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Vienna

City

Capital of the Habsburg monarchy and of Austria, on the Danube; seat of the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.

View on map 48.21° N, 16.37° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – August 6, 1806 Holy Roman Empire de facto
December 26, 1805 – March 30, 1867 Austrian Empire de facto
June 8, 1815 – May 18, 1848 German Confederation de facto
November 29, 1850 – August 23, 1866 German Confederation de facto
May 29, 1867 – October 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary de facto
November 12, 1918 – March 12, 1938 Austria de facto
March 13, 1938 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto
March 16, 1945 – May 8, 1945 Soviet Union de facto Military occupation
since April 27, 1945 Austria de facto

Capital of

1497 – August 6, 1806 Holy Roman Empire
August 29, 1526 – August 11, 1804 Habsburg monarchy
August 11, 1804 – March 30, 1867 Austrian Empire
March 30, 1867 – October 31, 1918 Austria-Hungary
Austria

Events here 31

August 6, 1806 Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
May 21–22, 1809 Battle of Aspern–Essling
September 18, 1814 – June 9, 1815 Congress of Vienna
1848 Vienna Uprising
January 12, 1848 – October 4, 1849 Revolutions of 1848
October 30, 1864 Treaty of Vienna (1864)
October 3, 1866 Treaty of Vienna (1866)
May 1 – November 1, 1873 1873 Vienna World's Fair
May 9, 1873 Panic of 1873
December 8, 1881 Ringtheater fire
June 28 – August 6, 1914 July Crisis
August 24, 1921 U.S.–Austrian Peace Treaty (1921)
July 15, 1927 July Revolt of 1927
July 25–30, 1934 July Putsch
November 2, 1938 First Vienna Award
August 30, 1940 Second Vienna Award
April 2–13, 1945 Vienna offensive
May 15, 1955 Austrian State Treaty
April 18, 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
April 24, 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
November 8, 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
November 8, 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals
May 23, 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
February 21, 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances
December 23, 1975 OPEC siege
August 23, 1978 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties
June 18, 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
March 22, 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
March 21, 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations
July 14, 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
November 2, 2020 2020 Vienna attack