If there is one thing that sentimental Austrians like even better than coffee topped with whipped cream, it is an emperor ... since occupied Austria has no soldiers. First they thought of using ...

This collapse came into effect on November 12, 1918, when Austria declared its transition into a republic after the abdication of Emperor Karl I. The empire fell because of World War I ...

For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family. What’s more, the empire started through ...

VIENNA, Dec. 1. -- Emperor Francis Joseph, upon the occasion of his jubilee, the fiftieth anniversary of his accession to the throne, occurring to-morrow, has granted full amnesty to all lese ...

On November 14, Napoleon led his soldiers into Vienna, the capital of the ancient Austrian Empire. The Emperor Francis I had fled, leaving his palaces and gardens to the enemy. Bonaparte ...