st
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label
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description
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occupation
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position held
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date of birth
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date of death
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image
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491
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ws
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
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composer music educator pianist musician organist violinist
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1756-01-27
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1791-12-05
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475
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ws
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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German composer (1770–1827)
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composer
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1770-12-16
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1827-03-26
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402
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ws
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Franz Liszt
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Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)
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classical composer pianist conductor music educator virtuoso composer presbyter writer
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1811-10-22
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1886-07-31
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346
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ws
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Angelica Kauffmann
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Swiss artist (1741–1807)
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painter printmaker artist visual artist
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1741-10-30
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1807-11-05
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336
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ws
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Johannes Brahms
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German composer (1833–1897)
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composer conductor pianist
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1833-05-07
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1897-04-03
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332
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ws
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Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain and Duke of Burgundy (1500–1558)
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monarch
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monarch of the Crown of Aragon Monarch of Castile and Leon Holy Roman Emperor Lord of the Netherlands king of Sardinia
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1500-02-24
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1558-09-21
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324
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ws
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Franz Joseph I of Austria
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Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)
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politician monarch
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Emperor of Austria Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia Head of the House of Habsburg Member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
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1830-08-18
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1916-11-21
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324
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ws
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Joseph Haydn
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Austrian composer (1732–1809)
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composer conductor musicologist pianist
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chapelmaster
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1732-03-31 1732-04-01
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1809-05-31
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310
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ws
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Alessandro Manzoni
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Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)
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writer poet politician novelist playwright
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senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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1785-03-07
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1873-05-22
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294
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ws
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Carl Maria von Weber
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German Romantic composer (1786–1826)
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composer conductor pianist guitarist classical guitarist music critic
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1786-11-18 1786-11-19 1786-12-18 1786-11
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1826-06-05
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285
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ws
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Christoph Willibald von Gluck
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opera composer (1714–1787)
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composer conductor
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court chapel master
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1714-07-02
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1787-11-15
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285
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ws
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Marie Antoinette
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last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution
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aristocrat consort
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Queen Consort of France
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1755-11-02
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1793-10-16
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284
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ws
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Antonio Canova
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Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
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sculptor architect painter drawer engraver
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1757-11-01
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1822-10-13
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283
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ws
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Francesco Guardi
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Italian painter (1712-1793)
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painter graphic artist
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1712-10-05
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1793-01-01 1792
|
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283
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ws
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
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painter art historian visual artist
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court painter
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1728-03-22 1728-03-12
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1779-06-29
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283
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ws
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Jacques Offenbach
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German-born French composer (1819–1880)
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composer cellist conductor theatre entrepreneur
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1819-06-20
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1880-10-05
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278
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ws
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Johann Strauss II
