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Austria
 

Austria: Historical Dates

 

15 BC The Roman Empire controlled Austria south of the Danube.
AD 166 Northern tribes began invading Austria.
955 Austria came under the rule of Otto I of Germany.
1278 Holy Roman emperor Rudolf I, a member of the Habsburg family, began acquiring Austrian lands.
1438 The Habsburg Archduke of Austria assumed the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The Austrian Habsburgs held the title of emperor almost continuously until 1806.
1683 Invading Ottomans were stopped short of Vienna for the second and final time.
1713 Charles VI declared the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the throne.
1806 The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved after Napoleon I conquered much of the empire.
1815 Prince Klemens von Metternich represented the Austrian Empire at the Congress of Vienna. Metternich dominated Austrian politics until 1848.
1866 Italy and Prussia defeated Austria in the Seven Weeks' War, weakening the empire. The next year, the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was declared.
1914 Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated, triggering World War I.
1918 Following defeat in World War I, the last Habsburg emperor was overthrown. Austria became a republic.
1938 German troops seized Austria. Germany announced the Anschluss, or union, of Austria and Germany.
1945 Austria was occupied by the Allied powers following World War II.
1955 Austria regained its independence, but declared its permanent neutrality in foreign affairs.
1976 The Winter Olympic Games were held in Innsbruck.
1986 Kurt Waldheim was elected president despite allegations of involvement in Nazi war crimes during World War II.
1995 Austria became a member of the European Union.
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