1716: HRH Leopold Johann is born to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and his wife, Empress Christine. Maria Theresa is born the following year. Maria Anna in 1718.
1736: Leopold Johann marries Anne Charlotte of Lorraine.
1740: Charles VI dies. Leopold Johann ascends the throne as Leopold II. His wife gives birth to triplets: Leopoldina Adelaide, Anna Francesca, and Christiana Maria. Empress Anna dies in childbirth, the children survive.
1742: Leopold II remarries. His new bride, Maximilianne of Bavaria. She gives birth to a daughter, Eleanora Antonia the same year. Archduchess Maria Theresa is made Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, with her husband, Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1745: Empress Maximilianne gives birth to another daughter, Maria Johanna. Emperor Leopold II places his sister, Maria Anna, as Governor of Naples.
1754-1762: Continental War- Prussia, Britain, Hanover, Austria vs. France, Russia, Sweden, Saxony, and the Netherlands. War ends in 1762 with the Treaty of Trieste, recognizing Prussia, Britain, Hanover, and Austria's victory. Britain gains New France, Dutch South Africa, and control of India; Hanover given the Netherlands; Prussia given control of most of Protestant Germany; Austria given control of the remaining Spanish and French duchies in Italy, Dutch New Guinea, and the Dutch Caribbean. Emperor Leopold II forces all powers to recognize his Pragmatic Sanction of 1762, allowing his daughters to succede his dominions, including the Holy Roman Empire, giving them presedence over the grandsons of Maria Theresa, the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.
1765: Treaty of Liège between Great Britain and Austria- Austria gives the former Dutch Caribbean to Britain, in exchange for complete sovreignty over the entire island of New Guinea. Empress Maximilianne dies, and Emperor Leopold II remarries one more time, in hope of having a son. He marries Maria Louisa of Spain, hoping to make peace with the Bourbon King Charles III. Maria Louisa is declared to be pregnant in December. The Governorships of the Austrian Netherlands and Naples are made hereditary viceroyalties of Austria, at the request of the Emperor's sister, Maria Theresa and Maria Anna.
1766-1768: Twins, Charles Joseph and Amalia Louise are born to Empress Maria Louisia. They die three days later. Austro-Venetian War results in Austrian annexation of Venetia and Lombardy.
1770-1775: First North American Rebellion- Emperor Leopold II lends soldiers to Great Britain to put down rebellion. The rebellion fails, but Parliament unites the colonies into three autonomous provinces: New Britain, New England, and Virginia-Carolina. Many Austrian soldiers stay in Georgia, and eventually become the infamous "German Owners," of the largest plantations in North America.
1780: Empress Maria Louisa gives birth to another son, Francis Leopold. He and his mother survive childbirth. Vicereine Maria Theresa of the Austrian Netherlands pays the Emperor the equivalent of 2,000,000 pounds, in exchange for Netherlandish-independence. The Austrian Netherlands are given independence with Maria Theresa as "Grand Duchess of the Southern Netherlands." The Southern Netherlands are perpetually allied to Austria, and become part of the Holy Roman Empire.
1789: Breakout of the French Revolution.
1790: Maria Theresa of the Southern Netherlands dies. Her republican son, and fan of Consul Bonaparte, Charles Joseph is crowned "Grand Duke of the Southern Netherlands." Many, including the Emperor in Vienna, and his aunt, the Vicereine in Naples begin discussions of possibly deposing the Grand Duke, and re-incorporating the Southern Netherlands into Austria. Archduke Francis Leopold dies drowning in a pool at Kaiserhof.
1795: 1st Consul Napoleon Bonaparte of France declares himself Emperor of the French. Charles Joseph of the Southern Netherlands is shocked at the actions of his idol, and abolishes the monarchy in the Southern Netherlands, declaring himself "Pro-Consul of the Belgian Republic." Alarmed at the extremities of the South-Netherlands Grand Duke, Emperor Leopold II meets with Napoleon and the George III of Britain. The monarchs agree republicanism and rebellion have no place in Europe.
1796: Chalres Joseph is deposed, and the "Belgian Republic," once again becomes the Austrian Netherlands. Emperor Leopold II recognizes his daughter, the Archduchess Leopoldina as his heir, and declares her "Queen of the Romans," and "Crown Princess of Bohemia and Hungary." Archduchess Anna Francesca, the Emperor's second eldest daughter, is made Vicereine of the Austrian Netherlands. Archduchesses Christiana Maria, and Eleanora Antonia are made vicereines in Parma, and Hungary subsequently.
