Vienna History Timeline

Events 1 - 100 of 164

• 1267-05-10 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
• 1312-04-03 2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
• 1312-05-06 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
• 1365-03-12 University of Vienna founded
• 1396-06-24 Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna
• 1462-11-01 Albert VI of Habsburg lays siege to his brother Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III occupying Vienna
• 1485-06-01 Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III
• 1515-07-22 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence

• 1634-02-18 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II charges commander Albrecht von Wallenstein's with high treason and orders him brought to Vienna, dead or alive
• 1668-02-23 Fire in the Hofburg in Vienna, Emperor Leopold I rescued
• 1668-07-13 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
• 1670-02-14 Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
• 1670-07-25 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
• 1683-07-16 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa reach Vienna
• 1683-09-03 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
• 1683-09-12 Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna - several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire
• 1703-08-08 Vienna-based newspaper Wiennerisches Diarium (later called Wiener Zeitung) prints 1st edition; publishes daily for almost 320 years
• 1706-03-08 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established

• 1726-08-06 Treaty of Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the Russian Empire signed at Vienna
• 1731-03-16 Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson.
• 1731-07-22 Spain signs Treaty of Vienna
• 1732-02-20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
• 1752-11-11 Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna

• 1762-10-05 Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is first produced in Vienna in front of Empress Maria Theresa.

• 1772-02-17 1st Partition of Poland signed in Vienna by Austria, Prussia and Russia
• 1777-05-13 University library at Vienna opens

• 1784-04-29 Premiere of Mozart's "Violin Sonata No. 32 "in B flat (K. 454) at Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna; violinist Regina Strinasacchi, and Wolfgang Mozart on piano
• 1785-09-01 Mozart publishes 6th string quartet, opus 10, in Vienna
• 1786-05-01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Vienna with Mozart himself directing
• 1790-01-26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
• 1791-09-30 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute", with German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, premieres at Schikaneder's Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria
• 1792-02-07 Domenico Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna

• 1794-08-16 Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna
• 1795-03-29 Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
• 1795-08-20 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England
• 1797-02-12 Joseph Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (God Save Emperor Francis) premieres in Vienna
• 1799-03-19 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" ("Die Schöpfung") first public performance premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
• 1803-04-05 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D, conducted by the composer, in Vienna
• 1803-05-24 Ludwig van Beethoven and black violinist George Bridgewater perform a concert together at the Augarten, Vienna [1]
• 1805-04-07 Premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Eroica" (Symphony No. 3), at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, conducted by the composer; contemporary reviews were mixed
• 1805-11-20 Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fidelio", his only opera, premieres at Vienna's Theater an der Wien
• 1806-01-12 French evacuate Vienna
• 1808-03-27 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna
• 1808-12-22 Beethoven's Symphonies No. 5 and No. 6, Choral Fantasy and Piano Concerto No. 4 (featuring the composer as soloist) premiere at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria
• 1813-12-08 Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres in Vienna with Beethoven conducting
• 1814-02-27 Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major premieres in Vienna

• 1814-11-01 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars
• 1815-06-09 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set
• 1815-11-27 City of Kraków (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna
• 1817-01-31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
• 1818-04-21 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho" premieres in Vienna
• 1821-03-26 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess" premieres in Vienna

• 1824-05-07 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
• 1825-02-19 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck" premieres in Vienna
• 1826-03-21 Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 13" in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna
• 1827-03-29 20,000 people attend Ludwig von Beethoven's burial in Vienna, Austria
• 1828-02-28 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener" premieres in Vienna
• 1834-10-04 Franz Grillparzer's "Der Traum ein Leben" premieres in Vienna
• 1838-03-06 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt" premieres in Vienna
• 1847-11-25 Friedrich von Flotow's comic romance opera "Martha" premiers at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna
• 1848-11-09 Robert Blum, a German revolutionary and MP (Liberal), is executed in Vienna.
• 1849-11-21 Friedrich Hebbel's play "Der Rubin" premieres in Vienna
• 1861-06-16 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina (James Island)
• 1862-08-21 The Vienna Stadtpark, the first public park and garden in Veinna, Austria opens its gates
• 1864-10-30 Treaty of Vienna signed to end the Second Schleswig War - Denmark loses control of Schleswig to Prussia, and of Holstein to Austria
• 1865-12-17 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished Symphony", premieres in Vienna with Johann von Herbeck conducting
• 1867-02-15 Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
• 1869-10-01 1st postcards are issued in Vienna, Austria
• 1870-01-06 The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna)
• 1872-09-24 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg" premieres in Vienna
• 1873-05-01 Emperor Franz Joseph opens 5th World's Exposition in Vienna
• 1873-05-09 Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression

