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| 1753 | Kaunnitz |  |
| Vienna Appointed State Chancellor |
| 1756 | Kauntitz, Kauntitz | |
| Vienna Signs a mutual Defense Treaty, replacing the Anglo-Austrian alliance |
| 1848 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| Vienna Secures the Succession of Francis Joseph I |
| Suppresses a rebellion in Hungary |
| Vienna Suppresses a rebellion in Italy |
| Oct Vienna Appointed Prime Minister of Austria |
| 2nd Dec Vienna Persuades Ferdinand I to abdicate |
| 2nd Dec Vienna Secures the replacement of Ferdinand I by Franz Josef I |
| 1849 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Mar Vienna A new constituton is written & approved but never put into practice |
| 4th Mar Vienna Enacts a new centralised & absolute Austrian constitution |
| 7th Mar Vienna Dissolves the Austrian Reichstag |
| April Vienna Austria invites Russia to intervene in Hungary |
| 14th April Vienna The Hungarians proclaim Hungary independent of Austria |
| Aug The Hungarian army is defeated & Kossuth forced into exile |
| 27th Aug Vienna Rejects a Prussian scheme of union |
| 1850 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Glatz Asks for the Tsar's permission to annex Glatz, lost to Prussia in 1742, but is refused |
| Bavaria Concludes an alliance with the King of Bavaria |
| Wurttemburg Concludes an alliance with the King of Wurttemberg |
| Frederick William refuses to abandon his constitution |
| Warsaw Prussia accepts Austrian parity in Germany in exchange for reactionary policies |
| Vienna Revives the German Confederation |
| Rhineland Tells the French he is will surrender Rhenish Prussia to France for support in Germany |
| Warsaw Visits Tsar Nicholas to obtain a free hand against Prussia |
| 27th Nov Schwarzenburg & Manteuffel meet to discuss peace terms |
| 29th Nov Olomouc Prussia gives up the Erfurt Union & returns to the old Confederation in Germany |
| 1851 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Causes Francis Joseph to abolish the 1849 constitution |
| Nicholas I warns Austria cannot expect Russian support if France goes to war |
| Prussia will defend Austria if it accepts Prussia within the German Confederation |
| Jan Dresden Prussia refuses to allow all of Austria into the German Confederation |
| 1865 | Belcredi, Richard Graf | |
| Vienna Appointed Prime Minister of Austria |
| 1867 | Belcredi, Richard Graf | |
| Vienna Forced to resign after defeat in the Seven Weeks War |
| 1918 | Renner, Karl | |
| 12th Mar Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term |
| 1919 | Renner, Karl | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term |
| 1921 | Schobar, Johan | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term |
| Lany Signs the treaty of Lany with Czech |
| 1922 | Seipel, Ignaz | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term |
| 1926 | Seipel, Ignaz | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Schobar, Johan | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Streeruwitz, Ernst | |
| 30th April Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1930 | Schobar, Johan | |
| Vienna Appointed Vice Chancellor |
| 1932 | Dollfuss, Engelbert | |
| 10th May Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1933 | Dollfuss, Engelbert | |
| Vienna Suppresses a Socialist revolt & rules by decree |
| 7th Mar Vienna Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power |
| 19th June Vienna Dolfuss bans the Nazi Party in Austria |
| 1st July Germany makes its 1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria denouncing Dollfuss |
| 5th Nov Klagenfurt Nazis cut off power where Dolffuss is speaking in Klagenfurt |
| 1933 | Fey, Emil | |
| Vienna Appointed Vice Chancellor |
| 1934 | Dollfuss, Engelbert | |
| Vienna Allied with Horthy in Hungary & Mussolini in Italy, proclaims a fascist Constitution |
| Vienna All political parties, except for the Fatherland Front, are banned |
| Vienna Orders the Austrian army to attack socialist housing estates in Vienna |
| Vienna The 1st day of 5 days of civil war |
| 30th Jan Vienna All political parties are banned except for the "Fatherland Front" |
| 17th Feb Vienna Crushes a socialist rebellion |
| 25th July Vienna Assassinated after opposing anschluss with Germany |
| 25th July Vienna Assassinated by Nazis in the Austrian Chancellery during a failed coup |
| 25th July Vienna Death of Engelbert Dollfuss |
| 1934 | Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| 25th July Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, succeeds Dolfuss who was assassinated by the Nazis |
| 1936 | Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna Abolishes the Heimwehr |
| Austria presses for Hungarys right to rearm to be allowed by the treaty of Versailles |
| Austria recognizes Italy's capture of Abyssinia |
| Mar Austria, Hungary & Italy sign the Three Power Pact |
| 11th July An amnesty is granted to Austrian NAZIs in prison |
| 11th July Austria agrees that her foreign policy would be determined as a "German State" |
| 1st Oct Austria introduces conscription |
| 1st Oct Austria introduces conscription, breaking the treaty of St Germain |
| 1938 | Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| 12th Jan Vienna Austria recognizes the Franco government in Spain |
| Feb Vienna Hitler promises to defend all Germans outside the Reich |
| Feb Tries in vain to hold a plebiscite in Austria against the anschluss |
| 11th Feb Vienna Forced to amnesty Nazis in Austria & appoints Seyss -Inquart in the Cabinet |
| 11th Feb Vienna Forced to lift the Austrian Nazi Party ban |
| 11th Feb Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden |
| 12th Feb Hitler orders the Austrian Chancellor to to hand over control of his government |
| 12th Feb Vienna Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion |
| 12th Feb Vienna Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis |
| 16th Feb Vienna Austria announces an amnesty including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss |
| 16th Feb Vienna Austria announces a Nazi amnesty, including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss |
| 24th Feb Graz About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika |
| Mar Within days of the Anschluss squads of Nazis and Austrian museum personnel empty the Viennese palaces of the Rothschild brothers, Alphonse and Louis |
| 9th Mar Innsbruck Announces a plebiscite will be held in 4 days to determine the sovereignty of Austria |
