State · 1804 – 1867
Austrian Empire
A state of 1804 – 1867 — 63 years in Europe. It replaced Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg monarchy and Archduchy of Austria and followed Republic of Venice, Kingdom of Bohemia and Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) and 2 more. It was replaced by Austria-Hungary and followed by Kingdom of Italy. The atlas records 198 things within it — wars and battles 27 · unrest and atrocity 4 · treaties 7 · people 160. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 63 years
- 1804 – 1867
- Rulers
- 3
- the Emperor of Austria
- Most ground
- 808,800 km²
- in 1856
- Within it
- 198
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Holy Roman Empire · replaces · 962 – 1806
- Habsburg monarchy · replaces · 1526 – 1918
- Archduchy of Austria · replaces · 1358 – 1918
- Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867) · follows · 1526 – 1867
- Kingdom of Bohemia · follows · 1198 – 1918
- Republic of Venice · follows · 697 – 1797
- Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) · follows · 1527 – 1868
- Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) · follows · 774 – 1806
After it
- Austria-Hungary · replaced by · 1867 – 1918
- Kingdom of Italy · followed by · 1861 – 1946
Rulers
The line of Emperor of Austria - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1804 – 1835 | 31 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ferdinand I of Austria | 1835 – 1848 | 13 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Franz Joseph I | 1848 – 1916 | 68 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | nephew or niece |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1804 – 1916. Median reign 31 years. 1 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
686,500 km² in 1814, 586,600 km² in 1867; at its largest 692,700 km² in 1854. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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coat of arms, undatedImperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria (1815) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan 
flag, undatedFlag of the Habsburg Monarchy · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1800 – 1899196 rows · 27 wars and battles · 4 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Sigmund Freud · scientist · 1856 – 1939
- Nikola Tesla · inventor · 1856 – 1943
- Gustav Mahler · artist · 1860 – 1911
- Gregor Mendel · scientist · 1822 – 1884
- Franz Liszt · artist · 1811 – 1886
- Pope Pius XI · ruler · 1857 – 1939
- Pope Pius X · religious leader · 1835 – 1914
- Bertha von Suttner · writer · 1843 – 1914
and 188 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood63 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held808,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 82% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century3.0
had more wars on record per century than 99% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median31 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 85% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 60 causes the record names and 3 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1794 – 1877, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1856, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q131964 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.