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Encyclopedia - Austrian Empire: Encyclopedia - Austrian Empire
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Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1850 - Unknown Date. The United States Republican Party is founded Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia Ii - Births
1850 - January - April. January 4 - Frederick York Powell, English historian and scholar (died 1904) January 6 - Eduard Bernstein, Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia - Habsburg
Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - The Habsburg Monarchy 13th Century–1918
Also see: Habsburg Monarchy History of Austria - Beginnings 1278-1526. Following the extinction of the Babenbergs in the 13th century, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1850: Encyclopedia - 1850
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Austria - Dukes Of Austria From 1155
List of rulers of Austria - Babenberg Dukes. Henry II Jasomirgott (1141-1177) (Duke of Bavaria, 1143-1156) Leopold V (1177-1194) Frede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - A Brief History Of The House Of Habsburg
Habsburg - From Counts of Habsburg to Holy Roman Emperors. The name is derived from the Swiss Habichtsburg (Hawk Castle), the family se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austro-hungarian Army: Encyclopedia - Austro-hungarian Army
The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was composed of the common army (recruited from everywh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austrian Crown Jewels: Encyclopedia - Austrian Crown Jewels
The collective term Austrian Crown Jewels or insignia (de: Insignien und Kleinodien) denotes the regalia and vestments worn by the Holy R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austro-sardinian War: Encyclopedia - Austro-sardinian War
Austro-Sardinian War was fought by Napoleon III of France and Kingdom of Sardinia against Austria in 1859. In respect to Italian unificat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia - Brazil
The Federative Republic of Brazil (in Portuguese, República Federativa do Brasil; pron. IPA /ʁe.'pu.bli.kɐ fe.de.ɾa.'tʃi.vɐ du bɾa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austro-prussian War: Encyclopedia - Austro-prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War (also called the Seven Weeks' War or the German Civil War) was a war fought between the Austrian Empire and Pruss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Griffith: Encyclopedia - Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith (Árt Ó Gríofa in Irish) (March 31, 1871 – August 12, 1922) was the founder and first leader of Sinn Féin. He served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia - Emperor
An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia - 19th Century
The 19th century lasted from 1801 to 1900 in the Gregorian calendar (using the Common Era system of year numbering). Historians sometimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archduke: Encyclopedia - Archduke
The title of Archduke (German language Erzherzog) was invented in the Privilegium Maius, a 14th century forgery initiated by Duke Rudolf ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrol: Encyclopedia - Tyrol
The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and Eas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brno: Encyclopedia - Brno
Brno listen ▶ (help·info) (-Czech, German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz: Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836–August 12, 1900) was an Austrian chess player and the first official world chess champio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carinthia Duchy: Encyclopedia - Carinthia Duchy
The Duchy of Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: Koroška) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 180...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chernivtsi: Encyclopedia - Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi (Ukrainian: Чернівці; Romanian: Cernăuţi; German: Czernowitz or Tschernowitz; Polish: Czerniowce; Hungarian: Csernov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vojvodina: Encyclopedia - Vojvodina
 – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)  &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia - Bukovina
Bukovina (see the the list of alternative names for the name in different languages) is the territory on the northern slopes of the north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Emmanuel Ii Of Italy: Encyclopedia - Victor Emmanuel Ii Of Italy
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uhlan: Encyclopedia - Uhlan
Uhlans (also spelled "Ulan", Polish: Ułan) were originally Polish light cavalry soldiers armed with lances; later they also served in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucharest: Encyclopedia - Bucharest
44°25′N 26°06′E Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti /bu.ku'reʃtʲ/) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Roman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia - Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the northeast, Belarus t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Czech Beer: Encyclopedia - Czech Beer
Czech beer has a long and important history. A brewery is known to have existed in 1118, Brno had a right to brew beer from the 12th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City-state: Encyclopedia - City-state
A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, and usually having sovereignty. City-states were common in ancient times. Thou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire: Encyclopedia - Empire
