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Events relating to austria
A stranger arrives in Vienna with a mysterious commission for Mozart to write a requiem mass, just months before the composer's death
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute has its premiere in Vienna in a popular theatre run by the librettist, Emanuel Shikaneder
Mozart dies, at the age of just 35, leaving his Requiem unfinished
France declares war on the Austrian emperor, an event that plunges Europe into more than 20 years of conflict
A French revolutionary army defeats the Austrians and Prussians at Valmy, and thus saves Paris from attack
After their success at Valmy, French republican armies overrun much of the Austrian Netherlands
Beethoven leaves Bonn and goes to Vienna to study composition with Haydn
Beethoven makes his first public appearance in Vienna as a pianist, playing either his first or second piano concerto
Poland's neighbours – Russia, Prussia and Austria – are all on hand for the final partition of the kingdom
York House has various owners and tenants, being bought by Count, later Prince, Starhemberg, Austrian Ambassador who instals a private chapel.
Napoleon marches against Vienna and is only two days from the city when the emperor requests an armistice
Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France
By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule
Austrian author Alois Senefelder, experimenting with grease and water on stone, discovers the principles of lithography
Haydn's oratorio The Creation has its first public performance in Vienna, in the Burgtheater
Beethoven seeks medical advice for a very alarming condition, an increasing deafness
Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo
Nelson and the Hamiltons visit Haydn, who composes a cantata on the Battle of the Nile for Emma Hamilton to sing
At Heiligenstadt, near Vienna, Beethoven writes a letter, to be read only after his death, confronting the tragedy of his inexorable decline into deafness
Napoleon enters Vienna and then defeats an Austrian and Russian army at Austerlitz
The first version of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, is performed in Vienna under the title Leonore
Francis II formally brings to an end the 1000-year-old Holy Roman Empire, to keep it from the clutches of Napoleon
Beethoven's sixth symphony (the Pastoral) has its first performance in Vienna
Klemens von Metternich becomes foreign minister to the Austrian emperor Francis II
Napoleon enters Vienna and defeats the Austrians in a battle at nearby Wagram
