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1830 18. August: Birth of Franz Joseph in Vienna. He´s
the first of 6 children of archduchess Sophie and archduke Franz
Karl.
1837 24. Dezember: Birth of Elisabeth Amalia Eugenie in the
Herzog Max Palais, Munich. She´s the fourth child of Duch
Max and Duchess Ludovika in Bavaria.
1853 August: Engagement of Emperor Fanz Joseph I. and Elisabeth,
in Bad Ischl.
1854 24. April: Marriage of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth in
the church of St. Augustine in Vienna.
1855 5.March: Birth of the first daughter Sophie in Vienna.
1856 15. July: Birth of the second daughter Gisela in Vienna.
1857 29. May: Death of the daughter Sopie in Budapest.
1858 21. August: Birth of the Crownprince Rudolf in Laxenburg.
1860 July: After grave differences between Franz Joseph and
Elisabeth, the Empress flees to Possenhofen, then to Madeira
and after that to Corfu. The Public in Vienna belives in a serve
illness of Elisabeth.
1861: Franz Joseph, Elisabeth an the children, meet again
in Venice.
1862 August: Elisabeth comes back to Vienna.
1863: Elisabeth beginns to study the Hungarian language.
1864: Ida Ferency becomes a Narrator of the Empress (Beginn
of a long friendship)
1865: Elisabeth demands a more liberal education for Rudolf,
which he really gets than.
1866: War between Perussia and Austria. Austria looses the
battle in Königgrätz and looses the war also. July:
Elisabeth goes to Budapest. Negotiatons between Emperor Franz-Joseph,
Empress Elisabeth, Franz Deak and Gyula Andrassy.
1867: Austria becomes the Austrian-Hungarian monarchie. Coronation
of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth to King and Queen of Hungary in
Budapest.
1868 22. April: Birth of Elisabeths favourite daughter Marie
Valerie in Budapest.
1871: Founding of the German empire. Wilhelm I. becomes Emperor,
Bismark becomes the "Iron Chancellor".
1872: Death of Franz Josephs mother, archduchess Sophie.
1874: Elisabeth travels to england the first time. She becomes
one of the best horsewomans in her time.
1881 May: Marriage of Rudolf and Sthephanie of Belgium.
1882: Beginn to build the Hermesvilla in the Lainzer Tiergarten,
Vienna. (Hermes=greek god) Elisabeth interests herself for greek
culture and learns the new and oldgreek language.
1886 Death of the bavarian King Ludwig II..
1889 Suicide of crownprince Rudolf and Mary Vestsera. (The
tragedy of Mayerling)
1898 10.September: Assassination of empress Elisabeth in Geneve.
1916: Death of emperor Franz Joseph I. in Vienna. |