1800: Emperor Napoleon I purchases Luisiana from Spain, renaming it "le Ouest Français," or "the French West." Empress Joséphine of France, dies. Emperor Leopold offers his daughter, Maria Johanna. She is crowned "Empress of the French," and delivers a son, Napoleon, ten months later.
1804: Emperor Leopold II dies, and Leopoldina Adelaide is crowned "HIM Holy Roman Empress Leopoldina I, Queen of Sicily, Naples, Sardina and Germany; Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria; Duchess of Guastalla, Parma, and Piacenza." Frederick William III ignores the late-Emperor Leopold II's pragmatic sanction, and refuses to recognize Leopoldina as Holy Roman Empress. Other Protestant states of northern Germany follow.
1805: King Frederick William III of Prussia declares Prussia and his dominions no longer a part of the Holy Roman Empire. Empress Leopoldina sends Hungarian troops to put down rebellion in northern Germany, while recognizing Prussia's secession from the Empire. The Imperial Revolution begins.
1806: While recognizing Leopoldina as Holy Roman Empress, the Parliaments of Hanover and Britain pass the Act of Union of 1806, uniting the British and Hanovrian thrones as the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Hanover"; Thus declaring Hanover free of the Holy Roman Empire. The minor-Protestant states in northern Germany declare their complete independence. Hungarian troops fail to put down the insurrection, aside from Hesse. Napoleon begins construction of the Suez Canal, purchasing the area from the Ottoman Sultan.
1807: The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel dies. His son Austrophilic son, William II, swears loyalty to Empress Leopoldina, and converts to Catholicism. Hessians begin rebelling, causing rebellions in other Rhine-states, causing the "Rhineland Revolution." North German states unite as the "Protestant Confederation of the German Nation," under the Grand Presidency of Frederick William III.
1808: Treaty of Salzburg between the Holy Roman Empire (now reduced to Southern Germany, the Austrian Netherlands, and the Habsburg dominions,) and Protestant Confederation of the German Nation. Leopoldina I recognizes it's sovreignty, in return for Prussia and north-Germany to stop aiding the Rhineland states. Rhineland states unite as the "Federal Union of the Rhinelander Republic," (German: Föderative Gewerkschaft von Te Rhineländer Republik.) Empress Leopoldina marries Louis, Count of Saint-Leu, brother of the French Emperor; A daughter, Antoinetta Christina, is born the same year.
1809: Hessians storm the Landgraviate Palace in Wiesbaden. William II is deposed, and the Hessian Republic is declared. Leopoldina I requests French aid in ending the Rhineland rebellions. Napoleon agrees, and French troops are soon aiding Hungarian troops in the Rhineland. Austrian and Bohemian troops soon join the coalition. Empress Leopoldina gives birth to a son, Charles.
1810-1815: 1810- birth of Archduke Leopold Johann/1812- birth of Archduchess Johanna MagdalenaRhineland Revolutionary War- Treaty of Confederation, or Augsleich, is signed between the Rhinelander Republic and Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire is formally renamed the "Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation" (German: Heiliges römisches Reich von der Österreichischen Nation,) and is to include solely the Habsburg dominions, excluding the Italian holdings. The Rhinelander Republic is to adopt a monarchial government, to be named the Federated Kingdom of the Rhineland (German: Föderatives Königreich vom Rheinland.) The governments are to be completely separate except for foreign affairs, military, and the Holy Roman Empress to serve dually as the Queen of the Rhineland.
1820: The Treaty of Alliance is signed between the French Empire, and Holy Roman Empire-Austria. Empress Leopoldina gives birth to a daughter, Archduchess Maria Carolina.
1825: Archduke Charles Habsburg-Bonaparte, son of Empress Leopoldina is made "King of the Romans," upon his marriage to Maria Christina of Sardinia. Empress Leopoldina betrothes her only daughter, Johanna Magdalena, to the son of Ferdinand VII, the Infante Ferdinand. A daughter, Juana Isabella, is born the same year. Archduke Ludwig is born to Empress Leopoldina. The French begin settling in and around Algiers, and the Algerian region.
1826: King Ferdinand VII of Spain dies, and his son becomes Ferdinand VIII. He is a sickly king, and his wife, Queen Johanna Magdalena, convinces him to abolish Salic Law, so their daughter might succeed him. He dies three months after coronation, and his three-month old daughter is crowned Juana II, and Queen Johanna Magdalena is made Queen-Regent.