An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as "imperium") comprise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carbonari: Encyclopedia - Carbonari
The Carbonari ("coalmen") were groups of secret revolutionary societies founded in early 19th century Italy, and instrumental in organisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Austria - Republic Of Austria
In 1918, a Republic was established. The head of state is the Federal President (Bundespräsident), the (in practice much more important)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - Habsburgs As Queens Consort Of France
From the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the greatest non-Habsburg power in Europe was usually France. As a result, in usuall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - Habsburgs As Kings Of Bohemia
The kingship of Bohemia was for centuries a position elected by its nobles. As a result, it was not an automatically inherited position. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - Main Line: Holy Roman Emperors Archdukes Of Austria
Habsburg - Spanish Habsburgs: Kings of Spain Kings of Portugal 1580-1640. See also: Portuguese House of Habsburg Philip I of Castile, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - Austrofascism 1934–1938
Main articles: Austrian Civil War, Austrofascism Under the Christian Social Party, the Austrian government was moving towards centralizat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - Habsburgs As Kings Of Hungary
The kingship of Hungary remained in the Habsburg family for centuries; but as the kingship was not strictly inherited and was sometimes u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - Early Middle Ages
During the Migration Period, the Slavs migrated into the Alps in the wake of the expansion of their Avar overlords during the 7th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg - Main Line
Before Rudolph rose to German king, the Habsburgs were Counts in what is today south-western Germany and Switzerland. Habsburg - Ancesto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - Part Of Nazi Germany 1938–1945
Main article: Anschluss, Nazi Germany Although the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of St. Germain had explicitly forbidden the unific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - The Second Republic Since 1945
History of Austria - Allied occupation. Under the Allied Commission established by an agreement on July 4, 1945, the country was occupi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - The First Republic 1918–1934
Also see: First Austrian Republic Following the defeat of Austria-Hungary in World War I, in the Aftermath of World War I the Empire was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1812: Encyclopedia - 1812
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Austria - Babenberg Austria
After the defeat of the Magyars by Emperor Otto the Great in the Battle of Lechfeld (955), new Marches were established in what is today ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austria-hungary: Encyclopedia - Austria-hungary
Austria-Hungary Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder und die Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone (German) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - History
Galicia Central Europe - Prior to partitions of Poland. Main articles: Red Ruthenia and Halych-Volhynia The region of what later beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Europe
In 1801, the Irish parliament voted to merge Ireland with England, thus creating the United Kingdom. Ireland remained under total British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Xv Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Xv Of France - The Regency Of The Duke Of Orléans
Towards the end of August 1715, Louis XIV was dying of gangrene. On August 26 he called his five-year-old great-grandson Louis to his bed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Dauphin De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Dauphin De France - Marriages And Children
He married Maria Teresa of Spain (11 June 1726 – 22 July 1746) and they had a daughter: Marie-Thérèse (19 July 1746–27 April 1748)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor - Historical Development Of The Roman & Christian Tradition
Emperor - Europe & Byzantium. In the Roman tradition a large variety in the meaning and importance of the Imperial form of monarch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mihai Eminescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mihai Eminescu - Life
Mihai Eminescu - Family. His father was Gheorghe Eminovici from Călineşti, a Romanian village in Suceava county, Bucovina, which was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lublin: Encyclopedia Ii - Lublin - History
The first permanent settlements on the Lublin site were established in the early Middle Ages, though archelogical finds indicate a long, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Templar Seal: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Templar Seal - Background
The officials of religious orders had their own seals to validate documents approved by the order. The seal was the equivalent of a moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Serbia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Serbia - History
See also The Serbia Series: See also: List of Serbian monarchs, History of Yugoslavia, History of Serbia and Montenegro History of Serbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigmund Freud: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigmund Freud - Innovations
Freud has been influential in two related, but distinct ways. He simultaneously developed a theory of the human mind and human behavior, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Territory Of Trieste: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Territory Of Trieste - History
