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  • Johann Strauss I (German: Johann Strauß) born in Vienna (March 14, 1804 – September 25, 1849), was an Austrian Romantic composer known particularly ...
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  • court of the empress dowager, Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary, with whom the girl was a favorite. The girl had been blind since birth, but no physician ...
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  • Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) was an Austrian dramatist whose tragedies were belatedly recognized as some ...
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  • The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) Alternate references are "Hungarian Revolt" and "Hungarian Uprising ...
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  • Sigismund III Vasa ( Zygmunt III Waza ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Polish, a monarch of the united ...
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  • | location = Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka ... Born Samuel Wilder in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary (now Poland ...
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  • Ivo Andrić (Serbian: Иво Андрић) (October 9, 1892 – March 13, 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:Forms for fake coins.JPG|thumb|right|250 px|Forms to counterfeit coins from the late ...
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  • Dorothy Thompson (July 9, 1893 - January 30, 1961) was an American journalist who gained international celebrity when she became the first journalist ...
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  • Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School along ...
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  • I (1914-1918) and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the region joined the ... and 1901, when the city was part of Austria-Hungary. Designed by a Dalmatian ...
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  • Robert S. McCormick, was named ambassador to Austria-Hungary, she accompanied him and his wife, Cissy's maternal aunt Kate, to Vienna. While in ...
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  • Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano (January 16, 1838 – March 17, 1917) was a philosopher and psychologist. He contributed to a number ...
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  • The Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved most of the major ...
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  • April 28, 1908 in Zwittau-Brinnlitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Svitavy, Czech Republic). He was born into a wealthy Catholic business family, though ...
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  • The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather than a single document, comprised a series of individual peace treaties signed ...
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  • Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316, Savaria, Pannonia – November 8, 397, Candes, Gaul) was a bishop of Tours who has become one of the most famous ...
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  • Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697–July 12, 1773) was a highly skilled German flutist, flute maker, and composer. He was born in Scheden ...
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  • Joseph Alois Schumpeter was born in Třešť (then part of Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic) on February 8, 1883. He was always a brilliant ...
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  • ===Austria-Hungary created=== nobles, which led to the creation of Austria-Hungary through the Austro-Hungarian ...
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