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The ostensible cause was the future Charles III of Austria (1711–1740) claiming the vacant Spanish throne in 1701. Leopold engaged in the war but did not live to see its outcome, being succeeded by his Joseph I in 1705.
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, the heir apparent to the thrones of Castile and Aragon, died giving birth to a son, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, who became the new heir to the two thrones. 1499: 20 January: Swabian War: Imperial and Swabian League forces occupied the Val Müstair, a strategically important pass in the Three Leagues ...
After the Anschluss in 1938, Austria had generally been recognized as part of Nazi Germany. In 1943, however, the Allies agreed in the Declaration of Moscow that Austria would instead be regarded as the first victim of Nazi aggression—without denying Austria's role in Nazi crimes—and treated as a liberated and independent country after the war.
2006 June 3 — The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved following a referendum; Montenegro and Serbia each become independent states. 2008 February 17 — Kosovo unilaterally declares independence from Serbia. The declaration is strongly opposed by Serbia and recognised by just over half (101 out of 193) of UN member states.
In 1938, Austria became part of Nazi Germany. After the events of World War II and Nazism, Austria declared independence from Germany on 27 April 1945 and Austrian national identity has been popular in Austria since then, and nowadays Austrians do not consider themselves as Germans but as ethnic Austrians. [194]
1816–1830: United Provinces of South America (On 9 July 1816, the Congress of Tucumán issued the formal Declaration of Independence, the country became a republic) 1810–1816: United Provinces of South America (via the 1810 May Revolution ; nominally a monarchic state in personal union with Spain , recognizing Ferdinand VII as king)
Austria acquired Polish lands during the First Partition of 1772, and Third Partition of Poland in 1795. [1] In the end, the Austrian sector encompassed the second-largest share of the Commonwealth's population after Russia; [ note 1 ] over 2.65 million people living on 128,900 km 2 (49,800 sq mi) of land constituting the formerly south-central ...
Austria has an embassy in Warsaw and a consulate-general in Kraków. Poland has an embassy in Vienna. Austria joined the European Union as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Poland joined on 1 May 2004. Portugal: Austria has an embassy in Lisbon. Portugal has an embassy in Vienna.