For centuries Trieste was part of the Austrian Empire (since 1867 Austria-Hungary) despite its mostly Italian population. According to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Italian Unification: Encyclopedia Ii - Italian Unification - Creation Of The Italian State
Italian unification - The War of 1859 and its aftermath. Although Charles Albert had been crushingly defeated in his bid to drive the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kiel: Encyclopedia Ii - Kiel - History
Kiel was originally founded in 1233 as tom Kyle by Count Adolf IV of Schauenburg, and granted town rights (Lübisches Stadtrecht) in 1242...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibrahim Pasha: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibrahim Pasha - Campaigns In Syria
It is fairly certain that the Turkish government, jealous of his power, had laid a plot to prevent him and his troops from returning to E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - The 20th Century
When World War I and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia shattered the Austrian and Russian empires, Ukrainians were caught in the middle....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Serbia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Serbia - History
See also The Serbia Series: See also: List of Serbian monarchs, History of Yugoslavia, History of Serbia and Montenegro History of Serbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - History
Galicia Central Europe - Prior to partitions of Poland. Main articles: Red Ruthenia and Halych-Volhynia The region of what later beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Romania - Kingdom Of Romania
Main article: Kingdom of Romania History of Romania - The Old Kingdom. In 1866, the German prince Carol I (Charles or Karl) of Hohenzol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Confederation: Encyclopedia Ii - German Confederation - Impact Of The French Revolution And The Napoleonic Invasions
The late 18th century was a period of political, economic, intellectual, and cultural reform, the Enlightenment (represented by figures s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hlučínsko: Encyclopedia Ii - Hlučínsko - Municipalities
Cities are bolded. Bělá - Bohuslavice - Bolatice - Darkovice - Dolní Benešov - Hať - Hlučín - Hněvošice - Chlebičov - Chucheln�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigmund Freud: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigmund Freud - Innovations
Freud has been influential in two related, but distinct ways. He simultaneously developed a theory of the human mind and human behavior, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Former Countries In Europe After 1815: Encyclopedia Ii - Former Countries In Europe After 1815 - Moldavia
Moldavia (1601-1861: Moldova) Moldavia, that had become independent from the Ottoman Empire and united with Wallachia in 1593, became fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Liszt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Liszt - Biography
Liszt was born in the village of Doborján, near Sopron, Hungary, in what was then the Austrian Empire (Doborján is now Raiding in Austr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Crypt Vaults: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Crypt Vaults - Leopold's Vault
The Leopoldsgruft was built under the nave of the church above, beginning in 1657 by Emperor Leopold I,37 following the edict of his fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gregor Mendel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gregor Mendel - Biography
Mendel was born into a German-speaking family of Heinzendorf, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Hynčice (part of Vražné), district of Nov�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Bulgaria - Early Centuries Of Ottoman Rule
History of Ottoman Bulgaria - Organisation of Ottoman Bulgaria. The Ottomans reorganised the Bulgarian territories as the Beyerlik of R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gregor Mendel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gregor Mendel - Biography
Mendel was born into a German-speaking family of Heinzendorf, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Hynčice (part of Vražné), district of Nov�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greater Hungary Political Concept: Encyclopedia Ii - Greater Hungary Political Concept - Historical Survey
An independent Hungarian kingdom was established in approximately 1000 AD, and remained a power in central Europe until Ottoman Turks con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duchy Of Warsaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Duchy Of Warsaw - The End Of The Duchy
Duchy of Warsaw - Napoleon's campaign against Russia. Poles expected in 1812 that the duchy would be upgraded to the status of a kingdo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Van Swieten: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Van Swieten - His Influence On Classical Composers
Gottfried van Swieten - Mozart. Van Swieten familiarized Mozart with the works of J. S. Bach and Handel, by sharing (around 1782-1783) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Half-arch Crown: Encyclopedia Ii - Half-arch Crown - Number Of Arches
Half-arch crown - British tradition of 4 half-arches. In the image (left) of the Crown of Queen Elizabeth (1938), there are four half-a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Monarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Monarchy - Terminology
