Anthony ( Dresden, 27 December 1755 – Dresden, 6 June 1836 ), also known by his German name Anton ( full name: Anton Clemens Theodor Maria Joseph Johann Evangelista Johann Nepomuk Franz Xavier Aloys Januar ), was a King of Saxony ( 1827 – 1836 ) from the House of Wettin.

In Western culture, a concept similar to that of prana can be traced back as far as the 18th century's Franz Anton Mesmer, who used " animal magnetism " to cure disease.

Other composers that have written concertos from this period include Johann Baptist Vanhal, Franz Anton Hoffmeister ( 3 concertos ), Leopold Kozeluch, Anton Zimmermann, Antonio Capuzzi, Wenzel Pichl ( 2 concertos ), and Johannes Matthias Sperger ( 18 concertos ).

Franz Anton Hoffmeister wrote four String Quartets for Solo Double Bass, Violin, Viola, and Cello in D Major.

According to Franz Anton Knittel Erasmus in his Novum Instrumentum omne did not incorporate the Comma from Codex Montfortianus, because of grammar differences, but used Complutensian Polyglotta.

The premiere was held in Vienna on 15 June 1938, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Oswald Kabasta: the soloists were Rudolf Gerlach ( John ), Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota, Josef von Manowarda and with Franz Schütz at the organ.

Franz Anton Mesmer held that trance and healing were the result of the channelling of a mysterious " occult " force called " animal magnetism ".

* 1754 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher ( d. 1812 )

* 1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist ( d. 1815 )

There are a few Baroque and Classical concerti, such as those by Telemann ( one of the earliest viola concertos known ), Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Carl Stamitz.

Pair of lovers group of Nymphenburg porcelain, c. 1760, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli

Anton Bruckner wearing the Order of Franz Joseph ( portrait by Josef Büche )

Weber was born in Eutin, Holstein, the eldest of the three children of Franz Anton von Weber and his second wife, Genovefa Brenner, a Viennese singer.

The " von " was an affectation ; Franz Anton von Weber was not actual aristocracy.

Franz Anton began his career as a military officer in the service of the Duchy of Holstein, and after being fired, went on to hold a number of musical directorships.

In 1787 Franz Anton went on to Hamburg where he founded a theatrical company.

A gifted violinist, Franz Anton had ambitions of turning Carl into a child prodigy like Franz's nephew-by-marriage, Mozart.

Furthermore, Weber's father Franz Anton misappropriated a vast quantity of Duke Ludwig's money.

Franz Anton and Carl were charged with embezzlement and arrested on 9 February 1810.

# Karl Maximilian Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz Xavier Januar ( b. Dresden, 24 September 1752-d. Dresden, 8 September 1781 ) died unmarried.

# Joseph Maria Ludwig Johann Nepomuck Aloys Gonzaga Franz Xavier Januar Anton de Padua Polycarp ( 26 January 1754-25 March 1763 ) died in infancy.

Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (" Mesmerism " or " animal magnetism "), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked.

Franz Mesmer ( 1734 – 1815 ) believed that there is a magnetic force or " fluid " within the universe that influences the health of the human body.

" The word mesmerize originates from the name of Franz Mesmer, and was intentionally used to separate its users from the various " fluid " and " magnetic " theories embedded within the label " magnetism ".

* Franz Mesmer

The origins of the movement can be found in Medieval astrology and alchemy, such as the writings of Paracelsus, in Renaissance interests in Hermeticism, in 18th century mysticism, such as that of Emanuel Swedenborg, and in beliefs in animal magnetism espoused by Franz Mesmer.

The second person was Franz Mesmer ( 1734 – 1815 ), who had developed a form of healing using magnets, believing that there was a force known as " animal magnetism " that affected humans.

She had become a follower of the Austrian mystic Franz Mesmer and the new spiritualist movement.

* March 5 – Franz Mesmer, German developer of animal magnetism ( b. 1734 )

* May 23 – Franz Mesmer, Austrian physician ( d. 1815 )

Hypnosis, which was pioneered in the late 18th century by Franz Mesmer and Armand-Marie Jacques de Chastenet, Marques de Puységur, challenged Locke's association of ideas.

This universal trait is a reflection of Balzac's own social wrangling, that of his family, and an interest in the Austrian mystic and physician Franz Mesmer, who pioneered the study of animal magnetism.

