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Causes and start of World War I
Overview of the start of World War I, including details of the June 28, 1914, assassination...
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Ötzi
Reconstruction of Ötzi based on forensic analysis of the mummy; in the South Tyrol...
Martin Shields/Alamy
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I as a Crusader with (right) Henry of Schäftlarn dedicating to him a copy...
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Maximilian I
Maximilian I, charcoal drawing by Albrecht Dürer, 1518; in the Albertina, Vienna.
Courtesy of the Albertina, Vienna
Rudolf II
Rudolf II, oil painting by Hans von Aachen; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa.
Photo by Helmet Klapper/Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek, Bregenz, Austria (CC BY 4.0)
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II, Holy Roman emperor, detail of a painting by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1769;...
Courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich, black and white chalk drawing by Anton Graff, c. 1803–05;...
Courtesy of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Ger.
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph, oil on canvas from the Vienna Nedomansky Studio, 1916.
DeAgostoni Picture Library/age fotostock
Austria-Hungary
Before the outbreak of World War I, Austria-Hungary was a vast and powerful empire....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, in...
© Henry Guttmann Collection—Hulton Royals Collection/Getty Images
Charles
Charles.
George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-ggbain-16767)
Adolph Hitler
Adolf Hitler (center) and Nazi officials parading through Vienna during the German...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Allied occupation of Vienna
A bomb-damaged street in Soviet-occupied Vienna, c. 1945.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim, c. 1972–81.
Bernard Gotfryd Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-12456)