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World War I began when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia in July 1914, following the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers, along with the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Austro-Hungarian forces fought the Allies in Serbia, on the Eastern Front, in Italy, and in Romania.
Austrians were a homogeneous people, although four decades of strong immigration from other parts of Europe have significantly changed the composition of the population of Austria. According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers (96% Austro-Bavarian language and 4% Alemannic language ) while the remaining 11.4% speak ...
Zoroastrianism, also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. One of the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of the Avesta and the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrians exalt an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom, commonly referred to as "Ahura Mazda" ( Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 ...
B. Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist (1927–2019) Caroline Bayer (1758–1803), violinist and composer. Johanna Beisteiner, classical guitarist (born 1976) Alban Berg, composer, (1885–1935), born in Vienna. Walter Berry, bass-baritone, (1929–2000) Bilderbuch, band founded in 2005.
Ferdinand III. Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi. The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801) were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of other Italian states .
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a period of ...
Notable Austrians in the United Kingdom. Gabrielle Anwar, British-born actress of Austrian and Indian descent. Anna Freud, Austrian-born psychologist. Sigmund Freud, Austrian-born psychologist. Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born art historian. Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-born economist.
