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Adler, Viktor
Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von
Andrassy
Androsch, Hannes
Auersperg, Carlos Furst
Auersperg, Johann Weikhart Furst
Auffenberg, Moritz
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von
Badeni, Kasimierz Felix Graf von
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Benya, Anton
Berchtold
Beust
Bielka-Karltreu, Erich
Bock, Fritz
Bruck, Karl Ludwig von
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Busek, Erhard
Charles I
Charles of Lorraine
Czernin, Ottokar
Dertil, Rudolf
Dollfuss, Engelbert
Ferdinand I
Ferrero-Waldner, Benita
Fey, Emil
Figl, Leopold
Fischer, Heinz
Franz Josef I
Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund
Gorbach, Alfons
Gratz, Leopold
Gruber, Karl
Gusenbauer, Alfred
Habicht, Theo
Haider, Jorg
Hauser, Rudolf
Haymerle, Heinrich Karl von
Hurdes, Felix
Jankowitsch, Peter
Jonas, Franz Joseph
Joseph II
Kaunnitz
Kauntitz, Kauntitz
Kirchschlager, Rudolf
Klaus, Josef
Klestil, Thomas
Klima, Viktor
Korber, Ernst von
Korner, Theodor
Kreisky, Bruno
Kunschak, Leopold
Lammasch, Heinrich
Lanc, Erwin
Maleta, Alfred
Metternich
Metternich, Furst Richard
Milkas, Wilhelm
Mock, Alois
Pahr, Willibald
Pitterman, Bruno
Planetta, Otto
Poder, Rudolf
Raab, Julius
Renner, Karl
Riegler, Josef
Riess-Passer, Susanne
Scharf, Adolf
Schmerling, Anto von
Schmidt, Guido
Schobar, Johan
Schonerer, Georg von
Schssel, Chancellor Wolfgang
Schuschnigg, Kurt von
Schuschnigg, Kurt von
Schussel, Wolfgang
Schwarzenburg, Felix zu
Seipel, Ignaz
Seitz, Karl
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur
Sinowatz, Alfred
Sinowatz, Fred
Steger, Norbert
Steinbach, Emil
Streeruwitz, Ernst
Sturgkh, Karl von
Toncic-Sorinj, Lujo
Vranitzky, Franz
Waldbrunner, Karl
Waldheim, Kurt
Withalm, Herman
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1665
Auersperg, Johann Weikhart Furst
Vienna Appointed Chief Privy Councilor
1668
Auersperg, Johann Weikhart Furst
Vienna Exiled by Leopold to Carniola
Vienna Signs a secret Treaty with France for the partition of Spanish territories
21st Sep Vienna Signs a secret Treaty with France for the partition of Spanish territories
1742
Kaunnitz
Turin Appointed Ambassador to Italy
1744
Charles of Lorraine
Appointed Governor General of the Austrian Netherlands
1750
Kaunnitz
Paris Appointed Ambassador to France
1753
Kaunnitz
Appointed Foreign Minister
Vienna Appointed State Chancellor
1756
Kauntitz, Kauntitz
Vienna Signs a mutual Defense Treaty, replacing the Anglo-Austrian alliance
1772
Kaunnitz
Represents Austria in the 1st Partition of Poland
1773
Metternich
15th May Birth of Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich
1780
Joseph II
Vienna Capital Punishment is abolished
Vienna Civil marriage & divorce is permitted
Vienna Emancipates the serfs
Vienna Extends religious toleration to Uniates, Orthodox, Protestants & Jews
1784
Joseph II
Oct River Scheldte Breaks off relations with Holland when 2 Austrian boats are fired on in the Sheldt
1797
Metternich
Rastadt Appointed Member of the Congress of Rastadt
1801
Metternich
Saxony Appointed Envoy to Saxony
1803
Metternich
Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Prussia
1806
Metternich
Paris Appointed Ambassador to France
1809
Metternich
Appointed Foreign Minister
1810
Metternich
Vienna Influential in secring marriage of Marie Louis e to Napoleon
1813
Metternich
Vienna Created hereditary Prince of the Austrian Empire
1828
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Baden Baden Appointed Ambassador to Baden
1838
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Wurttemburg Appointed Ambassador to Wuerttemburg
1838
Schwarzenburg, Felix zu
Appointed Minister of Sardinia
1844
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Piedmont Appointed Ambassador to Piedmont
1848
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von
Appointed Minister of Justice
1848
Bruck, Karl Ludwig von
Appointed Minister of Commerce
1848
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Moscow Appointed Ambassador to Russia
1848
Ferdinand I
Vienna Founds a Provisional Parliament
11th April Vienna Revokes the tax-free status of the nobility & ends censorship
11th April Vienna Signs laws which abolish serfdom & makes peasants owners of the land they cultivate
11th April Vienna The Hungarian Kingdom becomes a constitutional monarchy
1848
Schwarzenburg, Felix zu
Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed Minister of Two Sicilies
Vienna Draws up a centralized & absolutist state
Vienna Secures the Succession of Francis Joseph I
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
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von
Appointed Minister of the Interior
1849
Franz Josef I
9th Sep Teplitz Meets Frederick William & offers joint administration of the German Confederation
30th Sep Vienna Prussia accepts Franz's offer to help administer the German Confederation
1849
Schmerling, Anto von
Appointed Minister of Justice