• 1874-01-21 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa" premieres in Vienna
• 1874-04-05 Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus" premieres in Vienna

• 1879-12-26 Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres in Vienna, Austria
• 1881-02-20 Conductor Hans Richter leads the Vienna Philharmonic in premiere of Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 4", in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
• 1881-12-08 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by gaslight fire, killing an estimated 384-1000 people
• 1883-12-02 Johannes Brahms' "3rd Symphony in F" premieres with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• 1885-10-24 Johann Strauss' operetta "Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron)" premieres in Vienna
• 1885-12-02 Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna

• 1892-12-18 Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony premieres at the Vienna Musikverein, with Hans Richter leading the Vienna Philharmonic

• 1898-10-01 The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 492

• 1301-07-23 Otto, Duke of Austria and Styria, born in Vienna (d. 1339)
• 1339-11-01 Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1358-65), born in Vienna (d. 1365)
• 1349-09-09 Albert III, Duke of Austria (1365-95), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1395)
• 1351-11-01 Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1365-68), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1386)
• 1377-09-19 Albert IV, Duke of Austria, born in Vienna (d. 1404)
• 1397-08-16 Albert II of Habsburg, King of Bohemia, Hungary and Germany, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1439)
• 1418-12-18 Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1463)

• 1533-09-15 Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, born in Innsbruck or Vienna, Austria (d. 1572)
• 1540-06-03 Charles II Archduke of Austria, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1590)
• 1552-07-18 Rudolf II von Habsburg, Emperor of Germany (1576-1612), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1612)
• 1553-06-15 Ernst, Archduke of Austria (son of Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor), born in Vienna (d. 1595)
• 1554-07-05 Elisabeth of Austria, Queen consort of France (1570-74), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1592)
• 1557-02-24 Matthias, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1619)
• 1633-09-08 Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, born in Vienna (d. 1654)
• 1638-01-12 Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Austrian field marshal (1683 successfully defended Vienna against Ottoman siege), born in Graz, Styria (d. 1701)
• 1640-06-09 Leopold I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1658-1705), born in Vienna (d. 1705)
• 1643-04-05 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and Austrian fieldmarshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1690)
• 1651-08-06 Johann Michael Zächer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1712)
• 1653-11-26 Andreas Anton Schmelzer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1701)
• 1654-10-23 Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian Jesuit composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1712)
• 1656-11-03 Georg Reutter, Austrian composer and organist, born in Vienna (d. 1738)
• 1667-12-18 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, Austrian composer and lutenist, born in Vienna. Austria (d. 1716)
• 1669-10-19 Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, born in Vienna, Habsburg Empire (d. 1741)
• 1678-07-26 Joseph I Habsburg, German King of Hungary (1687-1711), King in Germany (1690-1711) and Holy Roman Emperor (1705-11), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1711)

• 1699-12-08 Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen consort of Poland (1734-57), born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria (d. 1757)
• 1701-10-22 Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII, born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756)
• 1705-09-24 Leopold Joseph Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1766)
• 1708-04-06 Johann George Reutter, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1772)
• 1711-01-29 Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1788)
• 1711-02-05 Joseph Umstatt, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1762)
• 1711-09-17 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1783)
• 1715-01-29 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian court composer and pianist, born in Vienna (d. 1777)
• 1717-04-09 Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1750)
• 1717-05-13 Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740-1780) only woman to rule Habsburg Empire in her own right, born in Vienna (d. 1780)
• 1718-06-27 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1763)
• 1722-09-14 Joseph Paul Ziegler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1767)
• 1723-10-04 Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist, born in Vienna (d. 1798)
• 1724-02-29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)
• 1726-08-26 Karl Kohaut, Austrian composer and lutenist, born in Vienna (d. 1784)
• 1730-02-23 Christian Giuseppe Lidarti, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. after 1793)

