| 16 BC |
Almost all of present-day Austria is under Roman control and called the Noricum Territory |
| 803 AD |
Charlemagne develops the Ostmark, or East Mark territory along the Danube |
| 955 |
Ostmark becomes part of the Holy Roman Empire after defeat of the Magyars |
| 1156 |
Area reestablished as Ostmark by Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great |
| 1278 |
German King, Rudolf I of Habsburg, gains control. The Habsburg dynasty would rule until 1918 and the conclusion of World War I |
| 1438 |
Duke Albert V is chosen successor to his father-in-law, Emperor Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1367-1437 |
| 1477-1519 |
Through marriage, Emperor Maximilian takes controls of the low countries |
| 1519 |
Spanish King Charles, eventually known as the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, comes to power |
| 1556 |
Charles V’s brother, Ferdinand I, living in Vienna, is declared ruler of Austria and Hungary and other surrounding lands, thus extending the Habsburg control and territories. King Charles' son, Phillip II, is given the remaining Spanish holdings |
| 1618 |
The Thirty Years' War destroys much of central Europe; peace is finally reached in 1648 |
| 1657-1705 |
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, rules the area for 48 years |
| 1683 |
Turk forces attack Vienna, resulting in all of Hungary eventually returned to Austrian control |
| 1711-1740 |
Reign of Emperor Charles V |
| 1740 |
Reign of Maria Teresa, daughter of Charles V begins, and she rules for 40 years. Marie Antoinette later the Queen of France was her youngest daughter |
| 1756 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Vienna |
| 1805 |
At Austerlitz, Napoleon defeats the Austrian forces |
| 1814-15 |
Congress of Vienna successfully ends most central European conflicts |
| 1848 |
Revolution is in the air and localized conflicts occur throughout the Habsburg Empire |
| 1866 |
Austria is defeated during the Austro-Prussian War, which forces a 1867 coalition between Austria and Hungary, and the new leadership of Emperor Franz Josef |
| 1914 |
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, nephew of Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was the catalyst for a series of events that led to World War I |
| 1918 |
The Habsburgs are defeated during WWI and Austria is declared a republic |
| 1919 |
Treaty of St Germain defines Austria's new boundaries |
| 1938 |
Mauthausen Concentration Camp established |
| 1939-1945 |
World War II rages across Europe. Adolf Hitler annexes all of Austria into the German Third Reich |
| 1945-1955 |
At war's end, Soviet troops liberate Vienna, and other Allied forces begin their occupation of the country |
| 1955 |
The Austrian State Treaty proclaims Austria to be an independent republic |
| 1964 |
The Olympic Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1986 |
Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria |
| 1992 |
Thomas Klestil replaces Kurt Waldheim as President of Austria. he is re-elected in 1998 |
| 1994 |
Austria joins the European Union |
| 2002 |
A group of state owned companies agree to pay $65 million to a fund earmarked for survivors of the Nazi Holocaust |
| 2002 |
Severe flooding along the Danube caused by torrential rain |
| 2003 |
Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor of California, USA |
