Historical figures in Vienna

The atlas holds 30 people and 82 moments here, from 180 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Montesquieu, Suleiman the Magnificent and Mimar Sinan. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers, across the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment.

Notable people

  1. Montesquieu

    in 1728

    1 moment here

    Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

  2. Suleiman the Magnificent

    in 1529

    1 moment here

    Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, known in Ottoman tradition as Kanuni, the Lawgiver. Born at Trabzon and educated for dynastic rule, Suleiman…

  3. Mimar Sinan

    in 1529

    1 moment here

    Mimar Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s chief architect and a military engineer under Süleyman I, Selim II, and Murad III.…

  4. Golda Meir

    in 1973

    1 moment here

    Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

  5. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    in 1532

    1 moment here

    Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…

  6. George Michael

    in 2011

    1 moment here

    English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…

Moments

  1. 1834 Stays in Vienna Hans Christian Andersen
  2. 1835 Inspection of Wagram battlefield Honoré de Balzac
  3. 1835 Visit to Vienna Honoré de Balzac
  4. 1841 Arrives in Vienna from the Danube Hans Christian Andersen
  5. 1843 Visit to oversee Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
  6. 1848 Addresses Vienna workers Karl Marx
  7. 1860 Moves with family to Vienna Sigmund Freud
  8. 1862 Visited Vienna on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  9. 1875 Conducts Requiem in Vienna Giuseppe Verdi
  10. 1876 Works in Brücke's physiology institute Sigmund Freud
  11. 1882 Begins clinical work at Vienna General Hospital Sigmund Freud
  12. 1891 Establishes home and practice at Berggasse 19 Sigmund Freud
  13. 1897 Speaks to the Concordia Press Club Mark Twain
  14. 1897 Lives in Vienna Mark Twain
  15. 1907 Vienna winter stay Le Corbusier
  16. 1908 Moves to Vienna Adolf Hitler
  17. 1913 Attends Vienna’s Zionist congress Franz Kafka
  18. 1918 Continues medical treatment in Vienna Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  19. 1920 Spends several days with Milena in Vienna Franz Kafka
  20. 1924 Makes his last outing Franz Kafka
  21. 1924 Moves to Hoffmann’s sanatorium Franz Kafka
  22. 1924 Transferred to Vienna’s laryngology clinic Franz Kafka
  23. 1924 Dies at Kierling Franz Kafka
  24. 1938 Speaks on Vienna Heldenplatz Adolf Hitler
  25. 1938 Leaves Vienna under Nazi rule Sigmund Freud
  26. 1940 Visits Vienna Adolf Hitler
  27. 1943 Overnight stay in Vienna Benito Mussolini
  28. 1961 Met Khrushchev in Vienna John F. Kennedy
  29. 1973 Meeting with Chancellor Kreisky Golda Meir
  30. 1979 SALT II signing in Vienna Jimmy Carter
  31. 1998 Human-rights assembly in Vienna Kofi Annan
  32. 2011 Pneumonia and coma in Vienna George Michael

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