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Deák’s Easter Article
In 1865, Deák published the famous 'Easter Article. ' It was
claimed that Hungary had lost her rights of constitutional self-government due to her unfaithfulness towards the Emperor -
Battle of Königgrätz
Seven Weeks' War, also called Austro-Prussian War was a war between Prussia on the one side and Austria, Bavaria,, and certain minor German states on the other. It ended in a Prussian victory, which meant the exclusion of Austria from Germany -
Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph was crowned -
Andrássy Gyula
He was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary -
The compromise of 1867
Compromise of 1867, the compact, finally concluded on Feb. 8, 1867, that regulated the relations between Austria and Hungary and established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. -
The millennium celebration
Hungary celebrated the millennial anniversary of the Settlement of Hungarians in the country -
Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. -
The end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
On 17 October 1918, the Hungarian Parliament voted in favour of terminating the union with Austria and declaring independence of the country. The most prominent opponent of continued union with Austria, Count Mihály Károlyi, seized power in the Aster Revolution on 31 October.