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Austrian Roman Catholics

  • Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on the 27th of January 1756 to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.
  • Gustav MahlerThe village of Kaliště in eastern Bohemia was home to a family with humble origins. Bernhard Mahler, the composer's father, had been a street pedlar before…
  • Francis II, Holy Roman EmperorIn 1784, a young Archduke named Francis left the sun-drenched streets of Florence for the cold stone halls of Vienna. He was only sixteen years old when his…
  • Anna Maria MozartAnna Maria Pertl entered the world on the 25th of December 1720 in St. Gilgen, a town within the Archbishopric of Salzburg.
  • Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II entered the world at two in the morning on Monday, the 13th of March 1741. He was born inside Vienna's Hofburg palace, which served as the…
  • Joseph HaydnIn the village of Rohrau, Austria, a child named Joseph Haydn was born on the 31st of March 1732. His father Mathias worked as a wheelwright and served as…
  • Maria TheresaOn the 20th of October 1740, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI died in Vienna, leaving behind a treasury containing only 100,000 florins and an army reduced to…
  • Margaret of Austria, Duchess of SavoyMargaret of Austria was born on the 10th of January 1480 in Brussels. Her mother Mary of Burgundy died when Margaret was only four years old.
  • Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born on the 30th of July 1947, in the small village of Thal, Styria. His father Gustav served as the local police chief and…
  • Leopold MozartJohann Georg Leopold Mozart was born on the 14th of November 1719 in Augsburg. His father worked as a bookbinder and his mother was Anna Maria Sulzer.
  • Constanze MozartMaria Constanze Cäcilia Josepha Johanna Aloysia Mozart entered the world on the 5th of January 1762 in Zell im Wiesental.
  • Otto von HabsburgOtto von Habsburg was born at Villa Wartholz in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria-Hungary on the 20th of November 1912. His full baptismal name included Franz…
  • Carl CzernyVienna's Leopoldstadt district witnessed the birth of Carl Czerny on the 21st of February 1791. His father Wenzel worked as an oboist and pianist while his…