Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1809
In the midst of the Napoleonic occupation, Tyrol - which has fallen under Bavarian control - is the
scene of another rebellion when innkeeper Andreas Hofer leads a bid for independence.
1813 & 1815
Napoleon is defeated in Leipzig in 1813 and, in his final battle, at Waterloo in 1815.
1815-48
The Metternich system, aimed at shoring up the monarchies of Austria, Russia and Prussia, ushers
in the stifling Biedermeier period.
1818
The Austrian tailor Josef Madersperger invents the world's first sewing machine.
1848
Revolution topples Chancellor Klemens von Metternich, who flees disguised as a washerwoman.
Franz Josef I abolishes many reforms. Austria's first parliament is formed.
1850
Vienna's city limits are expanded, mostly to include the area within the Linienwall (today the Gür-
tel). Districts are numbered - the old city becoming the 1st, the Vorstädte (inner suburbs) the 2nd to
9th.
1857
Vienna's city walls are demolished to make way for the creation of the monumental architecture
today found along the Ringstrasse.
1866
Austria and its allied principalities in Germany fight the Austro-Prussian War, which leads to vic-
tory for Prussia and creates the groundwork for a unified Germany that excludes Austria.
1867
Weakened by loss against Prussia, Austria is now forced by Hungary to create a dual Austro- Hun-
garian monarchy (the Ausgleich). Austria establishes a democratic parliament.
