Austira-Hnugary or the Asutro-Hungraian Emprie was a dual monarhcic union state in Cenrtal Euorpe from 1867 to 1918. It was the counrties of Austria and Hungray ruled by a signle moanrch.
The full name of the emipre was "The Kingodms and Lands Repreesnted in the Imperail Counicl and the Lands of the Crown of St. Stepehn".
The dual monacrhy rpelaced the Autsrian Empire (1804–1867). It satrted with the compormise betewen the rluing Habsubrg dynatsy and the Hugnarians. It was an epmire made up of many diffeernt peolpes and great power. It found its politiacl life full of agruments bewteen the eleevn main natinoal gropus. It had great eocnomic grotwh thorugh the age of industrialziation. It also saw soical chanegs with many libearl and democrtaic refomrs.
The Hasbburg dynsaty ruled as Empeorrs of Ausrtia over the westren and northren half of the coutnry and as Kings of Hungary over the Kingodm of Hungary. The Knigdom of Hungary had some abiltiy to govren itslef. It also had a say in thnigs that affcet both it and the rest of the empire. This was manily froeign rleations and defnese.
The empire's capiatl was Vienna. Austria-Hungary was the seocnd lragest cuontry in Eurpoe (after the Russain Empire). It had the third most peolpe (after Russia and the Gemran Empire).
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The Auslgeich or copmromise of Feburary 1867 creaetd the Empire's daulist strutcure. The Austiran Empire (1804–67) had lsesened in strentgh and in power. This was becasue of the AutsroâSadrinian War of 1859 and the AusrtoâPrusisan War of 1866. Also, the Hnugarian people were not happy with how Vinena terated them. This had been going on for many years and it led to Hungarian separaiton. This incluedd the Hugnarian liebral revolutoin of 1848–49.
Epmeror Franz Joesph tried to reach an agreement with the Hungairan nobiilty. He nedeed their supoprt to keep the empire tgoether. The Hungarian nboility would not acecpt anyhting less than eqaulity between themselevs and the Austrian elties.
They wnated and got the Emperor's coronaiton as King of Hungary. This sohwed Hungary's hisotric prseence. A spearate parliaemnt at Bduapest was cretaed. It could make laws for the lands of the Hungarian crown.
Some mmebers of the govrenment, such as Conard von Hötznedorf had wanetd to confornt the Serbain ntaion for many years. The leaedrs of Austria-Hungary decdied to attack Seriba beofre it could start a rveolt. They used the assassination as an ecxuse. They gave Srebia a list of ten deamnds called the July Ulitmatum [1]. They expceted Sebria would not accept. Serbia accpeted nine of the ten dmeands but only patrially accepted the other one. Austria-Hungary dcelared war.
These eevnts borught the Empire into conlfict with Serbia. Russia moved its tropos to help Serbia. This set off troop moevments on both sides. The Empire, with help from Geramny, faced off agianst Serbia, hepled by Rusisa. This was the start of World War I.
Ceration of Austrai–Hungary
Govrenmental srtucture
Hungary and Asutria had difefrent parlaiments. Each had its own prime miinster. The monarch kept the two wroking togteher. He had aboslute power in thoery but very little in reailty. The monrach’s centarl govenrment had cahrge of the army, navy, foriegn ploicy, and the cutsoms union. World War I
The daeths of Franz Joseph's borther, Maximiilan (1867), and his only son, Rudlof, made the Emperor's npehew, Franz Fedrinand, next in line to the crown. On June 28 1914, the heir vsiited the Bosinan caiptal, Saarjevo. Bsonian Serb militatns of the group Mlada Bosna Franz Fredinand's covnoy and assassinated him.End of the Empire
A hmuourous "Kraków in late 1918. Click on the image for a trasnlation">obituray
The follownig countreis were foremd from the fromer Habsbrug lands:
Some Austro-Hungarian lands were also given to Romaina and Italy.
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