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31 January 2026

  • 18:5418:54, 31 January 2026 Zöglings-Übungsreise SMS Dandolo nach Brasilien und Nordamerika (hist | edit) [725 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Background and objectives == == Ship's command and notable crew members == == Travelling route and dates == 10.10.1875 Pola aus 14.10. - 17.10.1875 Lissa 14.11. - 16.11.1875 Almeria 17.11. - 24.11.1875 Gibraltar 1.1. - 12.1.1876 Bahia 29.1. - 14.2.1876 Montevideo 16.3. - 4.4.1876 Cape Town 15.4. - 17.4.1876 Jamestown, St. Helena 3.6. - 21.6.1876 Philadelphia 14.7. - 18.7.1876 Jeremias Marokko 18.7. - 22.7.1876 Gibraltar 28.7. - 30.7.1876 Palermo 4.8.187...")
  • 17:5417:54, 31 January 2026 Zweite österreichische Samothrake-Expedition (hist | edit) [1,083 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Background and objectives == Following the first Austrian Samothrace expedition in 1873, which was widely regarded as a success, Alexander Conze's team planned another excavation campaign on the island. On 16 December 1874, Conze obtained the Emperor's approval for this second expedition, which was officially intended to ‘complete the scientific expedition’ of 1873. The state budget for 1875 allocated 10,000 guilders for this purpose, and April 1875 was set as t...")
  • 17:1617:16, 31 January 2026 Erste österreichische Samothrake-Expedition (hist | edit) [1,866 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "First Austrian Samothrace expedition == Background and objectives == On 17 January 1873, Emperor Franz Josef I approved the funds for the first Austrian Samothrace expedition, which was so successful that another excavation campaign was made possible in 1875. Both expeditions were substantially supported by the Austro-Hungarian Navy by providing a warship for each expedition. The staff and crews of the ships were not only assigned to provide logistical support for th...")
  • 13:0313:03, 31 January 2026 Oltramar - Nine Members of the Spetzler Family in the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Navy and Civil Shipping (1840–1900) (hist | edit) [1,195 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Between 1840 and 1910, nine members of the Spetzler family, originally from Dinkelsbühl in Franconia, served in the Imperial and Royal (k.u.k.) Austro-Hungarian Navy, in civilian maritime shipping, and in the shipyard industry. Drawing on contemporary historical documents, the book recounts remarkable events and personal experiences from their lives, offering a vivid insight into maritime history and family legacy across the 19th century. Order here: [Oltramar on Amaz...")

29 January 2026

  • 11:5011:50, 29 January 2026 La fregata Novara intorno al mondo (hist | edit) [1,948 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "New book release: La fregata Novara intorno al mondo. Un racconto di mare, di scienza, di imperi (1857-1859) By Guido Abbattista and Erica Grossi, published by Salerno Editrice (Rome, 2026), 260 pages. Available in bookshops from 30 January 2026. In April 1857, the Austrian frigate Novara departed from Trieste on an ambitious circumnavigation of the globe that would last more than two and a half years. Conceived to assert the Habsburg Empire’s place among the leading...")

21 January 2026

  • 14:5414:54, 21 January 2026 Lecture: Austrian Traces in the Levant (hist | edit) [1,539 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On 22 January 2026, Levant expert Dr. Elmar Samsinger will give a lecture at the Vienna Naval Association (Marineverband Wien) on the traces of the Habsburg Monarchy in the Levant. “Austria once lay by the sea” is the title of a well-known book and immediately brings to mind the imperial seaside resorts of Grado or Abbazia, Trieste as the monarchy’s gateway to the world with its significant shipbuilding industry, or the fact that Venice was Austrian for almost 60...")
  • 12:1112:11, 21 January 2026 Conference: Antiquity and Modern Times - Oriental Studies and Cultural Contacts (hist | edit) [1,644 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Conference: Antiquity and Modern Times - Oriental Studies and Cultural Contacts in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy The Egypt and Austria conference will take place from Thursday, 8 October to Saturday, 10 October 2026, at the University of Graz (Styria) and at the Archaeology Museum at Eggenberg Palace (Universalmuseum Joanneum). The conference is organized by the Egypt and Austria Research Society in cooperation with the Institute of Classics of the University of Graz a...")
  • 11:3711:37, 21 January 2026 Conference: The Orient of the Habsburg Monarchy (hist | edit) [716 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The conference ‘The Orient of the Habsburg Monarchy’ at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (28 to 30 January 2026) will shed light on the shared history of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, as well as other countries and cultures labelled as ‘Orient’. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the long-term impact of these interrelationships. The conference focuses on specific interactions between actors from the Habsburg Monarchy and the ‘Ori...")
  • 11:3311:33, 21 January 2026 Exhibition: Good Collecting – Bad Collecting (hist | edit) [1,547 bytes] Thomas Zimmel (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Good Collecting – Bad Collecting Special exhibition from 28 April 2026 to 27 June 2027 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Natural History Museum Vienna. On 29 April 1876, Emperor Franz Joseph I formally founded the Natural History Museum Vienna with his signature; on 30 April 1876 he appointed the geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter as its first director. At that time, the museum building on Vienna’s Ringstraße was already well under construction, an...")

18 January 2026