Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary was an empire in Central Europe (Europe) that lasted from 1867 to 1918 CE, about 51 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The Compromise of 1867 split the Habsburg lands into two states under one monarch. The assassination of its heir at Sarajevo in 1914 started the First World War, which destroyed it.

See Austria-Hungary on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1867 to 1918 CE

Duration

51 years

Type

Empire

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Vienna and Budapest

Came from

• Austrian Empire 1804 to 1867 CE

Became

• First Austrian Republic 1918 to 1938 CE
• Kingdom of Hungary (1920 to 1946) 1920 to 1946 CE
• Czechoslovakia 1918 to 1992 CE
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918 to 1941 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 1871 Unification of Germany
• 1914 First World War begins
• 1917 Russian Revolution

Neighbours in Europe

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE
• German Empire 1871 to 1918 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Kingdom of Portugal 1139 to 1910 CE
• Kingdom of Bohemia 1198 to 1918 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present
• Kingdom of Prussia 1701 to 1918 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Zulu Kingdom 1816 to 1897 CE, Central and Southern Africa

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