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28 matches to Vienna
Austro-Turkish War. 1682-99. Siege of Vienna. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I drives Turks from Hungary.
Blenheim, Battle. 1704. Bavaria. Marlborough’s victory in War of Spanish Succession. First French defeat in 50 years, saves Vienna.
Bocskay, István. 1557-1606. Hungarian rebel vs HRE Catholicism. Gained Transylvania from Rudolf II. Vienna Peace, 1606.
Castlereagh, Robert. 1769-1822. Represented Britain at Congress of Vienna.
Congress Poland. 1815-64. Polish Kingdom created by Congress of Vienna. Ruled by Russian Czar.
Economic Crisis. 1873. Vienna stock market collapse leads to protectionism, Depression.
Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.
Hanover, Treaty. 1725. England, France, Prussia oppose Vienna Treaty.
John III. 1629-96. King of Poland 1674-. “Champion of Christendom” saved Vienna from Turks 1683.
Klimt, Gustav. 1862-1918. Vienna Sezession allegorical mural painter. Kiss 1908.
LogicalPositivism. 1920s. Philosophy. Only experimentally verifiable scientific truth counts. Vienna Circle. Wittgenstein.
Mach, Ernest. 1838-1916. Founded Scientific Positivism 1905. Relates physics and psychology. Vienna Circle.
Metternich, Fürst von. 1773-1859. Austrian prince, chancellor, defender of Absolutism. Quadruple Alliance vs Napoleon. Holy Alliance. Architect of Vienna Congress, 1814.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Schlick, Moritz. 1882-1936. German Logical Positivist philosopher. Led Vienna Circle.
Sezession. Groups of artists who seceded from academies in Munich 1892, Vienna 1897, Berlin 1999.
Sobieski. Polish king. Saved Vienna 1683.
Spanish Riding School. 16C. Vienna. Lippizaner stallions.
Starhemberg, Ernst von. 1638-1701. Austrian Field Marshal. Defended Vienna vs Turks 1683.
Suleiman I. The Magnificent. 1494-1566. Ottoman sultan 1520-. Expanded Empire to Yugoslavia, Hungary, Greece. Besieged Vienna. Cultural expansion. Barbarossa II.
Talleyrand, Maurice de. 1754-1838. French politician under Directory and Empire. Congress of Vienna.
Thököly, Imre. 1657-1705. Led Hungarian Protestant rebels vs Austria. Besieged Vienna with Turks 1683.
Vienna Boys Choir. 1498-. Founded by Maximilian I.
Vienna Circle. 1920s Intellectual meetings. Formulated Logical Positivism. Schlick. Gödel.
Vienna, Congress. 1814-15. Redrew map of Europe after Napoleon. Prussia gains Rhine, Westphalia. Swiss borders and neutrality confirmed. Netherlands created from Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg. Malta and Cape Colony ceded to Britain. Russia gets Poland. Austria trades Netherlands for north Italy. France reduced to 1792 borders. Metternich.