|
700's |
Austria comes under the rule
of Charlemagne the King of the Franks |
|
900's |
The Magyars from Hungary
overrun Austria |
|
955 |
Otto I of Germany defeats the
Magyars and Austria comes under German rule |
|
962 |
Otto I of Germany crowned as
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire |
|
976 |
Otto II gives North-eastern
Austria to the Babenberg family |
|
1242 |
The last Babenberg duke died
without a male heir |
|
1242 |
King Ottokar of Bohemia gains
control of the Austrian territory |
|
1278 |
Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I of
the Hapsburg family defeats King Ottokar |
|
1500's |
The Ottoman Empire invade
Austria |
|
1600's |
The Ottomans are defeated and
driven out of the Austrian region |
|
1618 |
The Protestants in Bohemia
revolt against the Catholic Habsburg emperor
starting the Thirty Years War
|
|
1648 |
The Peace of Westphalia ends
the Thirty Years' War and the Habsburgs declared
Roman Catholicism as the official Austrian religion
|
|
1700 |
The Habsburg King of Spain
dies |
|
1701 |
1701-1714 The War of Spanish
Succession started between Austria and France
Austria wins Belgium and Spain's lands in Italy
|
|
1700's |
Late 1700s-1815: Napoleonic
Wars |
|
1815 |
Napoleon defeated |
|
1859 |
Austria declares war on
Sardinia and is defeated by Italian and French
forces |
|
1867 |
The Dual-Monarchy of
Austria-Hungary was established |
|
1914 |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the
heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated and
this event started World War I. Austria joined
Germany in fighting the Allies
|
|
1918 |
3 November: World War I ended |
|
1918 |
12 November: The last Habsburg
Emperor was overthrown and Austria became a republic |
|
1938 |
German troops under Adolf
Hitler seize Austrian lands and announced its union
with Germany |
|
1939 |
September: World War II starts |
|
1945 |
August: The United States
dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
|
1954 |
The Allies of World War II
defeat Germany and as a result of World War II
Austrian territory is divided into American,
British, French, and Soviet Zones |
|
1954 |
The four major powers end
their occupation of Austria |
|
1955 |
1 January: Austria joins the
European Union |