The Austrian Empire was started in 1804 by Emperor Franz I to counter Napoleon's rising power, and it became the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867 with the Dual Monarchy system. This policy gave ...

Trieste in northeast Italy is located just five miles from Slovenia and was an important port for the former ...

The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Radetzky March is an important novel, since it singularly conveys the constrained spirit that some leaders of the Great Powers in Europe must have ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, nationalist feelings were beginning to rise in Europe, especially in the Austria-Hungarian Empire. A portrait of Franz Joseph I of Austria, monarch of Austria ...

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established. The German Empire became Germany ...

Following the age-old rule, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” the natural choice was Austria-Hungary, backed by the powerful German Empire. The new alliance began to take shape in July ...

Austria’s footballing history dates back to a different age – the era of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In fact, Austria’s first ever international match was against their countrymen (at the time), ...

In 1987, John Biggins, an English author, came across a set of old photographs of the Austro-Hungarian submarine ... but the empire for which he fights is disintegrating around him. A Sailor of ...