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Illustrated supplement to the Petit Journal of July 12, 1914: the assassination of the Crown Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, was assassinated alongside his wife, Sophie Chotek, while attending Austro-Hungarian army maneuvers in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria–Hungary, [76] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War. Roughly 600,000 soldiers were killed in action, and 700,000 soldiers were wounded ...
World War I began when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia in July 1914, following the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers, along with the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Austro-Hungarian forces fought the Allies in Serbia, on the Eastern Front, in Italy, and in Romania ...
Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–1488): Hungary invaded Austria as punishment for the latter's diplomatic support of Hussite Bohemia in the Bohemian–Hungarian War. 1478: March: Bohemian–Hungarian War (1468–1478): Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Hungary, king of Bohemia signed the Treaty of Brno, ending the war ...
Bolesław I's second invasion of the Austria Holy Roman Empire: Duchy of Poland: Victory Polish invasion of Austria fails; 1030 1031 Conrad II's invasion of Hungary Holy Roman Empire: Kingdom of Hungary: Defeat 1040 1041 Henry III's invasion of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire: Duchy of Bohemia: Victory 1042 1044 Henry III's invasion of Hungary Holy ...
Austria-Hungary made its ultimatum to Serbia on 23 July; before Serbia replied, Russia ordered a secret, but noticed, partial mobilisation of its armed forces. Though Russia's military leadership knew they were not yet strong enough for a general war, they believed that the Austro-Hungarian grievance against Serbia was a pretext orchestrated by ...
Tensions between Italy and Austria. Annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary; Web of alliances: Diplomatic history of World War I; The Central Powers. Dual Alliance (Germany and Austria-Hungary) Triple Alliance (1882) (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) The Allies. Franco-Russian Alliance (1894) Entente Cordiale between France and the British
The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia , while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv ) and, for approximately ...