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Events relating to the austrian empire
The Serbian army flees, abandoning Serbia to Austrian and Bulgarian invaders
The emperor Francis Joseph dies after 66 years on the thrones of Austria and Hungary, to be succeeded by his great-nephew Charles I
Austria-Hungary signs a separate armistice with the Allied powers, in a villa near Padua, without waiting for the Germans
The deposition of the emperor Charles I by the Austrian government brings to a formal end the empire of Austria-Hungary and more than six centuries of Habsburg rule
With the end of the Habsburg empire, German-speaking Austrians declare their own much smaller territory to be an independent republic
The new nation of Czechoslovakia is established from within Austria-Hungary, with Tomas Masaryk as its first president
Prime minister Mihaly Karolyi proclaims the republic of Hungary, after the demise of Austria-Hungary
