| 1438 |
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Albert II first hereditary Hapsburg Holy Roman Empire |
| 1456 |
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Johann Gutenberg sets up printing press - Mazarin Bible |
| 1477 |
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Netherlands, Luxembourg and Burgundy brought under German control |
| 1516 |
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Hapsburg Charles V now king over Germany, Netherlands and Spain |
| 1517 |
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Luther publishes 95 Theses - start of Reformation |
| 1520 |
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Luther excommunicated |
| 1521 |
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Charles V divides Hapsburg Empire between Austria and Spain |
| 1524 |
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Death of Hans Holbein the Elder (artist) |
| 1526 |
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Hungarian and Bohemian crowns unite with Austrian Hapsburgs |
| 1527 |
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Charles V retakes Northern Italy from France and sacks Rome |
| 1528 |
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Death of Albrecht Durer and Matthias Grunewald (artists) |
| 1545 |
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Catholic Counter-Reformation after Council of Trent |
| 1553 |
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Death of Cranach the Elder (artist) |
| 1555 |
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Peace of Augsburg - allows choice of religious denomination |
| 1556 |
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Charles V leaves Austria to Ferdinand and Spain to Philip II |
| 1618 |
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Thirty Years' War in Germany to decide Bohemian succession |
| 1699 |
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Treaty of Karlowitz - Turks concede Hungary to Austria |
| 1716 |
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Death of Gottfried Wilhelm Liebnitz (philosopher and mathematician) |
| 1740 |
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Maria Teresa succedes to Austrian throne |
| 1750 |
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Death of Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| 1759 |
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Death of George Friderich Handel (composer) |
| 1763 |
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Austria defeated in Seven year' War and loses Silesia |
| 1774 |
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Goethe's "Werther" heralds Romantic Era |
| 1780 |
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Joseph II assumes sole power over Austrian empire |
| 1781 |
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Immanuel Kant publishes "Critique of Pure Reason" |
| 1791 |
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Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) |
| 1797 |
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Napoleon compels Austria to make peace |
| 1804 |
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Death of Emmanuel Kant (philosopher) |
| 1804 |
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Francis II declared first hereditary emperor of Austria |
| 1805 |
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Death of Friedrich von Schiller (poet) |
| 1806 |
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Empire re-organized by Napoleon - end of Holy Roman Empire |
| 1809 |
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Uprising in Germany and Austria - war against Napoleon renewed |
| 1827 |
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Death of Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) |
| 1831 |
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Death of Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher) |
| 1832 |
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Death of Johann Goethe (poet) |
| 1848 |
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Francis Joseph accedes to Austrian throne after rising |
| 1848 |
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Hungary declares independence from Austrian Empire |