1830: Archduke Leopold Charles and Archduchess Johanna Maria, twins, are born to the Empress Leopoldina's eldest son, Archduke Charles and Archduchess Maria Christina. The family is made King and Queen of Naples, and King of Queen of Sicily, thus the loss of the titles and dominions to Empress Leopoldina. Slavery is abolished by all European nations, and the "German Owners," of the southern Virginia-Carolina colonial-confederation emmigrate to Traansval and the Orange Free State.
1831: Napoleon dies, the son of Empress Leopoldina's sister and himself, Crown Prince Napoleon, is crowned Napoleon II. Empress Leopoldina offers her eldest daughter, and Chief Adviser, Archduchess and Princess-Imperial Antoinetta Christina's hand in marriage to the new French Emperor, with the duchies of Guastalla and Parma (along with which came Piacenza,) as her dowry. Napeoleon II agree's, and the two are married.
1835: First Hungarian Rebellion is put down by, shortly after a failed republican coup d'etat in the Empress's dominion in the Rhineland. Neapolitan and Sicilian republicans begin settling in the Austrian sphere of influence in North Africa- Libya.
1840-1842: Second Hungarian Rebellion is put down, in response to the appointment of Archduchess Maria Carolina, as Viceroy of Hungary. King Charles of Naples and Sicily, Crown Prince of Austria, personally funds the Wiederbelebt-Ostend Company, and the Empress grants it a charter to colonize southern Arabia, as a permanent stop on the way to Austrian New Guinea, where the government planned to begin settlements.
1845: The Imperial Neuguinea Company is formed in Vienna, with mainly Bohemian investors, and under the presidency of Archduke Leopold Johann. The Empress grants them a charter, and donates five million pounds to begin construction of ships.
1850: The Bundesversammlung of the Rhineland votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy. Against her council's wishes, the Empress Leopoldina signs the Treaty of Abolition, nulling the Ausgleich, and recognizing the sovreign government of the "United Rhinelander Republic" (German: Vereinten Rheinländer Republik.) Third Hungarian Rebellion is put down, but with French aid. Anti-Austrian sentiment spreads from Hungary, to other "Transleithanian" dominions. The Dalmatian and Kustenlander provinces unite as the "Kingdom & Grand Duchy of Greater Dalmatia," and the new parliament, the Union Diet, passes the first constitution ever in the Habsburg dominions. It's preamble reads "The Kingdom & Grand Duchy of Greater Dalmatia is an inseparable part of the Austrian dominion, and the constitutions and charters of the Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation is the supreme law of the land." The first Austrian settlement in New Guinea, Leopoldiastadt, is finnished on the southern part of the island. The company-government moves there, and divides New Guinea into three provinces: "Neue Niederlande," "Österreichisches Östliches Indien," and "Südliches Inselgebiet;" (English: New Netherland, Austrian East India, and South Island Region.)
1852: The Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation is officially dissolved by Empress Leopoldina, the formerly non-Holy Roman dominions are given back their sovereignty, all in personal union.
1855: Latin American Spanish go under severe re-organization under the Spanish Queen, Juana II. The Cortes and Spanish government are similarily re-organized, like the Dalmatian constitution. Latin America is divided into five autonomous regions: California, Mexico, New Spain, Peru, and Rio de La Plata. The regions are further divided into departments. Meanwhile in Europe, the Napoleonic Code is adopted by Empress Leopoldina, who adjusts it to fit the needs of her non-Transleithanian dominions (The Transleithanian governments and peoples refused to be legally unified with Austria.) It is introduced to the realms as the "Leopoldine Code." The Imperial Constitution is passed by the Imperial Council in Vienna, and all non-Transleithanian realms are legally, and governmentally unified as the "Empire of Austria."
1860: The African colonial powers of France, Britain, Spain, Austria, and Portugal meet in Naples to formally divide Africa, at the Neapolitan Congress. Greece, with the aid of Austria and France, gains independence, with Prince Louis Charles of France, younger son of Napoleon II, as King of the Hellenes.
1861: Empress Leopoldia I dies, and is succeded by her son, Archduke Charles, as Emperor Charles VII. He is the first Austrian monarch not to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor since 1440, as the title is now extinct. The kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, as per previous agreements, are willed to Emperor Napoleon II, who incorporates them as provinces of the French Empire.