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Austrian composer (1825-1899)
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conductor composer
|
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1825-10-25
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1899-06-03
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277
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ws
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Philip II of Spain
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16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
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ruler
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Monarch of Castile and Leon Monarch of Portugal monarch of the Crown of Aragon Lord of the Netherlands King of England (jure uxoris) King of Ireland (Iure uxoris) monarch king of Sardinia King of Naples King of Sicily Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece
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1527-05-21
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1598-09-13
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275
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ws
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Carlo Goldoni
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Italian playwright (1707-1793)
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playwright writer librettist screenwriter translator poet lawyer poet director
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1707-02-25
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1793-02-06
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270
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ws
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Bedřich Smetana
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Czech composer (1824–1884)
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composer conductor teacher pedagogue pianist music educator musician
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1824-03-02 1824-04-02
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1884-05-12
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261
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ws
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Giacomo Casanova
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Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
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translator poet librarian banker novelist diplomat Iliad's translator writer adventurer autobiographer
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1725-04-02
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1798-06-04
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260
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ws
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Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
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composer
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chapelmaster
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1797-11-29
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1848-04-08
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259
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ws
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Anton Bruckner
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Austrian composer (1824-1896)
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composer musicologist music theorist music educator organist university teacher teacher
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1824-09-04
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1896-10-11
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251
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ws
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Bernardo Bellotto
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Italian artist
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painter printmaker drawer engraver
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court painter
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1722-05-20
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1780-11-17
|
|
250
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ws
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Maria Theresa of Austria
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ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
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aristocrat monarch politician
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Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
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1717-05-13
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1780-11-29
|
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246
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ws
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August von Kotzebue
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German dramatist and writer
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writer playwright poet lawyer historian autobiographer
|
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1761-05-03
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1819-03-23
|
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241
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ws
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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German painter
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painter lithographer drawer portrait painter visual artist
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court painter
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1805-04-20
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1873-07-08
|
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238
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ws
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Ugo Foscolo
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Italian writer and poet (1778-1827)
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poet writer playwright translator literary critic
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1778-02-06
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1827-09-10
|
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237
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ws
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Klemens von Metternich
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Austrian diplomat and statesman
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diplomat politician writer
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Minister-President of Austria ambassador to Saxony ambassador of Austria to France ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire to Prussia
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1773-05-15
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1859-06-11
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233
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ws
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Friedrich Schlegel
|
German poet, critic and scholar, editor
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philosopher translator writer novelist literary critic university teacher poet editor historian literary theorist art theorist art historian
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1772-03-10
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1829-01-12 1829-01-11
|
|
230
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ws
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Rosalba Carriera
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Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757)
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painter drawer architectural draftsperson artist visual artist
|
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1675-10-07 1673-01-12
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1757-04-15
|
|
228
|
ws
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Philip IV of Spain
|
King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)
|
monarch ruler politician art collector
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Monarch of Castile and Leon Monarch of Portugal monarch of the Crown of Aragon monarch king of Sardinia
|
1605-04-08
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1665-09-17
|
|
226
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ws
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Maximilian I
|
Holy Roman Emperor
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ruler
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Holy Roman Emperor King of the Romans Duke of Burgundy
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1459-03-22
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1519-01-12
|
|
226
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ws
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Ruđer Josip Bošković
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Croat physicist
