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| The German term Ausgleich (Hungarian kiegyezés) refers to the "compromise" or composition of February 1867 that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was signed by Franz Joseph of Austria and a Hungarian delegation led by Ferenc Deák. The compromise followed a series of failed constitutional reforms of the Habsburg Empire. Under the new arrangement the Magyar dominated government of Hungary gained near equal status to the Austrian government based in Vienna, while the common monarch government had responsibility for the army, navy, foreign policy, and customs union. The compromise was made under dire circumstances by the monarchy in an attempt to quiet internal dissent in the face of aggression from Prussia, as well as internal agitation by the various nationalities of the Empire.
The former revolutionaries — German and Magyar — became de facto "peoples of state", each ruling half of a twin country united only at the top through the King-Emperor and the common Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of War. Each half of the country had its own Prime Minister and parliament: in Hungary the Diet was restored to power. The special status of Transylvania and the Military Border ended: a new Nationalities Law was intended to preserve the rights of Romanians and Serbs, but was often violated in practice.
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Francis Joseph I (in German often abbreviated Franz Joseph or Franz Josef, and in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916, and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. He was born in Vienna, Austria. His 68-year reign, which was the second-longest in the recorded history of Europe (after that of Louis XIV), made him the longest-serving German-speaking monarch who is known to have at least nominally ruled.
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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austro-Hungary (21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the son and heir of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Elisabeth of Austria. His death, apparently through suicide, along with that of his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera at his Mayerling hunting lodge in 1889 made international headlines, fueled international conspiracy rumours and ultimately may have sealed the long-term fate of the Habsburg monarchy.
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- ... that an Austro-Hungarian exploration mission between 1872 and 1874 discovered Franz-Josef Land?
- ... that k.u.k. stood for kaiserlich und königlich -- German for Imperial and Royal.?
- ... that the Hungarian politician Miklós Horthy was an important Austro-Hungarian naval officer in World War I?
- ... that Family names in Hungary — similarly to those in East Asia — are first, followed by the given names [Christian names in the olden days]. Hungarians usually accepted the western practise of reversing their names abroad for simplicity's sake. To be sure to recognise the family names, it is advised to spell them in ALL-CAPS. I.e. LISZT Ferenc, a.k.a. Franz LISZT, or HORTHY Miklós, a.k.a. Miklos HORTHY.
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| Demographics of Austria-Hungary [6] |
| German: 24%
Hungarian: 20%
Czech: 13%
Polish: 10%
Ruthenian: 8%
Romanian: 6%
Croat: 5%
Slovak: 4%
Serb: 4%
Slovene: 3%
Italian: 3%
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Karl I (August 17, 1887 – April 1, 1922), Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen (Hungarian: Károly IV (Károly Ferenc József)), was (among other titles) the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary and Bohemia, and the last monarch of the Habsburg Dynasty. He reigned as Emperor Karl I of Austria, King Charles III of Bohemia and King Charles IV of Hungary from 1916 until 1918, when he renounced the government (but did not abdicate), and spent the remaining years of his life attempting to regain the throne until his death in 1922. The pope John Paul 2nd has beatified Karl I.
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Cisleithania: 1. Bohemia, 2. Bukovina, 3. Carinthia, 4. Carniola, 5. Dalmatia, 6. Galicia, 7. Kustenland, 8. Lower Austria, 9. Moravia, 10. Salzburg, 11. Silesia, 12. Styria, 13. Tirol, 14. Upper Austria, 15. Vorarlberg; Transleithania: 16. Hungary, 17. Croatia and Slavonia; 18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
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