1865: Archduke Lepold Charles, the Emperor's eldest son, is made "Crown Prince of Bohemia," the title is declared under the Imperial Constitution Ammendment XXVII, which reads "The Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the Empire of Austria shall be invested with the title of 'Crown Prince of Bohemia,' beginning with the grandson of Her Imperial & Royal Majesty The Empress, upon Her Imperial & Royal Majesty's cessation of life."
1866: Crown Prince Leopold Charles marries Princess Marie Hortense of Greece. Fraternal twins, Archduke Leopold Joseph and Archduchess Carolina Josephina, are born only 5 months after the marriage. The Protestant Confederation of the German Nation is dissolved, and the member states federate into the Prussian Empire, with the Prussian king as sovereign.Prussians begin pursuing interests and settlements of Jews and non-Jews alike in Palestine, and lease many coastal cities from the Ottoman Government.
1870-1881: Hungarian and Slavic Revolutions- The Kingdom of Hungary declares independence as the "Hungarian Consular Republic," with a similar governmental formation to the attempted-French Republic. The French are busy pushing into Algeria, the British in crushing the Quebecois Rebellion in North America, and Spain in restoring order to Rio de La Plata after Aboriginal rebellions. The Slavic dominions unite as the "United Slavic Republic," and declare independence. After a bloody 11 year war, the Emperor is forced to recognize the independence of almost half his nation at the Treaty of Prague. The colonial province of Neue Niederlande petitions Vienna for the incorporation into the Empire as an equal Duchy, under the name of "Duchy of East India." Empress Marie gives birth to another son, Archduke Franz Charles.
1883: Neue Niederlande is made a Grand Duchy, and the Emperor sails to Papua, the provincial capital, and is crowned "Grand Duke of East India." Upon his voyage home, he stops in South Arabia, and is shocked to see the large population, and growth of the colony. Upon returning to Vienna, he declares South Arabia an Imperial Colony, and a Governor-General is appointed to Adensburg (Aden.)
1890: Libya is made an Imperial Colony, and a Governor-General is appointed to Tripolia. Napoleon II of France dies, and is succeded by his son, Louis, as Louis I, Emperor of the French. His wife, whom he devoted his entire life to, dies, months later. He abolishes Salic Law two weeks later, and his daughter, Catherine Josephine, is declared Dauphine-Héritier (Heir-Dauphine) of the Empire. Hungary, the United Slavic Republic, and Greece enter into a compact, named the Grand Balkan League.
1895-1899: Balkan Liberation War- The United Slavic Republic aids the south Serbs and Slavs in the Ottoman Empire in gaining independence. Greece later joins, to unite all ethnic Greeks, and eventually captures Constantinople. The Hungarian Consular Republic also joins, as a member of the Grand Balkan League. The United Slavic Republic takes control of the Slavic population areas, except for Hungarian take-over of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archduke Leopold Joseph married Princess Antonia of Spain, a younger daughter of his distant relative, Juana II of Spain. In 1900, a son, Joseph Ferdinand is born. The Netherlands declare their independence from the United Kingdom (constituency of Hanover.) The British government does not protest.
1900: Great Britain, Prussia, France, Spain, Austria, Denmark-Norway, and Sweden enter into a loose-compact to ensure peace, representatives meeting every year: the International Ambassador Confederence. Emperor Charles VII of Austria dies, and is succeded by his son, Emperor Leopold III. By 1900, German settlements in the Middle East have reached the Euphretes.
1901: Archduchess Maria Honoria is born to Emperor Leopold III. The British and British-governed Boer provinces of southern Africa unite as the Union of South Africa, and become a self-governing dominion.
1910: Louis I of France dies, and his daughter succedes hime as HIM Joséphine, Empress of the French. Archduchess Carolina Josephina, sister of the Emperor Leopold III, marries Crown Prince Ludwig of Prussia, son of Emperor Friedrich. By 1910, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, and the United Slavic Republic have joined the Ambassador Conference. Finland declares independence, and invites Archduke Franz Charles, the Austrian Emperor's younger son, to be crowned King of the Finns, after declining Prince Louis of France's offer.
1911:Emperor Friedrich III of Prussia dies, and his son is declared and Leopold III's daughter, Archduchess Carolina, is crowned "Empress of Prussia," alongside her husband, the new Emperor Ludwig III. Ludwig and Leopold hold a summit in Salzburg, and sign the Habsburg-Hohenzollern treaty, the first treaty between the two nations since the Continental War.