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physicist astronomer mathematician philosopher diplomat poet theologian polymath historian geographer university teacher Catholic vocation
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professor
|
1711-05-18
|
1787-02-13
|
|
224
|
ws
|
Pietro Metastasio
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Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)
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poet librettist playwright Catholic priest writer songwriter presbyter
|
|
1698-01-03
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1782-04-12
|
|
222
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ws
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria
|
Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)
|
monarch courtier
|
Grand Mistress of the Order the Starry Cross Consort of Austria Consort of Hungary Consort of Bohemia
|
1837-12-24
|
1898-09-10
|
|
222
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ws
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
|
librettist translator playwright composer poet writer songwriter
|
|
1749-03-10
|
1838-08-17
|
|
221
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ws
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Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia
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monarch composer
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1640-06-09
|
1705-05-05
|
|
221
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ws
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Franz Grillparzer
|
Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)
|
writer poet playwright politician
|
Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
|
1791-01-15
|
1872-01-21
|
|
218
|
ws ws
|
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790
|
military leader monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1741-03-13
|
1790-02-20
|
|
216
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ws
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Antonio Salieri
|
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
|
composer conductor musicologist music educator
|
court chapel master
|
1750-08-18
|
1825-05-07
|
|
216
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ws
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
|
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library
|
art historian librarian archaeologist historian writer in-home tutor
|
|
1717-12-09
|
1768-06-08
|
|
212
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ws
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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
|
head of state
|
Holy Roman Emperor Emperor of Austria Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia Prince-Elector
|
1768-02-12
|
1835-03-02
|
|
209
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ws
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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)
|
aristocrat monarch politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1503-03-10
|
1564-07-25
|
|
209
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ws
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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
|
18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
|
monarch art collector
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia monarch of the Crown of Aragon King of Sardinia and Corsica Archduke of Austria
|
1685-10-01
|
1740-10-20
|
|
207
|
ws
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Maximilian I of Mexico
|
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
|
politician botanist
|
Emperor of Mexico Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
|
1832-07-06
|
1867-06-19
|
|
204
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ws
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Pietro Longhi
|
Italian painter (1701-1785)
|
painter drawer visual artist
|
|
1701-11-05
|
1785-05-08
|
|
203
|
ws
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Louis Spohr
|
German composer, violinist and conductor
|
composer conductor musicologist music educator violinist musician
|
court chapel master
|
1784-04-05
|
1859-10-22
|
|
201
|
ws
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Adalbert Stifter
|
Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)
|
writer painter poet teacher preservationist
|
Member of the Frankfurt Parliament
|
1805-10-23 1805
|
1868-01-28 1868-01-23
|
|
199
|
ws
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Joseph Joachim
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Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher
|
composer conductor concertmaster musicologist music educator university teacher violinist violist
|
|
1831-06-28
|
1907-08-15
|
|
199
|
ws
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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
|
Austrian writer
|
writer playwright prose writer novelist
|
|
1830-09-13
|
1916-03-12
|
|
198
|
ws
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Christian Friedrich Hebbel
|
German poet and dramatist (1813-1863)
|
poet writer playwright poet lawyer
|
|
1813-03-18
|
1863-12-13
|
|
198
|
ws
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Gottfried Semper
|
German architect (1803-1879)
|
art historian architect teacher university teacher
|
professor
|
1803-11-29
|
1879-05-15
|
|
196
|
ws
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Emperor Rudolf II
|
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1552-1612)
|
politician art collector monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1552-07-18
|
1612-01-20
|
|
195
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ws
|
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
|
Austrian composer and pianist
|
composer conductor pianist concertmaster music educator
|
court chapel master
|
1778-11-14
|
1837-10-17
|
|
195
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ws
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
|
Austrian author
|
journalist writer university teacher historian
|
|
1836-01-27 1835-01-27
|
1895-03-09
|
|
195
|
ws
|
Sándor Petőfi
|
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
|
poet translator actor writer
|
|
1823-01-01 1822-12-31
|
1849-07-31
|
|
194
|
ws
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Jan Matejko
|
Polish painter (1838–1893)
|
painter university teacher
|
|
1838-06-24
|
1893-11-01
|
|
193
|
ws
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Leopold Mozart
|
German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)
|
composer musicologist violinist pedagogue music educator music theorist musician
|
|
1719-11-14
|
1787-05-28
|
|
193
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ws
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Carl Czerny
|
Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)
|
pianist composer musicologist music theorist music educator
|
|
1791-02-21
|
1857-07-15
|
|
193
|
ws
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Mihály Munkácsy
|
Hungarian painter (1844-1900)
|
painter
|
|
1844-02-20
|
1900-05-01
|
|
191
|
ws
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Alessandro Volta
|
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
|
physicist inventor academic chemist
|
senator
|
1745-02-18
|
1827-03-05
|
|
190
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ws
|
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman emperor (1747-1792)
|
politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary Duke of Luxemburg
|
1747-05-05
|
1792-03-01
|
|
189
|
ws
|
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)
|
composer monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1608-07-13
|
1657-04-02
|
|
189
|
ws
|
Moritz von Schwind
|
Austrian painter (1804-1871)
|
painter university teacher graphic artist illustrator drawer
|
|
1804-01-21
|
1871-02-08
|
|
188
|
ws
|
Johann Strauss I
|
Austrian Romantic composer
|
composer conductor
|
|
1804-03-14
|
1849-09-25
|
|
187
|
ws
|
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637
|
aristocrat
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1578-07-09
|
1637-02-15
|
|
187
|
ws
|
Eugene of Savoy
|
prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)
|
military officer military leader army officer
|
ambassador of Austria to France Governor of Milan
|
1663-10-18
|
1736-04-21
|
|
186
|
ws
|
Cesare Beccaria
|
jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)
|
philosopher jurist criminologist economist
|
|
1738-03-15
|
1794-11-20
|
|
185
|
ws
|
Božena Němcová
|
Czech writer (1820-1862)
|
writer poet children's writer collector of fairy tales editor national revival activist opinion journalist novelist
|
|
1820-02-04
|
1862-01-21
|
|
185
|
ws
|
Ignaz Moscheles
|
Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794-1870)
|
pianist conductor composer pedagogue musicologist music educator diarist university teacher violinist
|
|
1794-05-23 1794-05-30
|
1870-03-10
|
|
185
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ws
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Bernard Bolzano
