One of the most immediate and obvious changes that WWI brought about was the collapse of longstanding empires. But what ...

AUSTRIA.; Opening of the Hungarian Diet. Share full article. Dec. 30, 1865. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 30, 1865, Page 1 Buy Reprints.

Yugoslavia, once a unified country in Southeastern Europe, has long since disintegrated into six independent nations. The ...

The Black Tom bombing, along with Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram, eventually led to ...

Austro-Hungarian Empire Sergey Kohl / Shutterstock.com This extremely ethnically diverse country existed for only 51 years from 1867-1918 but during that time caused a lot of trouble.

Kremlin propagandists have suggested on state TV that Russian authorities create a new empire in Europe. The idea was floated by Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most well-known figures in Kremlin ...

The Austria-Hungarian Empire. The Russian Empire. The Ottoman Empire. Image source, ALAMY. Image caption, British soldiers using a Vickers machine gun in the trenches during WW1. Back to top.

December 7 and 8, 1912: Austria-Hungary Escalates, Kaiser Convenes War Council. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. As 1912 drew to a close, Europe seemed to be ...

> Empire: Austria-Hungarian > Empire duration: 1867-1918 The dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, created in the wake of revolutions in Central Europe in the mid 19th century, was composed of ...

Austria elects new parliament on Sept. 29; Far-right Freedom Party has led polls for months; Alliance with Hungary may undermine EU's Ukraine policy ...

In February 1853 a Hungarian nationalist had threatened to cut his throat with a kitchen knife. The scare was so lasting that Franz Josef tried not to expose his neck again. Heir to the empire ...