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Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy or Dual Monarchy, the Hapsburg empire from 1867 until its fall in 1918. The Nature of Austria-Hungary The reorganization of Austria and Hungary was made possible by the Ausgleich [compromise] of 1867, a constitutional compromise between Hungarian aspiration... Read more
Austro-Prussian War
Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks War, June 15-Aug. 23, 1866, between Prussia, allied with Italy, and Austria, seconded by Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, and several smaller German states. It was deliberately provoked by Bismarck , over the objections of his king, in order... Read more
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto , town (1991 pop. 29,231), Venetia, NE Italy, in the Alpine foothills. It is a secondary industrial and commercial center and a spa. There, in Oct.-Nov., 1918, the Italians won a decisive victory over the Austrians, which led to the Austro-Hungarian surrender to Armando Diaz on Nov. ... Read more
Leopold Berchtold, Graf von
Leopold Berchtold, Graf von , 1863-1942, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (1912-15). During the Balkan Wars he successfully worked for the creation of an independent Albania to block Serbian access to the Adriatic Sea. After the assassination (June 28, 1914) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Saraj... Read more
Ottokar Czernin, Graf
Ottokar Czernin, Graf , 1872-1932, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. He was an adviser to Archduke Francis Ferdinand. As foreign minister (1916-18) he sought a negotiated peace, but was unwilling to abandon Austrian war aims in Italy and the Balkans. He was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of ... Read more
Otto von Hapsburg
Otto von Hapsburg 1912-, Austrian archduke and former pretender to the Austro-Hungarian throne, son of Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita. After World War II began, he went to the United States and made an unsuccessful attempt to form an Austrian legion to fight Germany. Returning to Europe in 1946... Read more
Mukacheve
Mukacheve , Czech Mukačevo, Hung. Munkács, Rus. Mukachevo, city (1989 pop. 85,000), SW Ukraine. It is a rail terminus and highway junction and has food, tobacco, beer, wine, furniture, textile, and timber industries. From the 9th to the 11th cent., Mukacheve was part of the Kievan ... Read more
Habsburg
Habsburg (Hapsburg) Austrian royal dynasty, a leading ruling house in Europe from the 13th to 19th century. It became a major force when Rudolf I was elected king of the Germans (1273). He established the core of the Habsburg dominions in Austria. The Habsburgs ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1438... Read more
Karl Mannheim
Karl Mannheim , 1893-1947, Austro-Hungarian sociologist and historian, born and educated in Hungary. He taught at Heidelberg and Frankfurt and, from 1933 to his death, at the Univ. of London. In his historical writings he emphasized the role of social values. Mannheim was influenced by—but cri... Read more
Louis Kossuth
Louis Kossuth , Hung. Kossuth Lajos, 1802-94, Hungarian revolutionary hero. Born of a Protestant family and a lawyer by training, he entered politics as a member of the diet and soon won a large following. His liberal and nationalist program did not avoid the possibility of dissolving the union of... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Austro-Hungarian"

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Austro-Hungarian Monarchy or Dual...constitutional compromise between Hungarian aspirations for independence...Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The Hungarians gained control of their internal...union of the Austrian and Hungarian crowns in the Hapsburg ruler...
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918) Organization of the old Austrian...arrangement ignored other nationalist minorities and pleased neither the Hungarians, who wanted greater autonomy, nor the Austrians, many of whom wanted...
Austro-Prussian War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks War, June...of Austria (reorganized in 1867 as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy) toward the east. The moderate peace terms facilitated the Austro-German alliance of 1879. Bibliography...
Austro-Ottoman Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World AUSTRO-OTTOMAN WARS AUSTRO-OTTOMAN WARS. By the early sixteenth...north, inflicting a severe defeat on a Hungarian army at Moh á cs on 28 August...November 1606), in which the existing Austro-Ottoman borders were recognized...
Gavrilo Princip
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...federal nation by eliminating the Austro-Hungarian rule began to surface. It became...spring of 1913 relations between Austro-Hungary and Serbia were critical...neighboring territories threatened the Austro-Hungarians, causing the military governor...
Austria-Hungary and the Middle East
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...joined to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867, under...in 1912, Austro-Hungarian pressure on the Ottomans...of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz...both the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires...
Bosnians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of the Ottoman rulers. The Austro-Hungarian empire once again...heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated by...This caused Germany and the Austro-Hungarians to declare war on Serbia and...
Berlin, Congress of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...the Sea of Marmora, and the Austro-Hungarians objected, as did the Serbians...so Gorchakov agreed with the Austro-Hungarian proposal for a Berlin congress...a catalyst for the secret Austro-German Dual Alliance of 1879...
Ferdinand Porsche
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...speaking tradespeople and part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Porsche's father, Anton...the top-ranking officers of the Austro-Hungarian army. He even chauffeured...director of a car company called Austro-Daimler. He continued to work...
Balkan Crises (1870s)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Bosnia. Despite diplomatic intervention by the Austro-Hungarians aimed at bringing an end to the conflict in the...in Bulgaria. In that same month, the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and German governments, associated in the Three...