• 1737-12-08 Robert Kimmerling, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
• 1738-10-06 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, second child of Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1789)
• 1739-11-02 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
• 1741-03-13 Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1764-90), born in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria (d. 1790)
• 1744-05-04 Marianne Martinez, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1812)
• 1746-02-26 Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, Duchess and de facto ruler of Parma, daughter of Maria Therese of Austria and sister of Marie Antoinette, born in Vienna (d. 1806)

• 1749-01-12 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian diplomat and statesman (ruled the Netherlands for Holy Roman Emperor), born in Vienna (d. 1827)
• 1749-04-21 Johann Michael Malzat, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1787)
• 1752-03-22 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1802)
• 1752-08-13 Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, born in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (d. 1814)
• 1752-12-27 Johann Mederitsch, Austrian composer, baptized in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1835)

• 1756-09-08 Anton Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1822)
• 1757-03-04 Ignaz Malzat, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1804)
• 1757-10-26 Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (elementary philosophy), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1823)
• 1757-10-31 Ignaz Spangler, Austrian singer and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1811)
• 1758-08-25 Franz Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1810)
• 1759-05-15 Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian blind pianist, singer, organist, and composer, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1824)
• 1760-06-26 Johan I Jozef, Monarch of Liechtenstein and fieldmarshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1836)
• 1763-05-07 Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
• 1765-06-13 Anton Eberl, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1807)
• 1768-12-06 Johann Baptist Henneberg, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1822)
• 1771-04-18 Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1820)
• 1771-04-29 Matthäus Stegmayer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1820)
• 1771-12-26 Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austria dramatist and poet (Regulus), born in Vienna (d. 1811)
• 1772-04-01 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
• 1772-12-07 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, Bohemian aristocrat and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1816)
• 1773-05-15 Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), born in Koblenz, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1859)
• 1775-04-08 Adam Albert von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie's lover and later husband, born in Vienna (d. 1829)
• 1776-04-08 Thaddäus Weigl, German-Austrian composer, publisher, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
• 1776-08-15 Ignaz von Seyfried, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1841)
• 1778-02-12 Franz Joseph Volkert, Austrian composer, conductor and organist, born in Vienna (d. 1845)
• 1779-07-20 Ignaz Schuster, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1835)
• 1781-08-09 Michael Umlauf, Austrian violinist, composer and conductor (premiere of Beethoven's 9th), born in Vienna (d. 1842)
• 1783-12-28 Robert Gallenberg, Austrian ballet composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1939)
• 1791-01-15 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1872)
• 1791-02-20 Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1857)
• 1791-07-26 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
• 1791-12-12 Marie-Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma and second wife of Napoleon, born in Hofburg, Vienna, Austria (d. 1847)
• 1793-04-19 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-48), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1875)
• 1793-07-04 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1840)
• 1794-07-28 Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician, and piano maker, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1859)
• 1794-10-18 Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian organist, composer, and teacher, born in Vienna (d. 1859)

• 1797-07-21 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
• 1798-01-06 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer and music writer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1851)
• 1800-04-24 Georg Hellmesberger Sr, Austrian violinist, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic, 1842-67), and composer, born in Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1873)
• 1801-04-12 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austrian composer and violinist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
• 1801-10-28 Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1877)
• 1802-01-13 Eduard von Bauernfeld, Austrian comedic playwright, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1890)
• 1802-04-13 Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist, born in Vienna (d. 1884)
• 1803-01-06 Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1888)
• 1803-04-14 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1887)
• 1803-09-01 Ägid Karl Lickl, Austrian guitar virtuoso, pianist, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1864)
• 1804-03-14 Johann Strauss the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March), born in Leopoldstadt, Austria (d. 1849)
• 1805-08-18 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1845)

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