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William H. Daingerfield, a representative of Texas, visited Austria in February 1845 and found the people of Vienna to have a favorable impression of the Republic. While in Vienna, Daingerfield received news of Texas' annexation to the United States, and therefore was prohibited to communicate with the Austrian government despite repeated entreaties.
Illustrated supplement to the Petit Journal of July 12, 1914: the assassination of the Crown Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, was assassinated alongside his wife, Sophie Chotek, while attending Austro-Hungarian army maneuvers in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
A bank run on the Fourth National Bank No. 20 Nassau Street, New York City, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 4 October 1873. The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877 or 1879 in France and in Britain.
Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria) Outcome Allies Enemies 976 978 War of the Three Henries (976–978) Holy Roman Empire: Duchy of Bavaria: Bavarian defeat Birth of Austria, Leopold I becomes Margrave of Austria; 1015 1015 Bolesław I's first invasion of the Austria Holy Roman Empire: Duchy of ...
The following Austro-Russian talks were sabotaged by Austria-Hungary's refusal to abandon any of the demands on Serbia [126] As a preparatory move in case a war did break out, and Britain were to become involved, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty, ordered the British fleet not to disperse as planned, [147] arguing that news ...
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VIENNA (Reuters) -A top U.S. sanctions official will this week warn Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International of the dangers of doing business in Russia, piling pressure on the biggest Western ...
As well, all administrative and legal measures since 1938 would be ignored. The conference declared the intent to create a free and independent Austria after the war, but also stated that Austria had a responsibility for "participation in the war at the side of Hitlerite Germany" which could not be evaded. [1]