Some of the University's better-known students include: Christian Doppler, Kurt Adler, Franz Alt, Bruno Bettelheim, Rudolf Bing, Lucian Blaga, Josef Breuer, F. F. Bruce, Elias Canetti, Ivan Cankar, Otto Maria Carpeaux, Felix Ehrenhaft, Mihai Eminescu, Paul Feyerabend, Heinz Fischer, O. W. Fischer, Ivan Franko, Sigmund Freud, Alcide De Gasperi, Ernst Gombrich, Kurt Gödel, Erich Göstl, Franz Grillparzer, Jörg Haider, Edmund Husserl, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Marie Jahoda, Elfriede Jelinek, Percy Lavon Julian, Karl Kautsky, Elisabeth Kehrer, Hans Kelsen, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Arthur Koestler, Jernej Kopitar, Karl Kordesch, Karl Kraus, Bruno Kreisky, Richard Kuhn, Paul Lazarsfeld, Gustav Mahler, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Lise Meitner, Gregor Mendel, Franz Mesmer, Franc Miklošič, Alois Mock, Matija Murko, Pope Pius III, Maxim Podoprigora, Hans Popper, Karl Popper, Otto Preminger, Wilhelm Reich, Peter Safar, Mordkhe Schaechter, Arthur Schnitzler, Albin Schram, Wolfgang Schüssel, Joseph Schumpeter, Theodor Herzl, John J. Shea, Jr., Adalbert Stifter, Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar, Kurt Waldheim, Otto Weininger, Stefan Zweig, and Huldrych Zwingli.

* Franz Mesmer

* Mental Healers: Franz Mesmer, Mary Baker Eddy, Sigmund Freud, 1932 ( Original title: Die Heilung durch den Geist.

A popular vitalist theory of the 18th century was " animal magnetism ", in the theories of Franz Anton Mesmer ( 1734 – 1815 ).

* Animal magnetism of Franz Anton Mesmer

In this environment, the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg ( 1688 – 1772 ) and the teachings of Franz Mesmer ( 1734 – 1815 ) provided an example for those seeking direct personal knowledge of the afterlife.

Image: Franz Anton Mesmer. jpg | Franz Mesmer.

In 1906, Berg met the singer Helene Nahowski, daughter of a wealthy family ( said by some to be in fact the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from his liaison with Anna Nahowski ); despite the outward hostility of her family, the two were married on May 3, 1911.

Frederick Augustus II ( full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix ) ( Dresden, 18 May 1797 – Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol, 9 August 1854 ) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.

" Following Bruning's resignation in May 1932 Pacelli, like the new Catholic chancellor Franz von Papen, wondered if the Centre Party should look to the Right for a coalition, " that would correspond to their principles '.

* May 17 – Franz Sondheimer, German-born British chemist ( d. 1981 )

* May 2 – Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1879 )

* May 21 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer ( b. 1819 )

* May 13 – A West German court of appeals condemns the behavior of ex-defense minister Franz Joseph Strauss during the Spiegel scandal.

* May 25 – Franz von Hipper, German admiral ( b. 1863 )

* May 15 – American Civil War – Battle of New Market: Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.

* May 23 – Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian ( b. 1765 )

* May 7 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight ( b. 1481 )

* May 3 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Austrian composer ( b. 1644 )

Instead, Franz was sent to the front in Italy, joining Field Marshal Radetzky on campaign on 29 April, receiving his baptism of fire on 5 May at Santa Lucia.

Franz Xaver von Baader ( March 27, 1765 – May 23, 1841 ) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian.

** Berthold Franz Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ( b. Riedlingen, 26 May 1963 ), married to María Jesus Alejandra Carabias ( b. 17 July 1961 ), and had one son:

* May 2 – Franz Rummel, pianist ( b. 1853 )

She married Franz Ferdinand Friedrich Ernst Joseph Karl Leopold Mauritius Hubertus Maria, Duke of Hohenberg ( September 13, 1927 – August 15, 1977 ), on May 9, 1956.

On 6 August 1755, in Valtice or Feldsberg, Charles-Joseph married Princess Franziska Xaveria Maria of Liechtenstein ( Vienna, 27 November 1739-Vienna, 17 May 1821 ), sister of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein.

* May 21 – Franz von Suppé, composer ( born 1819 )

Franz von Sickingen ( 2 March 1481 – 7 May 1523 ) was a German knight, one of the most notable figures of the first period of the Reformation.

Freiherr Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Knigge ( 16 October 1752 – 6 May 1796 ) was a German writer and Freemason.

In April and May 1799, Franz Vincenz Schmid led an uprising against the occupying French army.

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern ( baptised 12 August 1644 – died 3 May 1704 ) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist.