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The Habsburg monarchy was a union of crowns, with only partial shared laws and institutions other than the Habsburg court itself; the provinces were divided in three groups: the Archduchy proper, Inner Austria that included Styria and Carniola, and Further Austria with Tyrol and the Swabian lands. The territorial possessions of the monarchy ...
The majority lived in a state of advanced misery by the spring of 1918, and conditions later worsened, for the summer of 1918 saw both the drop in food supplied to the levels of the 'turnip winter', and the onset of the 1918 flu pandemic that killed at least 20 million worldwide. Society was relieved, exhausted and yearned for peace.
The Allies broke the resistance of the Central Powers by autumn 1918, as the Habsburg monarchy disintegrated and the German imperial government collapsed. In October 1918, Polish authorities took over Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia. In November 1918, Piłsudski was released from internment in Germany by the revolutionaries and returned to Warsaw.
After a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) criticized the prohibition against members of the Habsburg family running for the Austrian presidency, this provision was also withdrawn in June 2011 by the Austrian parliament. Although the law still remains in force, it is considered largely obsolete, with the ...
The Habsburgs ruled over Austria from 1282 to 1918, and controlled Hungary and Bohemia between the years of 1526 and 1918. ... Franz was a Habsburg, and his rule continued the family's succession ...
The Holy Roman Emperor Albert of Habsburg invaded Bohemia and installed Rudolf I of Bohemia on the throne. 1307: 31 May: Battle of Lucka: Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire at Lucka, preserving the rule of the House of Wettin over Thuringia. 4 July
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, portrait by Josef Jindřich Šechtl, 1918 While relations between Czechs and Germans worsened in Bohemia, they remained relatively tranquil in Moravia. Although the separate administrative status of Moravia had been abolished in the 18th century, the area was reconstituted as a separate crown land in 1849.
11 & 13 November 1918 "Relinquished participation in the administration of the State" 1 April 1922 [2] Bulgaria: Simeon II: Tsar of Bulgaria: 16 June 1937 28 August 1943 15 September 1946 Republican constitution adopted: Living [3] Croatia: Tomislav II: King of Croatia: 9 March 1900 18 May 1941 31 July 1943 Abdicated 29 January 1948 [4] Cyprus ...