When Philipp Porth was born on 16 June 1900, in Galicia, Austria, his father, Johann Porth, was 36 and his mother, Barbara Hoehn, was 28.
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Italy, Austria, and Germany renew the Triple Alliance. The alliance lasts for three more years.
Start of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, is assassinated. Austria joins Germany in fighting the Allies.
The Hapsburg Empire is overthrown. Austria became a republic.
Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred, Beate, Horst, Siegfried, Uwe, Volker.
German: variant of Port 4.
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