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Abdication

Austria · House / House of Habsburg. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1848–1919Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1848

Franz Josef I2 December 1848

House / House of Habsburg

Emperor Ferdinand abdicates at Olomouc, as part of Minister-president Felix zu Schwarzenberg's plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary

Ferdinand IDecember 1848

Vienna · House / House of Habsburg

Abdicates in favor of his nephew Francis Joseph after the revolution of 1848

Franz Josef IDecember 1848

Vienna · House / House of Habsburg

Ferdinand I abdicates in favour of his nehew, Franz Josef I

1918

Charles I11 November 1918

House / House of Habsburg

Abdicates the Austrian Kingdom

Charles I13 November 1918

House / House of Habsburg

Abdicates the Hungarian Kingdom

1919

Charles I1919

House / House of Habsburg

Formally deposed by Austrian Parliament

Names involved

Charles IFerdinand IFranz Josef I

Provenance

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