1912-1919: Turkish Wars of Independence- the Jew and non-Jew German populations declare their lands independent of the Sultan's rule, as the "Vereinten deutscher Staat von Palästina" (German: United German State of Palestine
soon, Arabs and Germans in Mosul, Arabia, and Jordan begin revolting, as do the Kurds. The Empire of Prussia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, followed by Persia. The Treaty of Munich recognized the Euphretes west-to the Sea to become an autonomous-colony of the Prussian Empire, with an autonomous Kurdish region in the north. Turkey is allowed east of the Euphretes to the Persian border, with British mandate over the Arab regions. Bahrain to Persia; The Hejaz is united under the conervative, Wahabist al-Hashemite emirs; and remaining Arabia under the liberal, pro-western, al-Saud emirs.
1920: Nineteen year old-Archduchess Maria Honoria marries the 67-year old Franz of Liechtenstein a daughter is born, Hereditary Princess Sophie Marie Honore Hortensie of Liechtenstein. The New Guinean crown colonies of Austrian East India and South Island Region are incorporated as full provinces of the Duchy of East India. South Arabia is made a Grand Principality, upon the request of the Jemenit (natives) and Südlicharabers (Austrian colonists and Kreolen- mixed Austrian, Yemeni.)
1925: Prince Franz of Liechtenstein dies, and the Liechtensteinite Civil War between the republican fanction and anti-Salic faction. Austria annexes the principality, allowing Princess Sophie to become the Sovereign Princess, with her mother as regent. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, grandson and heir, marries Princess Astrid of Denmark-Norway. A daughter, Leopoldina Maria Josephina Carolina is born a nine-months later.
1928: Following the Liechtensteinite Civil War, and Austrian support of the anti-Salic faction, Salic Law is abolished in Austria. Emperor Leopold III dies a few weeks later; He is succeded by his grandson, as Emperor Joseph II.
1935-1943: Egyptian Civil War- the Libyan provinces rebel against the Egyptian sultan in Cairo; the north-Libyans favoring the establishment of their own monarchy, the south-Libyans favoring a popular-republic, similar to the failed-French one, or the Hungarian Consular Republic. The Treaty of Marseille is signed by Britain (protector of Egyptian interests Egypt; Austria (under who's North African sphere of influence Libya fell under the North Libyan Royal State Union of Cyrenaica & Tripolitania; and the United Fezzanese Consular Republic of Southern Libya. The treaty placed North Libya as a mandate of Austria, and South Libya as a mandate of Great Britain.
1945: The Prussian colony in the Middle-East becomes a kingdom of the Prussian Empire: Königreich vom Freien Brennt Durch(German: Kingdom of the Free Levant with the Kurdish region becomin an autonomous emirate of the Prussian Empire, with their own local emir: Autonomes Emirat von preußischem Kurdea (German: Autonomous Emirate of Prussian Kurdea.) Emperor Joseph II dies, and is succeded by his daughter as Empress Leopoldina II Habsburg-Bonaparte. She marries a Boer by the name of Gunnar Bjerk. The State Banner is adopted: Three horizontal stripes: green (prosperity and future), white (purity, and heralding the former Austrian flag), gold (representing the monarchy.) The Governmental Flag also includes the lesser-Coat of Arms; Oddly enough, the Governmental Flag is flow more often than the Civil Flag.
1950: Twins, Crown Prince Franz and Princess-Imperial Francesca Carolina, are born to Empress Leopoldina II. The International Ambassador Conference, now including members of the independent North American dominions, is re-named the International Assembly; A High-Council is made up of Great Britain, Prussia, France, Spain, and Austria. the Empire of Austria passes the Civil Rights Act, declaring all races of the Empire equal before the law. Local languages are declared to be co-official (Czech, Italian, Dalmatian, Arabic, Berber, Dutch, and New Guinean-Malay. Islam is declared a state-recognized religion, along with Roman Catholicism.
1950-1965: Age of Discovery- the International Space Agency is formed between France, Spain, and Austria. Soon, the first humans are sent into space, followed by the first rockets, and finally the discovery of nuclear bombs. The Nuclear Conference is held between the nation's possesing the knowledge: Britain, France, and Spain. They inform Prussia and Austria of their findings, and the nations agree to destroy all bombs, and keep the information secret, lest Russian rebels find it, or the Wahabist Fundamentalists that plauged the liberal Federation of Arab Emirates (al-Saud.)
