History. 1  In 1817, the first edition of the Peso was introduced and was valued against the Spanish Real. 2  In 1851, the Peso equaled 5 French francs. 3  In 1960, the Peso was replaced by the Escudo at a rate of 1,000 Pesos = 1 Escudo. 4  In 1975, the second edition of the Peso was introduced to replace the escudo. 1,000 escudos = 1 peso.
In 1889, Johann Strauss II composed the Emperor Waltz (originally called âHand in Handâ) as a symbolic toast to friendship from the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef to the German Kaiser Willhelm II. The waltz was first performed in Berlin on 21 October 1889.
The Emperor Waltz. The new novel from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher is his most ambitious and daring novel yet. In a third-century desert settlement on the fringes of the Roman Empire, a new wife becomes fascinated by a cult that is persecuted by the Emperor Diocletian. In 1922, Christian, a young artist, travels to Weimar to begin his studies at the Bauhaus, where the avant-garde confronts conservative elements around it.