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Archduke Leopold of Austria

Zagreb, 30 Jan 1897 – Willimantic, 14 Mar 1958

11 facts2 sources

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A life in time

  1. 30 Jan 1897

    Born in Zagreb

  2. 1917–1918

    Member of the House of Lords (Austria)

  3. 14 Mar 1958

    Dies in Willimantic, aged 61

Family

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Partners

During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Zagreb.

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

The 1890s · Archduke is born in Zagreb

Who governed

In the news1873–1895

Agrarian Crisis Hits Region, 1873-1895

A severe European agrarian crisis hit the region between 1873 and 1895, causing falling grain prices and leading large estates to introduce steam-powered agricultural machinery.

Music

Glagolitic church singing tradition

In Novi Vinodolski, the Glagolitic singing tradition was a vital part of church life, with specific liturgical songs preserved orally and through manuscripts for over a century. Known examples include pieces like Oh, Blessed Saint Sebastian and Jesus Rose Up From the Grave.

The cinema. In a Paris café the Lumière brothers showed films to a paying audience for the first time.Around the world · 1895

The cinema. In a Paris café the Lumière brothers showed films to a paying audience for the first time.

Unknown authorUnknown author · public domain

Daily life

Compulsory school versus farm work

Although elementary schooling became compulsory in 1874, many children, especially girls, were kept home to tend livestock or help with farm chores. By the 1890s, the school curriculum included practical training in gardening and fruit cultivation.

In the news1891

First Horse-Drawn Tram, 1891

The first horse-drawn tram began operating in the streets of Zagreb in 1891.

What people wore

Headscarves as signals of grief

In the central Dalmatian islands, women used specific details in their headscarves to signal grief, wearing completely black headscarves for close relatives and black ones with white dots for distant relatives.

Getting around

Trains slow enough to jump off

On the slow Parenzana narrow-gauge railway in Istria, trains traveled so slowly that passengers could occasionally jump off to pick fruit or relieve themselves and then catch up with the train.