1965-1974: Middle Eastern War- The Kingdom of Hashemite Arabia, the ultra-conservative Wahabist Arab nation, declares war on the FAE, bent on ruling all of Arabia. They warn Britain, Prussia and Austria to evacuate their governments and non-Arab settlers from the region by 1970. In response, the International Assembly sends a multi-national task force of over 150,000 international troops to crush the rebellion. Sunni, and other conservative Arabs revolt in liberal-Persia, liberal-India, Egypt, and North Africa. It becomes a full world war, including the armies of South Africa, Australia, and all the other British dominions. The Treaty of Riydah places the Hejaz under the rule of the FAE, to be occupied by the FAE, Prussia, Austria, Britain, and Egypt for the next five years.
1975: Under the New Peace Party, Austria emerges as the leading liberal nation, by recognizing homosexual marriage, and being the first Catholic nation to disestablish the Church, and form the Ministry of Public Education, free the former-Ministry of Religious Cooperation. Although many schools today are Catholic or Muslim run.
1976: The Austrian Netherlands declare independence by popular referendum. Austria is granted full-use of the port of Brussels. The Empire of Austria is brought down to it's current size. The Government Reform Act is passed, making the Empire of Austria the last West European autocratic-empire to adopt a parliamentary monarchy. The Grand National Assembly is formed from the former two-houses of parliament, and the Chancellor became the Head of Government.
1980: Karolina von Lintz becomes the first woman elected Chancellor. Transportables (cell phones,) become popular in Austria. The Movie Industry moves to Venice, after ultra-conservative Congregationalists in New England banish them from Augusta, the former movie industry capital.
1980-Today: Austria continues to grow in it's economy, especially after the Massachusian Revolution forces the International Exchange to move from Boston to Vienna, where it is re-named the Imperial Vienesse Stock Exchange. Austria has the largest number of rail-roads in Europe, and in 2004, Damien Johannesburg-Hassan became the first Libyan (also of South African descent), to be elected Chancellor, and first gay man elected to lead any country. Austria has been ruled by the New Peace Party, a green-liberal party since the 1970's, and is also a leading nation in international peace, and donates millions of dollars annually to fighting poverty.
1736: Leopold Johann marries Anne Charlotte of Lorraine.
1740: Charles VI dies. Leopold Johann ascends the throne as Leopold II. His wife gives birth to triplets: Leopoldina Adelaide, Anna Francesca, and Christiana Maria. Empress Anna dies in childbirth, the children survive.
1742: Leopold II remarries. His new bride, Maximilianne of Bavaria. She gives birth to a daughter, Eleanora Antonia the same year. Archduchess Maria Theresa is made Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, with her husband, Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1745: Empress Maximilianne gives birth to another daughter, Maria Johanna. Emperor Leopold II places his sister, Maria Anna, as Governor of Naples.
1754-1762: Continental War- Prussia, Britain, Hanover, Austria vs. France, Russia, Sweden, Saxony, and the Netherlands. War ends in 1762 with the Treaty of Trieste, recognizing Prussia, Britain, Hanover, and Austria's victory. Britain gains New France, Dutch South Africa, and control of India; Hanover given the Netherlands; Prussia given control of most of Protestant Germany; Austria given control of the remaining Spanish and French duchies in Italy, Dutch New Guinea, and the Dutch Caribbean. Emperor Leopold II forces all powers to recognize his Pragmatic Sanction of 1762, allowing his daughters to succede his dominions, including the Holy Roman Empire, giving them presedence over the grandsons of Maria Theresa, the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.
1765: Treaty of Liège between Great Britain and Austria- Austria gives the former Dutch Caribbean to Britain, in exchange for complete sovreignty over the entire island of New Guinea. Empress Maximilianne dies, and Emperor Leopold II remarries one more time, in hope of having a son. He marries Maria Louisa of Spain, hoping to make peace with the Bourbon King Charles III. Maria Louisa is declared to be pregnant in December. The Governorships of the Austrian Netherlands and Naples are made hereditary viceroyalties of Austria, at the request of the Emperor's sister, Maria Theresa and Maria Anna.
1766-1768: Twins, Charles Joseph and Amalia Louise are born to Empress Maria Louisia. They die three days later. Austro-Venetian War results in Austrian annexation of Venetia and Lombardy.