1849
Schwarzenburg, Felix zu
Vienna Enacts the new constitution he drew up in 1848
7th Mar Vienna Dissolves the Austrian Reichstag
27th Aug Vienna Rejects a Prussian scheme of union
1850
Franz Josef I
Franz Josef I rules as an absolute monarch for the next 10 yrs
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
1851
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
London Appointed Ambassador to Britain
1851
Franz Josef I
Vienna Preserves centralized authority & destroys local & provincial privileges
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
1852
Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von
Appointed Foreign Minister
1855
Bruck, Karl Ludwig von
Appointed Minister of Finance
1859
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von
Resigns after Austria's defeat to France & Italy
1859
Metternich, Furst Richard
Paris Appointed Ambassador to France
1860
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Silesia Appointed Governor of Silesia
1860
Franz Josef I
Agrees to co-operate with the Diets in the crown lands & central Reichsrat
1860
Schmerling, Anto von
Appointed Minister of the Interior
1861
Auersperg, Carlos Furst
Defends the Constitution against feudal reaction & champions Imperial unity
1864
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Prague Appointed Imperial Representitive
1865
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Appointed Minister of State
Vienna Appointed Prime Minister of Austria
1865
Schmerling, Anto von
Appointed President of the Austrian Supreme Court
1867
Auersperg, Carlos Furst
Appointed President of Austria
1867
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Vienna Forced to resign after defeat in the Seven Weeks War
1869
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von
Appointed Minister to the Vatican
1871
Beust
Salzburg Meets Bismarck to discuss an alliance with Germany
1872
Andrassy
Vienna Francis -Joseph accepts an invitation to Berlin
1873
Franz Josef I
2nd April Reform of the Franchise in favour of Germans
1873
Schonerer, Georg von
Elected Member of the Reichsrat
1879
Haymerle, Heinrich Karl von
Appointed Foreign Minister
1881
Belcredi, Richard Graf
Appointed President of the Administritive Court
1881
Haymerle, Heinrich Karl von
Vienna Concludes an alliance with Serbia, the Serbian Compact
St Petersburg Concludes the Dreikaiserbund alliance with Germany & Russia
1888
Badeni, Kasimierz Felix Graf von
Galicia Appointed Governor of Galicia
1891
Steinbach, Emil
Appointed Minister of Finance
1893
Steinbach, Emil
Vienna Causes the collapse of the government
1895
Badeni, Kasimierz Felix Graf von
Appointed Minister President of Austria
Appointed Prime Minister of Austria, the Austrian half of the dual monarchy
1897
Badeni, Kasimierz Felix Graf von
28th Nov Vienna Fails to place the Czeck language on a par with German in Bohemia & Moravia
1897
Schonerer, Georg von
Elected Member of the Reichsrat
1899
Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von
St Petersburg Appointed Ambassador in St Petersburg
1900
Korber, Ernst von
10th Jan Appointed to resolve conflicts between Germans & Czechs in Austria
1902
Figl, Leopold
Birth of Leopold Figl
1904
Steinbach, Emil
Appointed President of the Supreme Court of Justice
1906
Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von
Appointed Foreign Minister
1908
Sturgkh, Karl von
Appointed Minister of Education
1910
Seitz, Karl
Appointed President of the Nationalrat
1911
Auffenberg, Moritz
Appointed Minister of War
1911
Sturgkh, Karl von
Appointed Prime Minister of Austria
1912
Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von
Death of Graf Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
1912
Berchtold
Appointed Foreign Minister
Gives support to Lenin in return for his support for Ukrainian nationalism
19th Aug Vienna Lenin is released as an "enemy of tsarism" & escorted in a train to Switzerland
1912
Czernin, Ottokar
Appointed Member of the Upper Chamber, life member
1913
Czernin, Ottokar
Appointed Minister to Romania
1916
Czernin, Ottokar
Appointed Foreign Minister
1916
Sturgkh, Karl von
21st Oct Assassination of Karl von Sturgkh
21st Oct Death of Karl von Sturgkh, assassinated
1918
Adler, Viktor
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed Member of the Austr-German Council of State
31st Oct Vienna Adler helps form a new National Assembly to establish a republican Austria
11th Nov Death of Viktor Adler
1918
Lammasch, Heinrich
25th Oct Appointed Minister of President of Austria
11th Nov Vienna Resigns because of his disagreement with Allied War objectives
1918
Renner, Karl
12th Mar Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term
1918
Schobar, Johan
Appointed President of Austria, 1st term
1918
Seipel, Ignaz
Appointed Minister of Social Welfare
1918
Seitz, Karl
Vienna Appointed Member of the State Council
Appointed President of the Provisional National Assembly
1918
Waldheim, Kurt
Birth of Kurt Waldheim
1919
Renner, Karl
Vienna Appointed