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1 day ago · Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph. Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of ...
- Charles IV
Charles I or Karl I (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert...
- Archduchess Sophie of Austria
Life. Within two months of her marriage to Franz Joseph,...
- Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8...
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21...
- Elisabeth
Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria;...
- Schönbrunn Palace
Great Gallery. Schönbrunn Palace (German: Schloss Schönbrunn...
- Emperor of Austria
Imperial Standard (from 1867 to 1915) Imperial Crown of...
- Imperial Crypt
The Capuchin Church in Vienna, Austria, which houses the...
- Habsburg-Lorraine
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (German: Haus...
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4 days ago · Headquarters are in Munich. It originated in 1916 as Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke, a builder of aircraft engines, but assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke in July 1917 and began producing motorcycles in the 1920s. BMW entered the automobile business in 1928. The company’s R32 motorcycle set a world speed record that was not broken until 1937.
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3 days ago · Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW ( German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ⓘ ), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from ...
- Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG
- 149,475 (2022)
- 7 March 1916; 107 years ago
- Munich, Germany
1 day ago · The Geheime Staatspolizei ( German pronunciation: [ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ; transl. "Secret State Police" ), abbreviated Gestapo ( / ɡəˈstɑːpoʊ / gə-STAH-poh, German: [ɡəˈʃtaːpo] ⓘ ), [3] was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe . The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 ...
- 32,000 (1944 est.)
- 26 April 1933; 90 years ago
4 days ago · Given that the shelves of those historians who specialise in the origins of the Second World War are figuratively groaning under the weight of works covering the topic of appeasement, it may come as a surprise to some when reading the preface to Appeasing Hitler that “while books on the Second World War have multiplied over the past 20 years, the build-up and causes of that catastrophe have ...
4 days ago · After the merger, BMW General Manager Franz Josef Popp and Design Director Max Friz agreed to redesign Helios to make it more salable with a completely new design This new project, with the name BMW R32 goes into production in 1923, becoming the first motorcycle produced by BMW.
5 days ago · In 1990 Robert Gellately completed a major study which investigated the role of the secret police in Nazi Germany. His book, The Gestapo and German Society: Enforcing Racial Policy 1933-1945 (Oxford University Press; Oxford, 1995) demonstrated conclusively that the much feared and allegedly omnipresent Gestapo in fact relied on widespread public support to function effectively.
