Historical figures in Vienna

The atlas holds 56 people and 141 moments here, from 180 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Jiddu Krishnamurti

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…

  2. Jimmy Carter

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  3. Johannes Brahms

    from 1862 to 1897

    5 moments here

    German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…

  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    in 1812

    1 moment here

    German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…

  5. John F. Kennedy

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  6. José Raúl Capablanca

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

  7. José Rizal

    in 1887

    1 moment here

    Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…

  8. Karl Marx

    in 1848

    1 moment here

    German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…

  9. Kofi Annan

    in 1998

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  10. Konstantin Chernenko

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…

  11. Le Corbusier

    in 1907

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  12. Leon Trotsky

    from 1902 to 1914

    5 moments here

    Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…

  13. Ludwig van Beethoven

    from 1787 to 1827

    18 moments here

    German composer and pianist whose life was centered first in Bonn and, from 1792, in Vienna.…

  14. Ludwig Wittgenstein

    from 1889 to 1950

    7 moments here

    Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…

  15. Manmohan Singh

    in 1993

    1 moment here

    Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…

  16. Marcus Aurelius

    in 180

    1 moment here

    Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…

  17. Mark Twain

    in 1897

    2 moments here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

  18. Max Weber

    in 1918

    2 moments here

    German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…

  19. 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.…

  20. 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.…

  21. Muammar Gaddafi

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

  22. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  23. Napoleon Bonaparte

    in 1809

    2 moments here

    French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…

  24. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

Moments

  1. 1823 Country retreat at Hetzendorf Ludwig van Beethoven
  2. 1823 Continued work in Hetzendorf Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. 1824 Ninth Symphony premiere Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 1824 Stay in Vienna Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  5. 1825 Moved into the Schwarzspanierhaus Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. 1826 Continuous Vienna residence Franz Schubert
  7. 1826 Returned gravely ill to Vienna Ludwig van Beethoven
  8. 1827 Torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral Franz Schubert
  9. 1827 Died in the Schwarzspanierhaus Ludwig van Beethoven
  10. 1828 Only public concert of his own works Franz Schubert
  11. 1828 Death in Vienna Franz Schubert
  12. 1828 Final residence in Ferdinand Schubert's flat Franz Schubert
  13. 1829 Viennese debut Frédéric Chopin
  14. 1830 Stay in Vienna after departure Frédéric Chopin
  15. 1834 Stays in Vienna Hans Christian Andersen
  16. 1835 Inspection of Wagram battlefield Honoré de Balzac
  17. 1835 Visit to Vienna Honoré de Balzac
  18. 1841 Arrives in Vienna from the Danube Hans Christian Andersen
  19. 1843 Visit to oversee Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
  20. 1848 Addresses Vienna workers Karl Marx
  21. 1860 Moves with family to Vienna Sigmund Freud
  22. 1862 Visited Vienna on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  23. 1862 First visit to Vienna Johannes Brahms
  24. 1864 Summer working residence Johannes Brahms
  25. 1875 Conducts Requiem in Vienna Giuseppe Verdi
  26. 1876 Works in Brücke's physiology institute Sigmund Freud
  27. 1876 Conducting First Symphony Johannes Brahms
  28. 1878 Meeting Emperor Franz Joseph Ulysses S. Grant
  29. 1882 Begins clinical work at Vienna General Hospital Sigmund Freud
  30. 1887 Visit to Vienna José Rizal
  31. 1887 Birth in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
  32. 1889 Experimental sound recording Johannes Brahms
  33. 1889 Birth at Villa Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein
  34. 1891 Ophthalmology study in Vienna Arthur Conan Doyle
  35. 1891 Establishes home and practice at Berggasse 19 Sigmund Freud
  36. 1897 Speaks to the Concordia Press Club Mark Twain
  37. 1897 Death in Vienna Johannes Brahms
  38. 1897 Lives in Vienna Mark Twain
  39. 1902 First appearance in Vienna after escape Leon Trotsky
  40. 1906 University studies in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
  41. 1907 Residence in Vienna Leon Trotsky
  42. 1907 Vienna winter stay Le Corbusier
  43. 1908 Moves to Vienna Adolf Hitler
  44. 1908 Pravda editorial work in Vienna Leon Trotsky
  45. 1912 August Bloc conference Leon Trotsky
  46. 1913 Attends Vienna’s Zionist congress Franz Kafka
  47. 1914 Vienna match with Tartakower José Raúl Capablanca
  48. 1914 Flight from Vienna to Switzerland Leon Trotsky
  49. 1918 End of wartime service in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
  50. 1918 Debate with Joseph Schumpeter at Café Landtmann Max Weber

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