Dictionary entries related to "Austro-Hungarian"

Austro-
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Austro- 1 • comb. form Austrian; Austrian and …: Austro-Hungarian. Austro- 2 • comb. form Australian; Australian and …: Austro-Malayan. ∎  southern: Austro-Asiatic.
Austro-Prussian War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Austro-Prussian War (or Seven Weeks War ) (June-August 1866) A war fought between Prussia...and from political influence to the north, turned towards the east, accepting the Hungarian AUSGLEICH and forming AUSTRIA-HUNGARY .
Pilsudski, Joseph Klemens
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...agitated for Polish independence. When war broke out in 1914 he raised a force of Polish volunteers to join the Austro-Hungarians on the Russian front. German refusal to guarantee the ultimate independence of Poland after the Russian Revolution...
Sarajevo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia–Herzegovina, which was taken by the Austro-Hungarians in 1878, and which became a centre of Slav opposition to Austrian rule. It was the scene in June 1914 of the assassination by...
World War I
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...The fighting pitted Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire...assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Bosnia...pre-war pact with Germany and Austro-Hungary to join the Allies in...
Görgey, Arthur
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Joseph Redtenbacher. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 he returned...the meantime, though, the Hungarian War of Independence had begun...immediately joined the newly created Hungarian national army and. as a trained...native country following the Austro-Hungarian Agreement of 1867...
Hungary
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...1867 with the creation of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. At the start of the...education. For psychoanalysis the Hungarian intelligentsia was fertile terrain...physicians remained reticent. The Hungarian Psychoanalytic Association was...
Austria-Hungary
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Austria-Hungary (or Austro-Hungarian Empire ) The ‘Dual Monarchy’, established...the Allies gave support to the emergent nations, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved by the Versailles peace settlement...
Sitte, Camillo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Sitte, Camillo (1843–1903). Austro-Hungarian architect and town-planner, a pupil of Ferstel...and a few other buildings in other parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Bibliography Collins & and Collins...
Ehrenfest, Paul
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...varied life of the many nationality groups in the Austro-Hungarian capital, constantly reminded by the ugly, widespread...1902, during a year of study there. According to Austro-Hungarian law, the marriage of a Christian to a Jew could...

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Fran Josef's forgotten U-boat captains. (the Austro-Hungarian empire's navy of multi-national personnel including Ritter von Trapp, were all loyal to the Emperor Franz Josef I)
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; The Austro-Hungarian navy - a curious concept...Mediterranean seas, Austro-Hungarian submarines, bolstered...German vessels were assigned Austro-Hungarian U-boat numbers...from German bases). The Austro-Hungarian Navy's small...
Austro-Hungarian Natval Policy, 1904-14
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Vego, Milan N. Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-14. Portland...yardstick by which the strength of the Austro-Hungarian navy was measured...Germany hoped that the combined Austro-Italian fleet would force Britain...
Rare Austro-Hungarian architecture found in N. China city
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/21/2003; 417 words ; Rare Austro-Hungarian architecture found in N. China city...believed to be a club dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early 20th...through the city. The building is near the Austro-Hungarian consulate, which was set...
THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DUALISM, 1914-1918.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; That pioneer of Austro-Hungarian studies, Oscar Jaszi, described...various provinces and peoples of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whatever their...extraordinary demands on all sectors of the Austro-Hungarian economy, complicating...
Imperial echoes. (Austro-Hungarian Fund)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/9/1990; 700+ words ; ...economic reunification--that of the Austro-Hungarian empire--have the chance of a...specific country), launched a $50m Austro-Hungary Fund. On June 11th...of the Budapest exchange. The Austro-Hungary Fund will split its investment...
Resuscitating a dead empire.(The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867-1918), German and Noble: Status and National Identity in Habsburg Bohemia, Unruly Masses: The Other Side of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, and A Social Bandit in Nineteenth-Century Hungary: Rozsa Sandor)(Book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; Zsuzsa Gaspar, ed. The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867-1918). London...40). In his contribution to The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867...during the nineteenth century. The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867...
IT'S WALTZ TIME AGAIN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CUISINE COMES BACK
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/12/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...beat that a waltz is played, the Austro- Hungarian empire has swirled back onto the...around the theme. The classic Austro-Hungarian ingredients are sprinkled...do disservice to history. The Austro-Hungarian empire was never homogeneous...
What every schoolchild doesn't know. (problems that resulted from breakup of Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires after World War I) (special issue: 35th Anniversary 1955-1990)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/5/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Europe and the Near East: the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire...empires-and particularly the Austro-Hungarian one-than territorial...understand fally the character of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is by no means...
Life in an Austro-Hungarian Military Prison: The Slovak Tolstoyan Dr. Albert Skarvan's Story/The Night of the Barbarians: Memoirs of the Communist Persecution of the Slovak Cardinal
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Brock, Irans, and ed. Life in an Austro-Hungarian Military Prison: The Slovak Tolstoyan...complete his military service in the Austro-Hungarian army and in the summer...us a detailed look at life in an Austro-Hungarian military prison at...
Planning for War Against Russia and Serbia: Austro-Hungarian and German Military Strategies, 1871-1914.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...and problematic coordination of Austro-Hungarian and German war plans from the 1870s...of the Schlieffen Plan and the Austro-Hungarian offensives against...attacks on Serbia and Russia. The Austro-Hungarian leadership reacted...