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Austrian Empire timeline
976
Leopold, of the Babenberg family, becomes margrave of Austria and founds a dynasty which lasts for three centuries
c. 1020
Count Radbot builds himself a 'hawk's castle' or Habichstburg, near Zurich, from which the Habsburg dynasty takes its name
1156
Vienna is adopted by the Babenberg rulers as the capital city of Austria
1273
The period without a German king, known as the Great Interregnum, ends with the election of a Habsburg prince, Rudolf I
1278
At Dürnkrut Rudolf I defeats and kills Otakar II, his rival for Austria - thus bringing the Austrian territories into the Habsburg domain
1291
The Swiss forest districts of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden sign an Everlasting League (in the Rütli meadow) to resist Habsburg domination
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