|
Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
|
mathematician logician philosopher of science theologian Catholic priest historian epistemologist philosopher professor aesthetician teacher priest
|
|
1781-10-05
|
1848-12-18
|
|
185
|
ws
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Karel Jaromír Erben
|
Czech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer
|
translator poet musicologist historian archivist journalist writer ethnographer collector of fairy tales prose writer collector jurist editor
|
|
1811-11-07
|
1870-11-21
|
|
184
|
ws
|
Domenico Cimarosa
|
Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school
|
composer
|
|
1749-12-17
|
1801-01-11
|
|
184
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ws
|
Mór Jókai
|
Hungarian writer (1825–1904)
|
writer playwright politician journalist
|
Member of the House of Magnates member of the National Assembly of Hungary
|
1825-02-18
|
1904-05-05
|
|
182
|
ws
|
Francesco Hayez
|
Italian painter (1791–1882)
|
painter photographer lithographer graphic artist engraver
|
|
1791-02-10 1791-02-11
|
1881-02-10 1882-02-12 1882-12-21
|
|
180
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ws
|
Otto Wagner
|
Austrian architect (1841-1918)
|
architect professor urban planner architectural draftsperson
|
|
1841-07-13
|
1918-04-11
|
|
179
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ws
|
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
|
Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847)
|
ruler consort politician
|
|
1791-12-12
|
1847-12-17
|
|
179
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ws
|
Anton Reicha
|
Czech-born French composer
|
composer writer musicologist pedagogue music theorist music educator university teacher teacher
|
|
1770-02-26 1770-02-27
|
1836-05-28
|
|
177
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ws
|
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
|
Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)
|
physician neurologist physiologist anatomist university teacher biologist poet philosopher translator writer naturalist politician botanist
|
Member of the Bohemian Diet
|
1787-12-17
|
1869-07-28
|
|
177
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ws
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Philip III of Spain
|
King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal
|
ruler
|
Monarch of Castile and Leon Monarch of Portugal monarch of the Crown of Aragon Prince of Asturias monarch king of Sardinia
|
1578-04-14
|
1621-03-31
|
|
176
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ws
|
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
|
Austrian painter (1793-1865)
|
painter writer teacher
|
|
1793-01-15
|
1865-08-23
|
|
176
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ws
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Theodor Körner
|
German poet
|
poet writer
|
|
1791-09-23
|
1813-08-26
|
|
175
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ws
|
Giuseppe Tartini
|
Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)
|
composer musicologist music theorist violinist music educator
|
|
1692-04-08
|
1770-02-26
|
|
175
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ws
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Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
|
Czech nobleman and Austrian general (1766-1858)
|
military personnel military officer military leader politician
|
viceroy
|
1766-11-02
|
1858-01-05
|
|
174
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ws
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Carlo Gozzi
|
Italian playwright (1720-1806)
|
playwright writer poet memoirist
|
|
1720-12-13
|
1806-04-04
|
|
174
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ws
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Gregory XVI
|
pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846
|
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
|
pope cardinal abbot
|
1765-09-18
|
1846-06-01
|
|
173
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ws
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Charles II of Spain
|
king of Spain, lived (1661-1700)
|
ruler
|
monarch of the Crown of Aragon Monarch of Castile and Leon king of Sardinia Prince of Asturias
|
1661-11-06
|
1700-11-01
|
|
172
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ws
|
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)
|
emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia King of the Romans
|
1527-07-31
|
1576-10-12
|
|
172
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ws
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Hans Makart
|
Austrian painter (1840-1884)
|
painter teacher architectural draftsperson
|
|
1840-05-28 1840-05-29
|
1884-10-03
|
|
171
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ws
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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany
|
aristocrat coin collecting politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor Palatine of Hungary
|
1708-12-08
|
1765-08-18 1793
|
|
171
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ws
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František Palacký
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Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)
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writer archivist heraldist journalist politician philosopher historian poet aesthetician literary scholar editor cultural worker literary historian literary theorist translator editing staff
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Member of the Austrian Reichstag Member of the Bohemian Diet
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1798-06-14
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1876-05-26
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171
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Franz Anton Mesmer
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German physician
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physician magnetizer astronomer
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1734-05-23
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1815-03-05 1815-03-15 1815
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171
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Eduard Hanslick
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Austrian musician and musicologist
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musicologist writer music critic professor composer aesthetician critic opinion journalist
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1825-09-11
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1904-08-06
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170
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Jan Neruda
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Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)
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writer poet journalist translator critic theatre critic dramaturge playwright literary critic
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1834-07-09
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1891-08-22
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170
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Johann Nestroy
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Austrian playwright, actor and singer
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writer playwright poet lawyer stage actor opera singer satirist poet actor
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1801-12-07
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1862-05-25
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169
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Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)
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politician military officer military leader
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generalissimo
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1583-09-24
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1634-02-25
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166
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Joris Hoefnagel
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Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist and draftsman
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painter illuminator cartographer scientific illustrator engraver drawer
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1542
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1600-09-09 1601 1600 1601-07-24
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166
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Franz von Suppé
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Austrian composer and conductor (1819-1895)
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composer conductor
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1819-04-18
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1895-05-21
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