Austria

Austria's History

By Hendrix
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Invasion

    The Ottoman Empire invade Austria
  • Defeated

    The Ottomans are defeated and driven out of the Austrian region
  • Wars

    Napoleonic Wars.
  • Succession

    The War of Spanish Succession started between Austria and France,
  • The Win

    Austria wins Belgium and Spain's lands in Italy
  • Empire

    Austrian empire was Founded
  • Music

    Beethoven's fifth symphany.
  • War Ended

    Napoleon was defeated
  • War

    Austria declares war on Sardinia and is defeated by Italian and French forces
  • The Monarchy

    The Dual-Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was established
  • Psychoanalysis

    A man named Freud founded the study of Psychoanalysis.
  • World War 1

    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
  • Ended

    World War I ended
  • Republic

    The last Emperor was overthrown and Austria became a republic
  • The German

    German troops under Adolf Hitler take Austrian lands and announced its union with Germany
  • War 2

    World War 2 starts.
  • Bombs

    The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Germany is defeated

    Germany is defeated and as a result Austrian territory is divided into the four. The American, British, French, and Soviet Zones.
  • Joining the union

    Austria joins the European Union
  • Independence

    Following World War 2, Austria regains independence from Nazi Germany.
  • Bruno Kreisky heads government

    The Socialist Party (SPO) comes to power lead by Bruno Kreisky.
  • Kreisky resigns

    Kreisky steps down after the SPO party loses control.
  • A President

    Thomas Klestil was elected President of Austria
  • Temples

    About 150 temples were recovered as worshiping temples. They seem to be thousands of years old.
  • President

    Heinz Fischer, a member of the Social Democrat Party, was elected Austrian President.
  • Found

    archaeologists found some remains of babies. The bones were fine. So that would suggest.....