Austria-Hungary

An empire which existed from 1867 to 1918. It was created in 1867 after the Austrian Empire collapsed due to a Hungarian revolt and a compromise was reached to give the Hungarians equal power in the empire. The empire was made up of two roughly equal halves, the Austrian, mostly German speaking half, and the Hungarian, mostly Hungarian speaking half. The empire was plagued by tensions throughout its entire existence. It had a longstanding rivalry with the Russian Empire and the two often engaged in proxy wars in the Balkans. When the Ottoman Empire lost the Balkan war and its control over the Balkans, Austria-Hungary seized the opportunity and occupied Bosnia, which upset the Russians even more. In 1910, the empire annexed Bosnia, which upset Russia and Serbia, because Bosnia had many ethnic Serbs in it. Ethnic tensions soon began erupting in the empire, and it was on the verge of total collapse. Serbia hoped to destabilized the empire and acquire its Balkan lands, so it organized an assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary then declared war on Serbia, Germany joined the war on Austria's side, but Russia and France joined the war on Serbia's side. Long story short, the war was a total disaster for the empire, and on top of that, the empire's ethnic minorities began revolting.

The empire basically came to a crashing and chaotic end in 1918 after its ethnic minorities took control of the most of the empire. The empire was then forced to pull out of World War I. In the subsequent peace treaties a year later, it was dismantled, but it had in reality already collapsed.

Often, the demise of Austria-Hungary is incorrectly attributed to World War I. The war itself, nor the peace treaties really dismantled the empire. The empire was already on the verge of collapse even before the war. The Empire started the war because they knew winning it was their only shot at being strong enough to hold their empire together. The Empire's demise was really because it was ethnically diverse and nationalism grew in those ethnic minorities, who were upset at the Germans and Hungarians dominating the empire.

by Xxxxxxxxfanboyxxxxxxxxxx September 11, 2020

Austrin

a cute face with a stupid personality, nickname is usually Rin

idiot 1 : Hey did you see how Austrin aka Rin fell right infront of us before?
idiot 2 : yeah that was so fucking funny!
idiot 1 : ikr

by Austrin herself September 24, 2020

austrilan high five

when tag teaming a girl and you and another mans balls slap

me and ted where tag teaming veronica i was giving him a austrilan high five the whole time

by badmoond September 13, 2011

Austria

1. People from Austria
2. Home of Alan Schwarzenegger
3. Where many Nobel Peace winners Come from
4. Used to have a lot of Jews
5. Home of many Scientists

Austria is a great country. . .

by Barkley October 29, 2007

Austria

According to MANSWERS, the best country to go if you want to get a blowjob

Tourist: I went to Austria and got blowjobs from ten different girls at this one club I went to. They really like to suck!

by johndoethehoe November 25, 2009

Marie De Austria

A term commonly used to describe the A+ student who studies frequently and parties responsible. With awkward looks and confused phrases, a Marie De Austria is usually someone who is adorable and vulnerable, yet untouchable in the realm of academics.

Marie De Austria is in my chem class; she ruined the curve again!

by amrigniae April 17, 2009

austrianophobia

So you are originally scared of Hitler, which was also Germanophobia, but now you realized Hitler comes from Austria, so you are now considered, almost, Austrianophobia.

Mom: Oh god, it's him, I have Austrianophobia, which is considered Germanophobia!
Son: What are Austrianophobia, and Germanophobia?
Mom: *remember the WW2*

by bymeok October 24, 2022