Austria-Hungary: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Österreichisch-Ungarisches Reich • Dual Monarchy • Doppelmonarchie • Österreich-Ungarn • Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie • Austro-Hungarian Empire • Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Date 1867 - 1918

Did You Know?

  • In 1908 Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was unpopular among the Serbs living there.
  • Germany was a longtime ally of Austria-Hungary.
  • Austria-Hungary was the first country to declare war in WWI. It fought as one of the Central Powers.

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Key People

Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian-German poet
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
Josef von Sternberg editing a film.
Josef von Sternberg
Austrian-born American film director
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Teller, Edward
Edward Teller
Hungarian-born American physicist
Tomáš Masaryk
Tomáš Masaryk
president of Czechoslovakia
Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Malinowski
Polish-born British anthropologist
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust
prime minister of Austria
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš
president of Czechoslovakia
Pitfall
André De Toth
Hungarian-born director
Schwimmer, Rosika
Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian feminist and pacifist
Ady
Endre Ady
Hungarian poet
Erich Honecker, Gustav Husak, and Walter Ulbricht
Gustav Husak
Slovak statesman
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Augusta Maywood
American ballerina
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Brassaï
French artist
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Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician