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- 91: Adolf Hitler
- ... an artist. Adolf actually had a pretty normal childhood. On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian city of Branau. His father, Alois, worked as customs official, checking goods traded between Austria and Germany. Alois was promoted which resulted in a transfer. First, to Passau and the to Linz. Adolf and the rest of the family did not follow him to Linz, but stayed in Passau. (Rubenstein ... household. Klara never insisted that Adolf go back to school and supported his artistic dream. With the money from his father's pension, Klara gave Adolf money to travel to Vienna to study architecture in Austria's capital city. (Fest; pg 3) His trip to Vienna encouraged Adolf to study art a little more seriously. With his mother's permission, Adolf returned to Vienna to attend the Academy of Fine Arts ...
- 92: Hitler 3
- ... also had strong pride in the German race and all things German along with a strong dislike of the Hapsburg Monarchy and the non-Germanic races in the multicultural Austro-Hungarian empire which had ruled Austria and surrounding countries for centuries. Now, at age 21, he was becoming keenly interested in politics, and anti-Semitism. Among the middle class in Vienna, anti-Semitism was considered rather fashionable. The mayor, Karl Lueger ... politics in the first place, his hatred of the Jews. It began with a simple boycott on April 1, 1933 and would end years later in the greatest tragedy in all of human history. 1938 Austria and Czechoslovakia is invaded by Germany to free German minority and to really begin Hitler’s plan of world domination. Hitler signed a peace treaty with Britain while chamberlain was in charge, the Munich agreement ...
- 93: Otto Van Bismarck And State So
- ... destruction of Germany. France alone had no immediate threat, but if, by chance, it formed an alliance, Germany would be in grave danger. To prevent this, Bismarck sought out two other countries ~ Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary, to make the three emperor s league. As well, the dual alliance made in 1879 proved to be another point where Bismarck used foreign policy to his benefit. To start his defense strategy, Germany called upon Austria-Hungary to come to each other s defense in case of war and attack from another power. As a result of this strategy, it led to the renewal of the three emperors league in 1881 ...
- 94: Mozart 2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in Austria, the son of Leopold, Kapellmeister to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. By the age of three he could play the piano, and he was composing by the time he was five; minuets from this period ... in Vienna after his death, many suggesting that rival composer Antonio Salieri was responsible. Many now believe a heart weakened by bouts of rheumatic fever caused his death. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in January of 1756. By the age of four, he had exhibited such extraordinary powers of musical memory and ear-sophistication that his father, Leopold (a highly esteemed violinist and composer in his own right ...
- 95: Great Powers In The 17th And 1
- ... goals, with an anticipation of decline. It’s impressive military force was enough to hold back French attacks for almost fourteen years, but not enough to survive constant attacks from most of Europe Around 1685, Austria had overcome their enemies the Turks, and began to once again turn their attention westward. When the French king decided to invade Germany is 1688; all its continental rivals were given a chance to strike ... of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 settled differences between France and Britain, even though clashes were still apparent in the New World between their settlers into the 1750s. The “diplomatic revolution” of 1756 suprisingly allied Austria and France together to fight Prussia. France had not completed its goals, mostly because of the horrific costs of war, which had increased France’s total government debt sevenfold. The Hapsburgs were falling in power ...
- 96: Otto Van Bismarck And State So
- ... destruction of Germany. France alone had no immediate threat, but if, by chance, it formed an alliance, Germany would be in grave danger. To prevent this, Bismarck sought out two other countries ~ Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary, to make the three emperor’s league. As well, the dual alliance made in 1879 proved to be another point where Bismarck used foreign policy to his benefit. To start his defense strategy, Germany called upon Austria-Hungary to come to each other’s defense in case of war and attack from another power. As a result of this strategy, it led to the renewal of the three emperors league in 1881 ...
- 97: French Revolution 5
- ... legislative assemble was elected, and it met from October, 1791, to September, 1792. The legislative assembly was dominated by the Girondists, who wished to set up a federal republic. When the war broke out with Austria in April, 1792, there was no longer any reason for tolerating Louis XVI. He had plotted with his wife's family, which ruled Austria, and was now an enemy of the state. The National Convention, which reigned from September, 1791, to October, 1795, was the government of the Reign of Terror. It was the one that executed the king ...
- 98: Events Leading To The French R
- ... monarchy, while the radicalsdistrusted the king and wanted a republic. These were the causes of the French Revolution. Many peoples' liveswere changed during this time. Peoples' ideas also changed. After the war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increaseddramatically, and food shortages occurred. When Louis XVI and his wife fledto the Legislative Assembly, they were imprisoned. They called for anational convention to write a new constitution. The National Conventionmet in ... Europeannations feared that the Revolution would spread. By 1793, the Frencharmies occupied the Austrian Netherlands and were about to invade Prussia.But, in 1793, Great Britain, the Dutch Netherlands, and Spain went alongwith Prussia and Austria in a war against France. With these five powerfulnations fighting against France, the French were outnumbered and outmatched. This one war was very hard for France. This war caused manydeaths at home due to starvation ...
- 99: Crisis In Kosovo
- ... Macedonia. This was one of the last Turkish holdings in the area, and although Bulgaria and Greece had been trying to obtain it for many years. Early in the 1900's the areas of Yugoslavia, Austria-Hungary fought diligently to take control of the lands of Macedonia. This growing engagement in Macedonia brought Serbia into deepening conflict with Austria-Hungary, and later led to the Ten year war. Ten years of almost continuous war began with the onset of the Balkan Wars in October 1912 and lasted through World War I and to the ...
- 100: The Battle of Waterloo
- ... modern history. After raising France to a position of preeminence in Europe from 1804 to 1813, Napoleon (pictured above) met defeat in 1814 by a coalition of major powers, notably Prussia, Russia, Great Britain, and Austria. Napoleon was then deposed and exiled to the island of Elba, and Louis XVIII was made ruler of France. In September 1814, the Congress of Vienna, with delegates from most of the nations of Europe ... campaigns flocked to his standard, and on March 20, 1815, he again ascended the throne. The Congress of Vienna, alarmed by Napoleon’s return to power, had reacted quickly to the crisis. On March 17, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia each agreed to contribute 150,000 troops to an invasion force to be assembled in Belgium neat the French border. A majority of other nations present at the congress also ...
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