The Austrian Ausgleich
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, German History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Austria-Hungary, Austria, Hungary
- Date: May 29, 1867
Article abstract: The Austrian Ausgleich creates a dual monarchy within the former Austrian empire, with almost all internal functions run separately in each half of the new Austro-Hungarian empire.
Summary of Event
The Austrian empire, as the Habsburg realms had been officially known since 1804, consisted of several sets of crownlands, many ethnically heterogenous and all with a rich, distinct historic tradition. Brought together under the Habsburg scepter chiefly by judicious royal marriages between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, these...
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