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Timeline History of Austria

Important Austrian people, dates and events.

Charlemagne the King of the Franks and the Magyars.

The Ottoman Empire invade Austria.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated - WW1.

Adolf Hitler seizes Austrian lands.

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700's

 

Austria comes under the rule of Charlemagne the King of the Franks

900's

 

The Magyars from Hungary overrun Austria

955

 

Otto I of Germany defeats the Magyars and Austria comes under German rule

962

 

Otto I of Germany crowned as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

976

 

Otto II gives North-eastern Austria to the Babenberg family

1242

 

The last Babenberg duke died without a male heir

1242

 

King Ottokar of Bohemia gains control of the Austrian territory

1278

 

Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I of the Hapsburg family defeats King Ottokar

1500's

 

The Ottoman Empire invade Austria

1600's

 

The Ottomans are defeated and driven out of the Austrian region

1618

 

The Protestants in Bohemia revolt against the Catholic Habsburg emperor starting the Thirty Years War

1648

 

The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Habsburgs declared Roman Catholicism as the official Austrian religion

1700

 

The Habsburg King of Spain dies

1701

 

1701-1714 The War of Spanish Succession started between Austria and France
Austria wins Belgium and Spain's lands in Italy

1700's

 

Late 1700s-1815: Napoleonic Wars

1815

 

Napoleon defeated

1859

 

Austria declares war on Sardinia and is defeated by Italian and French forces

1867

 

The Dual-Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was established

1914

 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated and this event started  World War I. Austria joined Germany in fighting the Allies

1918

 

3 November: World War I ended

1918

 

12 November: The last Habsburg Emperor was overthrown and Austria became a republic

1938

 

German troops under Adolf Hitler seize Austrian lands and announced its union with Germany

1939

 

September: World War 2starts

1945

 

August: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1954

 

The Allies of World War II defeat Germany and as a result of World War II Austrian territory is divided into American, British, French, and Soviet Zones

1954

 

The four major powers end their occupation of Austria

1955

 

1 January: Austria joins the European Union

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