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Constitution of Austria

Austria · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1784–1849Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1784

Joseph II4 July 1784

Transylvania · Warfare / Military

Suspends the Hungarian Constitution after rebellion in Transylvania

1848

Ferdinand I15 March 1848

Vienna · Warfare / Military

Forced to promise a constitution

1849

Felix zu Schwarzenburg4 March 1849

Vienna · Warfare / Military

Enacts a new centralised & absolute Austrian constitution

Felix zu SchwarzenburgMarch 1849

Vienna · Warfare / Military

A new constituton is written & approved but never put into practice

Franz Josef I1849

Olmutz · Warfare / Military

Nominally accepts Parliamentary monarchy. Draws up an absolutist constitution after the Battle of Kaolna

Names involved

Felix zu SchwarzenburgFerdinand IFranz Josef IJoseph II

Provenance

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