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Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) Russian Empire Ottoman Empire: Defeat Treaty of Belgrade; 16 December 1740 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. includes the First Silesian War and the Second Silesian War. Great Britain Hanover Dutch Republic Saxony (1743–45) Kingdom of Sardinia (1742–48) Russia (1741–43) (1748)
This category includes historical wars in which Austrian Empire (1804–1867) participated. ... Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) N. Neapolitan War; P.
The Austrian Civil War (German: Österreichischer Bürgerkrieg) of 12–15 February 1934, also known as the February Uprising (Februaraufstand) or the February Fights (Februarkämpfe), was a series of clashes in the First Austrian Republic between the forces of the authoritarian right-wing government of Engelbert Dollfuss and the Republican Protection League (Republikanischer Schutzbund), the ...
Salzburger Nachrichten was established in 1945 by the American forces occupying Austria following World War II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first issue appeared on 25 October that year. [ 4 ] It remained under the control of the US Information Services Branch for a long time. [ 5 ]
The Austrian right-wing was divided between Pan-Germans who sought Austria's unification with Germany, and Austrian nationalists who opposed it. On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg , giving an enormous boost to Austrian Nazis , who strongly supported unification with Germany.
The Archduchy of Austria never held any colonies in the Americas. Nevertheless, a few Austrians did settle in what would become the United States prior to the 19th Century, including a group of fifty families from Salzburg, exiled for being Lutherans in a predominantly Catholic state, who established their own community in Ebenezer, Georgia in 1734.
As a minor compensation, the Austrian Empire annexed the Electorate of Salzburg, which had been under Habsburg rule since 1803. The elector, the Austrian Emperor's brother, was compensated with the Duchy of Würzburg, created from territories of the former prince-bishopric. The Primate's Palace, where the Peace of Pressburg was signed
The siege of Vienna was a decisive siege in 1485 of the Austrian–Hungarian War. It was a consequence of the ongoing conflict between Frederick III and Matthias Corvinus. After the fall of Vienna it was merged with Hungary from 1485 to 1490. Matthias Corvinus also moved his royal court to the newly occupied city.