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.
St.Petersburg,Russia November 6, 1893. That would be Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the Russian composer, b 1840, d 1893. He wrote Peter and the Wolf as well as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, The 1812 Overature and many other famous works for the orchestra. He was born in a Russian town of Votkinsk on May, 7th 1840.