year's prize to the IAEA and ElBaradei links together the two principal major lines of thought that have governed selections for the award... Read more
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Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, And Uganda Assume Their Seats On The United Nations Security Council.
The 2008 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held... Read more