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Austria in 1912

Historical records for Austria in 1912, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

17Records
17Events
10Named people
3Places
7Categories

Historical records

July

26 July 1912Arrest of Jacob FurstenbergJacob Furstenberg

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "an enemy of tsarism"

26 July 1912Bolshevik PartyJacob Furstenberg

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "enemies of tsarism". Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "an enemy of tsarism"

26 July 1912TrialJacob Furstenberg

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "enemies of tsarism"

August

7 August 1912Cosmic Ray Balloon FlightVictor Franz Hess

Aussig · Science / Physics

Measures increasing ionization at high altitude during a balloon flight.

7 August 1912Discovery of Cosmic RadiationVictor Franz Hess

Aussig · Science / Physics

Concludes that penetrating radiation reaches Earth from outer space.

19 August 1912Lenin is released as an enemy of tsarism & escorted in aLeopold Berchtold

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Lenin is released as an "enemy of tsarism" & escorted in a train to Switzerland

Other Events

1912Adiabatic InvariantsPaul Ehrenfest

Science / Astronomy

A concept derived from classical mechanics that on the one hand can serve to refine certain methods of Bohrs model of the atom (although initially Ehrenfest did not accept Bohrs ideas) and on the other hand makes a link between atomic mechanics & stats

1912Anthroposophische BundRudolph Steiner

Humanities / Philosophy

Founds Der Anthroposophische Bund

1912Chief of General StaffFranz Conrad von Hotzendorf

Vienna · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief-of General Staff, 2nd term

1912Death of Graf Alois Lexa von AehrenthalGraf Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal

Government / Government of Austria

Death of Graf Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal

1912EmigrationLudwig Wittgenstein

Vienna · Humanities / Philosophy

Emigrates to Cambridge to study with Bertrand Russell

1912Foreign Secretary of AustriaLeopold Berchtold

Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Foreign Minister, at the age of 49, the youngest Foreign Minister in Europe

1912Independence of AustriaLeopold Berchtold

Government / Government of Austria

Gives support to Lenin in return for his support for Ukrainian nationalism

1912Independence of UkraineLeopold Berchtold

Government / Government of Austria

Gives support to Lenin in return for his support for Ukrainian nationalism

1912Microchemical Analysis MethodFritz Pregl

Graz · Science / Chemistry

Transforms laboratory chemistry by making accurate microanalysis practical.

1912Organic MicroanalysisFritz Pregl

Graz · Science / Chemistry

Develops methods requiring only tiny quantities for organic elemental analysis.

1912Upper ChamberOttokar Czernin

Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Member of Upper Chamber, life member

Names involved

Franz Conrad von HotzendorfFritz PreglGraf Alois Lexa von AehrenthalJacob FurstenbergLeopold BerchtoldLudwig WittgensteinOttokar CzerninPaul EhrenfestRudolph SteinerVictor Franz Hess

Places involved

AussigGrazVienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.