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| 1848 | Ferdinand I |  |
| Vienna Founds a Provisional Parliament |
| 15th Mar Vienna Forced to promise a constitution |
| 11th April Vienna The Hungarian Kingdom becomes a constitutional monarchy |
| 1848 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Draws up a centralized & absolutist state |
| 1849 | Franz Josef I | |
| Olmutz Draws up an absolutist constitution after the battle of Kaolna |
| Olmutz Nominally accepts parliamentary monarchy |
| 30th Sep Vienna Prussia accepts Franz's offer to help administer the German Confederation |
| 1849 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Enacts the new constitution he drew up in 1848 |
| Mar Vienna A new constituton is written & approved but never put into practice |
| 4th Mar Vienna Enacts a new centralised & absolute Austrian constitution |
| 1850 | Franz Josef I | |
| Franz Josef I rules as an absolute monarch for the next 10 yrs |
| 1850 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Revives the German Confederation |
| 1851 | Franz Josef I | |
| Vienna Declares the Liberal Constitution of 1849 void |
| Vienna Preserves centralized authority & destroys local & provincial privileges |
| 1851 | Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Vienna Causes Francis Joseph to abolish the 1849 constitution |
| 1860 | Franz Josef I | |
| Agrees to co-operate with the Diets in the crown lands & central Reichsrat |
| 1867 | Franz Josef I | |
| Austria & Hungary share foreign, defense & financial policy with separate Parliaments |
| Austria & Hungary unite under the Habsburg crown with separate Parliaments |
| Beust gains a majority in the Reichsrat & carries through the Ausgleich |
| Hungary has independence in internal affairs but acts with Austria in foreign affairs |
| 1896 | Franz Josef I | |
| Universal suffrage is introduced |
| 1918 | Adler, Viktor | |
| 31st Oct Vienna Adler helps form a new National Assembly to establish a republican Austria |
| 1920 | Charles I | |
| Oct The Republic of Austria is formed |
| 1933 | Dollfuss, Engelbert | |
| Vienna Suppresses a Socialist revolt & rules by decree |
| 7th Mar Vienna Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power |
| 1934 | Dollfuss, Engelbert | |
| Vienna Allied with Horthy in Hungary & Mussolini in Italy, proclaims a fascist Constitution |
| Vienna All political parties, except for the Fatherland Front, are banned |
| 1946 | Figl, Leopold | |
| 7th Jan The Austrian government has sovereignty & there must be no restoration of the monarchy |
| 1955 | Raab, Julius | |
| 15th May Austria is not allowed to join Germany & must remain neutral |
