1700 in Austria

Events from the year 1700 in Austria

Incumbents

• Monarch – Leopold I
• Hofkriegsrat – Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
• Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg – Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein

Events

• Spring – Schönbrunn Palace became habitable.
• March 31 – Opening of Salzburg's first coffeehouse. The Cafegewölb Fontaine opened in Salzburg, today it is known as Café Tomaselli one of Austria's most historic coffeehouses.

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  October 31 – Consecration of the Kajetanerkirche. The Boroque St. Cajetan's Church (German: Kajetanerkirche) was consecrated in Salzburg by Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun.

Births

• June – Ivan Ranger was a Tyrolese baroque painter.
• August 17 – Johann Michael Beer von Bleichten was a master builder and architect.
• July 29 – Peter Joseph Kofler was the mayor of Vienna.
• October 2 – Erasmus Fröhlich was an Austrian Jesuit mathematics teacher and numismatist.
• October 29 – Archduke of Austria Leopold Joseph died during |infancy.

Deaths

• January 3 – Eva Magdalena von Windhag was a nun and the first prioress of the Dominican Convent of Windhaag in Upper Austria.
• January 16 – Antonio Draghi was a Baroque composer who died in Vienna.
• August 6 – Johann Beer was an Austrian author, court official, and composer.

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