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Timeline of Events

1786

5.1.1786

Opening night of the opera ''The Marriage of Figaro'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.

1791

9.30.1791

''The Magic Flute'', the last opera composed by Mozart, receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

1824

5.7.1824

World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.

1829

5.23.1829

Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.

1848

11.9.1848

Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.

1870

1.6.1870

The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna.

1873

5.9.1873

''Der Krach'': Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.

1903

2.11.1903

Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.

1921

2.27.1921

The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.

1927

7.15.1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.

1945

3.30.1945

World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.

1971

2.21.1971

The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.

1985

12.27.1985

Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.

1988

12.20.1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna.