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This is a timeline of Austrian history, ... Holy Roman Emperor, the governor of Austria, with the support of the nobility in Austria, Hungary and Moravia, ...
Austria-Hungary, [c] also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe [d] between 1867 and 1918.
The dissolution of Austria-Hungary was a major political event that occurred as a result of the growth of internal social contradictions and the separation of different parts of Austria-Hungary. The more immediate reasons for the collapse of the state were World War I, the 1918 crop failure, general starvation and the economic crisis.
In 1867, Austria formed a dual monarchy with Hungary: the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When this empire collapsed after the end of World War I in 1918, Austria was reduced to the main, mostly German-speaking areas of the empire (its current frontiers), and adopted the name, the Republic of German-Austria.
This is a list of years in Hungary. See also the timeline of Hungarian history . For only articles about years in Hungary that have been written, see Category:Years in Hungary .
The March of Austria, also known as Marcha Orientalis, was first formed in 976 out of the lands that had once been the March of Pannonia in Carolingian times. The oldest attestation dates back to 996, where the written name "ostarrichi" occurs in a document transferring land in present-day Austria to a Bavarian monastery.
By this act, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Empire of Austria as two separate entities joined on an equal basis to form the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The frequent abbreviation K.u.K. ( Kaiserliche und Königliche , "Imperial and Royal") does not refer to that dual monarchy but originated in 1745, when the "royal" part referred to the ...
Belligerents (excluding Austria) Outcome Chancellor Casualties Allies Enemies 28 August 1921 13 October 1921 Uprising in West Hungary: Austria Hungary: Rongyos Gárda Lajtabánság Bosnian and Albanian Muslim volunteers Defeat, Sopron and its area remained in Hungary. Johannes Schober: 12 killed 12 February 1934 15 February 1934 Austrian Civil War