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• Hitler had always seen Austria as being part of Germany. He, himself, had been born in

the Austrian town of Brannau, but for all his life Hitler considered himself German.

Many Austrians had the same belief so that Hitler felt empowered to bully Schuschnigg

into submission. In February 1938, Hitler gave the Austrian chancellor a list of ten

demands. The chief demand was that a man called Seyss-Inquart should be made

Minister of the Interior. Seyss-Inquart was an Austrian Nazi and such a position would

give him control of the Austrian police. Such a demand was clearly unacceptable to

Schuschnigg.

700’s• Austria comes

under the rule of

Charlemagne the

King of the Franks.

900’s• The Magyars from

Hungary overrun

Austria.

955• Otto I of Germany

defeats the

Magyars and

Austria comes

under German rule.

962• Otto I of Germany

crowned as

Emperor of the

Holy Roman

Empire.

976• Otto II gives North-

eastern Austria to

the Babenberg

family.

1242• The last Babenberg

duke died without a

male heir.

• King Ottokar of

Bohemia gains control

of the Austrian territory.

1278• Holy Roman

Emperor Rudolf I of

the Hapsburg

family defeats King

Ottokar.

1500’s• The Ottoman

Empire invade

Austria.

1600’s• The Ottomans are

defeated and

driven out of the

Austrian region.

1618• The Protestants in

Bohemia revolt

against the Catholic

Habsburg emperor

starting the Thirty

Years War.

1648• The Peace of

Westphalia ends the

Thirty Years' War and

the Habsburgs declared

Roman Catholicism as

the official Austrian

religion.

1700’s• The Habsburg King of Spain

dies.

• Late 1700s-1815:

Napoleonic Wars.

1701• 1701-1714 The War of

Spanish Succession

started between Austria

and France.

• Austria wins Belgium

and Spain's lands in

Italy.

1815• Napoleon defeated.

1859• Austria declares

war on Sardinia and

is defeated by

Italian and French

forces.

1867

The Dual-Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was established.

1914• Archduke Franz Ferdinand,

the heir to the Austrian

throne, was assassinated

and this event started

World War I. Austria joined

Germany in fighting the

Allies.

1938• September: World

War II started.

1945• August: The United

States dropped

atomic bombs on

Hiroshima and

Nagasaki.

1954The Allies of World War II defeat Germany and as a result of World War II

Austrian territory is divided into American, British, French, and Soviet Zones.

The four major powers end their occupation of Austria.

1955• 1 January: Austria

joins the European

Union.

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