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1936 in Austria

Explore 21 historical events and records for Austria in 1936.

Historical records for Austria in 1936

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March

Alliance Austria, Hungary and Italy

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Austria, Hungary & Italy sign the Three Power Pact

July

Alliance Austria and Germany

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Austria agrees that her foreign policy would be determined as a "German State"

Amnesty

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

An amnesty is granted to Austrian NAZIs in prison

Foreign Secretary of Austria

Schmidt, Guido ยท Foreign Secretary of Austria ยท Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Foreign Minister, Nazi supporter

Minister of Interior

Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund ยท Minister of Interior ยท Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Minister of the Interior, Nazi supporter

October

Conscription

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Austria introduces conscription

Treaty of St Germain

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Austria introduces conscription, breaking the Treaty of St Germain

Other events (month unknown)

Defence Mechanisms

Freud, Anna ยท Vienna ยท Psychoanalyst ยท Science / Psychology

Strengthens ego psychology and the psychoanalytic study of children.

Fatherland Front

Schuschnigg, Kurt ยท Politics / Heimwehr

Kurt Schuschnigg absorbs the remaining Heimwehr elements into the Fatherland Front, it officially ceases to exist as a political grouping

Heimwehr

Schuschnigg, Kurt ยท Politics / Heimwehr

Kurt Schuschnigg absorbs the remaining Heimwehr elements into the Fatherland Front, it officially ceases to exist as a political grouping

Heimwehr

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Vienna ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Abolishes the Heimwehr

Nobel Prize

Hess, Victor Francis ยท Stockholm ยท Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering cosmic radiation.

Nobel Prize

Loewi, Otto ยท Stockholm ยท Pharmacologist ยท Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

Peace Mediation

Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund ยท Colonel ยท Government / Government of Austria

Mediates between von Papen & the Austrian Government for closer ties with Germany

Printed Circuit Prototype

Eisler, Paul ยท London ยท Electronics Engineer ยท Science / Technology

Builds an electronic device using printed conductive connections.

Printed Electronic Connections

Eisler, Paul ยท London ยท Electronics Engineer ยท Science / Technology

Pioneers manufacturing methods that become fundamental to modern electronics.

Professor

Schrodinger, Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander ยท Graz ยท Science / Astronomy

Takes up a position at the University of Graz in Austria

Return to Austria

Schrodinger, Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander ยท Graz ยท Professor ยท Science / Physics

Returns to Austria to take a professorship at the University of Graz after several years in Britain.

State Councilor

Seyss-Inquart, Arthur ยท Vienna ยท State Councilor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Appointed State Councilor

The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence

Freud, Anna ยท Vienna ยท Psychoanalyst ยท Science / Psychology

Publishes a systematic account of psychological defence mechanisms.

Treaty of Versailles

Schuschnigg, Kurt von ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Government of Austria

Austria recognizes Italy's capture of Abyssinia. Austria presses for Hungarys right to rearm to be allowed by the Treaty of Versailles

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