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Events relating to austria
The Austrian attack on Serbia causes Russia to mobilize her army
In response to the tsar's mobilization of his troops, Germany declares war on Russia
France declares war on the empire of Austria-Hungary
Britain declares war on the empire of Austria-Hungary
from August - Serbian forces repel two Austrian invasions of their territory
Italy revokes the Triple Alliance of 1882 that aligned her with Germany and Austria-Hungary
Italy declares war against Austria-Hungary, but not as yet against Germany
Austria-Hungary renews its attack on Serbia, and its troops capture Belgrade
The Serbian army flees, abandoning Serbia to Austrian and Bulgarian invaders
Aleksei Brusilov leads a surprise Russian offensive against Germany and Austria-Hungary
A brief success in the front line against Austria prompts Italy to declare war on Germany
The emperor Francis Joseph dies after 66 years on the thrones of Austria and Hungary, to be succeeded by his great-nephew Charles I
Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is captured by Austrian and Bulgarian forces
Ocxtober 24 - a victory at Caporetto enables the Austrian army to penetrate far into northeast Italy
At Brest-Litovsk Lenin signs a peace treaty with Germany and Austria, ceding vast territories and valuable resources
Austria-Hungary signs a separate armistice with the Allied powers, in a villa near Padua, without waiting for the Germans
The deposition of the emperor Charles I by the Austrian government brings to a formal end the empire of Austria-Hungary and more than six centuries of Habsburg rule
With the end of the Habsburg empire, German-speaking Austrians declare their own much smaller territory to be an independent republic
The new nation of Czechoslovakia is established from within Austria-Hungary, with Tomas Masaryk as its first president
Prime minister Mihaly Karolyi proclaims the republic of Hungary, after the demise of Austria-Hungary
Alfred Adler, in Vienna, opens the first of many child-guidance clinics
Arnold Schoenberg's Suite for piano is his first piece entirely in the 12-note serial method
In I and Thou the Austrian theologian Martin Buber interprets religion in terms of the subjective experience of interpersonal relationships
Sigmund Freud proposes a new interpretation of the mind in his book The Ego and the Id
Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli formulates his exclusion principle, stating that no two electrons in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers
