Historical place archive

Graz in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Graz in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

9 records8 event labels6 people1863–1946

Historical events in Graz

1863

18 December 1863
Birth of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand · House of Habsburg

Birth of Franz Ferdinand

1877

1877
President of Austria
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann · Physics

Appointed President of the University of Graz

1912

1912
Microchemical Analysis Method
Fritz Pregl · Chemistry

Transforms laboratory chemistry by making accurate microanalysis practical.

1912
Organic Microanalysis
Fritz Pregl · Chemistry

Develops methods requiring only tiny quantities for organic elemental analysis.

1936

1936
Professor
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrodinger · Astronomy

Takes up a position at the University of Graz in Austria

1938

24 February 1938
Reballion of Rebels in Graz
Kurt von Schuschnigg · Government of Austria

About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika

24 February 1938
Reballion of Rebels in Graz
Kurt von Schuschnigg · Military

About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika

1946

1946
Bee Dance Language
Karl von Frisch · Medicine

Explains how honeybees communicate food direction and distance through dances.

1946
Honeybee Communication
Karl von Frisch · Medicine

Establishes a detailed account of symbolic communication in social insects.

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