Austria Annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: World War I
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Date: October 7, 1908
Article abstract: Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, creating an international crisis that lays the groundwork for the start of World War I.
Summary of Event
Since the sixteenth century, the Balkan peninsula had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks had pushed their holdings westward into Europe until 1683, when their advance was stopped at the gates of Vienna by an army composed largely of Poles under their king, Jan Sobieski. Since that time, the Turkish hold had been gradually reduced, chiefly by the Habsburg rulers, who had...
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