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.
This detail from frontispiece to Thomas Wilsonâs Correct Method of German and French Waltzing (1816), shows nine positions of the Waltz, clockwise from the left (the musicians are at far left). The history of the waltz actually dates back to the 1500âs. There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance, i.e. a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim. The French philosopher Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched.