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  • 1. A fort is built on the site of today’s Hofburg (1275)
  • 2. Alte Burg wing is built under Ferdinand I (1547–52)
  • 3. Fischer von Erlach starts building the Winter Riding School (1729)
  • 4. Carousels with the Lipizzaner horses staged in the Winter Riding School (1740–80)
  • 5. Mozart performs regularly in the Burgkapelle between 1781 and 1791
  • 6. Vienna Congress is held (1815)
  • 7. Michaeler wing is built (1889–93)
  • 8. World War I prevents the construction of the second wing (1918)
  • 9. Hitler proclaims the Austrian annexation to the Third Reich from the balcony of Neue Burg (1938)
  • 10. Fire destroys the ballroom in the Redoute wing (1992)
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