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Archduchess Louise of Austria

Salzburg, 2 Dec 1870 – Q208713, 23 Mar 1947

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 2 Dec 1870

    Born in Salzburg

  2. 1893–1903

    6 children are born

  3. 23 Mar 1947

    Dies in Q208713, aged 76

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 6

During her lifetime

She lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Salzburg.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1870s · Archduchess is born in Salzburg

In the news1876

Metric system becomes mandatory in 1876

In 1876, the metric system became mandatory for all measurements across Austria.

What people wore

Prankish feast day dessert centerpieces

At peasant feast day dinners, a dessert centerpiece was garnished with bows of bright ribbons, flowers, and deliberately hidden thorns and stinging nettles.

Getting around

Faster rail connections to Budapest

By 1900, the travel time for a direct train between Vienna and Budapest had been reduced to four and a half hours, down from the approximately six hours required when the line first opened.

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.In Europe · 1859–1871

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.

Baldassare Verazzi (1819-1886) · public domain

In the news1879–1883

Arrival of the telephone

The telephone arrived in Belgium between 1879 and 1883, transforming communication in the Belle Epoque.

Music

Popular instruments of the mid-19th century

During the 1850s, the zither became highly popular as a folk-music counterpart to the bourgeois piano. By 1860, the introduction of hand-held squeeze-box instruments like the accordion and harmonica allowed a single person to provide full orchestral accompaniment for entertainment.

Daily life

The multi-purpose kitchen stove

In rural kitchens, the stove was the central hub for cooking, drying laundry on an overhead pole, and providing heat.