Austria – Page 4 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Pistol used by one of Archduke’s assassins on display at Museum of Military History in Vienna

One of the pistols used by the group of assassins involved in the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie has returned to the Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria.

July 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia

The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia at 11am on Tuesday 28th July 1914.

October 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: ‘World War I in Vienna – City Life in Photography and Graphic Art’

A new exhibition at the Wien Museum (Vienna Museum) in Austria will explore the impact of the First World War on the Home Front.

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Conference at Austrian Parliament pays tribute to the women of First World War

A conference at the Austrian Parliament on October 30th 2014 heard a call for women to be remembered for their role in the First World War.

November 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Battle of Łodz on the Eastern Front

German and Russian troops fought a prolonged battle near the Polish city of odz in November 1914 as winter was setting in on the Eastern Front.

March 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Dying for Trento’: new exhibition remembers the Italian Front

A new Italian exhibition explores the lengthy campaign between Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces in the Alps.

May 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Italy enters the First World War

Italy entered hostilities on the Allied side on May 23rd 1915, declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

June 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: the start of the First Battle of Isonzo

On June 23rd 1915, Italy began the First Battle of Isonzo by launching an offensive from northeast Italy across the border into Austria-Hungary.

April 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Major Austrian exhibition marks Emperor Franz Joseph death centenary

Emperor Franz Joseph’s 68-year reign is re-examined with simultaneous exhibitions in and around Vienna marking the centenary of his death during the First World War.

November 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Emperor Franz Joseph dies

Austria-Hungary became the first major Great War power to lose its head of state, when Emperor Franz Joseph died on 21 November 1916.