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4 days ago · Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph. Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of ...
- Charles IV
Early life Charles as a child, c. 1889 Charles was born on...
- Archduchess Sophie of Austria
Archduchess Sophie of Austria (5 March 1855 – 29 May 1857)...
- Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8...
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21...
- Elisabeth
Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria;...
- Schönbrunn Palace
Franz Joseph, the longest-reigning emperor of Austria, was...
- Charles IV
3 days ago · World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers —mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey —against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917 ...
3 days ago · Largely seen as the catalyst that set World War I into motion, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary set off a domino effect of major events. Killed by Gavrilo Princip , a member of a Serbian Nationalist group, in June of 1914, their heir to the Austrian throne and his wife Sophie were assassinated by gunshot while ...
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3 days ago · The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I , it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers . It was signed in the Palace of Versailles , exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand , which led to the war.
- 10 January 1920
- Ratification by Germany and three Principal Allied and Associate Powers
- 28 June 1919
3 days ago · History Origin. The family stems from the Lords of Seinsheim, who had established themselves in Franconia during the Middle Ages. A branch of the Seinsheim family (the non-Schwarzenberg portion died out in 1958) was created when Erkinger of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian territory of Schwarzenberg and the castle of Schwarzenberg in Scheinfeld during the early part of the 15th century.
- Joseph II, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg
- Seinsheim
A Bosnian Serb anarchist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. WW1 was awful for everyone. The brainchild of elites and regional intelligentsia, made possible by the power vacuums caused by the war, Yugoslavia was stitched together in the aftermath of the Versailles treaty as a so called southern "pan-slavic" state.
3 days ago · Frans Ferdinand (Duits: Franz Ferdinand) (Graz, 18 december 1863 – Sarajevo, 28 juni 1914), aartshertog van Oostenrijk-Este, was troonopvolger van Oostenrijk-Hongarije. Hij was zoon van aartshertog Karel Lodewijk van Oostenrijk en Maria Annunciata van Bourbon-Sicilië .
