A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (TRIH eps 689-690)
1889 · Resource
What was Vienna like in the 1880s? Why was Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria seen as the outcast of the prestigious Habsburg dynasty? And, how would meeting 17 year-old Baroness Mary Vetsera on his 30th birthday change both of their lives, and the trajectory of Europe, forever? Join Dominic and Tom as they unravel the mysterious tale that is the Mayerling Incident.
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Around 1889
- Berlin Conference / Scramble for Africa (1884)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Pablo Picasso (1881)