| 9th Mar Vienna Kurt Schuschnigg defies the Nazis & calls for a referendum on independence |
| 11th Mar Vienna A referendum to decide union with Germany is canceled after an ultimatum from Hitler |
| 11th Mar Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order |
| 11th Mar Vienna Faced by German occupation agrees with President Miklas to call off the plebiscite |
| 11th Mar Vienna Forced to drop the plebiscite on union with Germany |
| 11th Mar Vienna Forced to resign by Hitler & have himself replaced by Seyss -Inquart as Chancellor |
| 11th Mar Salzburg Germany closes the border at Salzburg |
| 11th Mar Vienna Hitler threatens to invade Austria |
| 11th Mar Vienna Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier |
| 12th Mar Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss |
| 12th Mar Belvedere Held prisoner by the Nazis in his villa in the grounds of Belvedere castle, 1938-1945 |
| 12th Mar The Nazis take over Austria and expel all Jews and other political opponents from the universities |
| 1938 | Seyss-Inquart, Arthur | |
| 12th Mar Vienna Appointed Chancellor |
| 12th Mar Linz Hitler voids Article 88 of the treaty of St Germain for Austria's independence |
| 1945 | Figl, Leopold | |
| 20th Dec Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1945 | Renner, Karl | |
| 13th April Vienna Russia establishes a provisional coaltion government with Renner as Prime Minister |
| 29th April Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria by the Soviet forces |
| 1945 | Scharf, Adolf | |
| 20th Dec Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1946 | Figl, Leopold | |
| 7th Jan Diplomatic relations are restored between Austria & the rest of the world |
| 7th Jan Russia, the USA, France & Britain agree to the restoration of the 1937 borders |
| 7th Jan Tyrol The Allies cede the southern Tyrol to Italy, despite its German speaking population |
| 7th Jan The Austrian government has sovereignty & there must be no restoration of the monarchy |
| July Viena Parliament passes an act nationalizing industries siezed by Russia in Austria |
| 1950 | Renner, Karl | |
| Vienna A Commuinist party coup fails |
| 1953 | Raab, Julius | |
| 2nd April Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1955 | Raab, Julius | |
| Russian troops are withdrawn from Austria |
| Russia recognizes Austria as a neutral sovereign state |
| 15th April Austria makes an agreement with Russia to remain neutral, Russian troops will withdraw |
| 15th May Austria is not allowed to join Germany & must remain neutral |
| 15th May Raab takes part in negotiating the Austrian State Treaty, which ends the four-power occupation of Austria and restores Austria's independence and neutrality |
| 15th May Russia, Britain, France & the USA sign a treaty restoring Austrian independence |
| 30th June Austria begins its first steps as a neutral country |
| 1957 | Pitterman, Bruno | |
| 22nd May Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1961 | Gorbach, Alfons | |
| 11th April Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1964 | Gorbach, Alfons | |
| 26th June Alfons Gorbach forms a new Austrian government |
| 1964 | Klaus, Josef | |
| 2nd April Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1966 | Bock, Fritz | |
| 19th April Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1966 | Klaus, Josef | |
| The OVP forms a minority Government with Josef Klaus as its Chancellor |
| 1968 | Withalm, Herman | |
| 19th Jan Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1970 | Hauser, Rudolf | |
| 19th Jan Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1970 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Forms an SPO government |
| The SPO forms a minority government with Bruno Kreisky as Chancellor |
| 21st April Appointed Chancellor of Austria, the first Jewish Chancellor of Austria |
| 1971 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Calls fresh elections and wins an absolute majority |
| 1975 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Calls for elections and wins |
| 1976 | Androsch, Hannes | |
| 19th Jan Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1976 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Every two years, the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize is awarded to an international figure who has advanced the cause of human rights |
| The Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Outstanding Achievements in the Area of Human Rights is founded to mark Kreisky's 65th birthday |
| 1979 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Calls for elections and wins |
| 1980 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Austria establishes relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation |
| 1981 | Sinowatz, Alfred | |
| 20th Jan Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1983 | Kreisky, Bruno | |
| April The Socialists lose their absolute majority in the Nationalrat, Kreisky declines to form a minority government and resigns, nominating Fred Sinowatz, his Minister of Education, as his successor |
| 1983 | Sinowatz, Fred | |
| Vienna Kreisky resigns & is replaced by Sinowatz |
| 11th May Leads a new coalition government, Socialist & Freedom Party |
| 24th May Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1983 | Steger, Norbert | |
| 24th May Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1986 | Vranitzky, Franz | |
| June Leads a coalition of the SPO & OVP |
| 16th June Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term |
| 1987 | Mock, Alois | |
| 21st Jan Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1989 | Riegler, Josef | |
| 24th April Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1990 | Vranitzky, Franz | |
| Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term |
| Vienna Austria become a member of the EC |
| 1991 | Busek, Erhard | |
| 2nd July Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1994 | Vranitzky, Franz | |
| 66.4% support membership of the EU |
| 1995 | Schussel, Wolfgang | |
| 4th May Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 1995 | Vranitzky, Franz | |
| 1st Jan Austria joins the European Union |
| 1997 | Klima, Viktor | |
| 28th Jan Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| 1997 | Vranitzky, Franz | |
| Jan Vienna Resigns from office |
| 2000 | Riess-Passer, Susanne | |
| 4th Feb Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| 2000 | Schussel, Wolfgang | |
| 4th Feb Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
