Revolution
of 1848 (1848-1849)-Austrian
government and Russia against anti-monarchist rebels and
Czech and Hungarian nationalist rebels. The revolutionary
fervor also led to the Italian
War of Independence (1848-1849)
Italian
War of Independence (1848-1849)-Italian
revolutionaries in Venice, along with the Italian States
of Piedmont, Naples and, briefly, Papal State fought
against the Austrian Hapsburg Empire. The Italian forces
were divided and defeated by August of
1849.
Franco-Austrian
War (1858-1860)-France
and Piedmont against the Austrian Hapsburg
Empire.
Schleswig-Holstein
War (1864)-Austria
and Prussia crushed Denmark in a short war over control
of the provinces of Schleswig-Holstein.
The
Seven Weeks' War (1866)-Italy
and Prussia partnered against the Austrian Hapsburg
Empire.
1st
Crivoscian Revolt (Oct.1869- Jan.
1870)-
The
Crovosians, a slavic highland people, and the Bocche, who
live near Montenegro, oppossed the imposition of military
conscription by the Austrian government.
Annexation
of Bosnia-Hercegovina
(1878)-Peaceful
and internationally accepted occupation of Slavic region
previously controlled by the Turks. Beginning of
prolonged tension with Russia and Serbia. Leading factor
in the outbreak of World War I.
2nd
Crivoscian Revolt (1882)--Revolt
by the Crivoscians, a slavic people in Herzegovina
brought on by the imposition of military conscription
into the newly acquired regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
after the Annexation of 1878.
World
War I (1914-1918)--Last
war of the Hapsburg Empire. At the conclusion of World
War One, the empire of the Habsburgs was ended, with new,
independent nations arising out of the slavic portions of
the old empire; Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, with
Rumania taking control of Transylvania. New, and
relatively small versions of Austria and Hungary were
formed out of the German and Magyar-speaking territories
of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Links
and Resources:
The
War in Herzegovina--NYTimes,
March 14, 1882
MacMillan's
Magazine. Vol. LIIL , November 1885, to April
1886--part of
the article includes information on the Crivoscian
Revolt of 1882
The
Contemporary Review--
Shores
of the Adriatic-Originally
published in 1908
The
Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II / Stillman,
William James, 1828-1901
--
HERZEGOVINA
AND THE LATE UPRISING: THE CAUSES OF THE LATTER AND
THE REMEDIES.FROM THE NOTES AND LETTERS OF A SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT--A
book by correspondent William James Stillman,
published in 1877,