Names of the territory that (with some exceptions) finally became Austria-Hungary: Habsburg monarchy or Austrian monarchy (1526 – 1867...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haydn And Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Haydn And Folk Music - Haydn And Croatian Ethnicity
Assuming for the moment that the reverse-transmission theory is wrong, we must ponder why so many specifically Croatian songs crop up in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guido Von List: Encyclopedia Ii - Guido Von List - Influence
A look at the signatories of the first announcement concerning support for a Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft (Guido von List Society), circa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav Mahler: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav Mahler - Legacy
Critics are no longer to be found who will insist that Mahler's popularity is a fad or a craze that will shortly pass; but while his plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vienna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vienna - Habsburgs
In 1278, Rudolf I took control over the Austrian lands after his victory over Ottokar II of Bohemia and began to establish Habsburg rule....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chernivtsi Oblast: Encyclopedia Ii - Chernivtsi Oblast - History
Northern Bukovina, together with the southern Bukovina (most of the Suceava county in Romania), was ceded to the Austrian Habsburgs in 17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - History
Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations when the first Portuguese explorers, led b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudetenland: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudetenland - History Of Sudetenland
Sudetenland - Early Origins and part of Austria. Sudetenland is a 20th century name and not a historical region and it is thus difficul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosanska Krajina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosanska Krajina - History
When the Ottoman Empire lost the 1683-1690 War of the Holy League to the Austrian Empire and her allies, and ceded Slavonia and Hungary t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - History
Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Composition. The first sketches for the Fifth Symphony date to back to 1800 and 1801.[2] Following the compl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrol State: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyrol State - Administrative Divisions
The state is divided into 8 districts (Bezirke), and a Statutarstadt, Innsbruck. The districts and their administrative centers, in order...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - History
Human settlement in the territory of Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. The late neolithic Trypillian culture flourishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uhlan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uhlan - History
Uhlan - Origins. The name itself comes from Mongolian or Tartar words oglan or uhuan meaning brave warrior. Since the Tartar militaryme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrol: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyrol - Middle Ages And Early Modern Era
The Tyrol, incorporated into the southern part of the Duchy of Bavaria during the Early Middle Ages, consisted largely of ecclesiastical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slovenians: Encyclopedia Ii - Slovenians - Slovenians During And After The 2nd World War
Slovenians during and after the 2nd World War Slovenia was invaded by Axis forces on April 6, 1941 after a coup d'etat in the Yugoslav go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reactionary: Encyclopedia Ii - Reactionary - European Reaction
The reaction arose in Europe in response to the French Revolution, which, to some extent, embodied the ideas of the Enlightenment. Upon t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanians - Population
Most Romanians live in Romania and Moldova, where they constitute a majority; Romanians also constitute a minority in the countries that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander I Of Russia - Influence On European Politics
Alexander I of Russia - Views held by his contemporaries. Autocrat and "Jacobin", man of the world and mystic, he appeared to his conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ruthenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ruthenia - Early Middle Ages
If the name Ruthenia has any connection to the name Rus, it is in the west generally held to derive from the Varangians whom the early Sl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bačka: Encyclopedia Ii - Bačka - History
Through history Bačka has been a part of Dacia, the Hun Empire, the Avar Khanate, the Gepid Kingdom, the First Bulgarian Empire, the Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Raszyn 1809: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Raszyn 1809 - After The Battle
After the Austrian army withdrew to the other side of the swamps, prince Józef Poniatowski ordered his forces to withdraw towards Warsaw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Romania - History
Main article: History of Romania In 513 BC, south of the Danube, the tribal confederation of the Getae were defeated by Darius during his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - History
Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Composition. The first sketches for the Fifth Symphony date back to 1800 and 1801.[2] Following the completi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukovina - History
Bukovina - Before the 14th century. During Stone age Bukovina was densely populated by Cucuteni-Trypillian culture of early settlers (4...   » Read the article