1770-1775: First North American Rebellion- Emperor Leopold II lends soldiers to Great Britain to put down rebellion. The rebellion fails, but Parliament unites the colonies into three autonomous provinces: New Britain, New England, and Virginia-Carolina. Many Austrian soldiers stay in Georgia, and eventually become the infamous "German Owners," of the largest plantations in North America.
1780: Empress Maria Louisa gives birth to another son, Francis Leopold. He and his mother survive childbirth. Vicereine Maria Theresa of the Austrian Netherlands pays the Emperor the equivalent of 2,000,000 pounds, in exchange for Netherlandish-independence. The Austrian Netherlands are given independence with Maria Theresa as "Grand Duchess of the Southern Netherlands." The Southern Netherlands are perpetually allied to Austria, and become part of the Holy Roman Empire.
1789: Breakout of the French Revolution.
1790: Maria Theresa of the Southern Netherlands dies. Her republican son, and fan of Consul Bonaparte, Charles Joseph is crowned "Grand Duke of the Southern Netherlands." Many, including the Emperor in Vienna, and his aunt, the Vicereine in Naples begin discussions of possibly deposing the Grand Duke, and re-incorporating the Southern Netherlands into Austria. Archduke Francis Leopold dies drowning in a pool at Kaiserhof.
1795: 1st Consul Napoleon Bonaparte of France declares himself Emperor of the French. Charles Joseph of the Southern Netherlands is shocked at the actions of his idol, and abolishes the monarchy in the Southern Netherlands, declaring himself "Pro-Consul of the Belgian Republic." Alarmed at the extremities of the South-Netherlands Grand Duke, Emperor Leopold II meets with Napoleon and the George III of Britain. The monarchs agree republicanism and rebellion have no place in Europe.
1796: Chalres Joseph is deposed, and the "Belgian Republic," once again becomes the Austrian Netherlands. Emperor Leopold II recognizes his daughter, the Archduchess Leopoldina as his heir, and declares her "Queen of the Romans," and "Crown Princess of Bohemia and Hungary." Archduchess Anna Francesca, the Emperor's second eldest daughter, is made Vicereine of the Austrian Netherlands. Archduchesses Christiana Maria, and Eleanora Antonia are made vicereines in Parma, and Hungary subsequently.
1800: Emperor Napoleon I purchases Luisiana from Spain, renaming it "le Ouest Français," or "the French West." Empress Joséphine of France, dies. Emperor Leopold offers his daughter, Maria Johanna. She is crowned "Empress of the French," and delivers a son, Napoleon, ten months later.
1804: Emperor Leopold II dies, and Leopoldina Adelaide is crowned "HIM Holy Roman Empress Leopoldina I, Queen of Sicily, Naples, Sardina and Germany; Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria; Duchess of Guastalla, Parma, and Piacenza." Frederick William III ignores the late-Emperor Leopold II's pragmatic sanction, and refuses to recognize Leopoldina as Holy Roman Empress. Other Protestant states of northern Germany follow.
1805: King Frederick William III of Prussia declares Prussia and his dominions no longer a part of the Holy Roman Empire. Empress Leopoldina sends Hungarian troops to put down rebellion in northern Germany, while recognizing Prussia's secession from the Empire. The Imperial Revolution begins.
1806: While recognizing Leopoldina as Holy Roman Empress, the Parliaments of Hanover and Britain pass the Act of Union of 1806, uniting the British and Hanovrian thrones as the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Hanover"; Thus declaring Hanover free of the Holy Roman Empire. The minor-Protestant states in northern Germany declare their complete independence. Hungarian troops fail to put down the insurrection, aside from Hesse. Napoleon begins construction of the Suez Canal, purchasing the area from the Ottoman Sultan.
1807: The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel dies. His son Austrophilic son, William II, swears loyalty to Empress Leopoldina, and converts to Catholicism. Hessians begin rebelling, causing rebellions in other Rhine-states, causing the "Rhineland Revolution." North German states unite as the "Protestant Confederation of the German Nation," under the Grand Presidency of Frederick William III.
1808: Treaty of Salzburg between the Holy Roman Empire (now reduced to Southern Germany, the Austrian Netherlands, and the Habsburg dominions,) and Protestant Confederation of the German Nation. Leopoldina I recognizes it's sovreignty, in return for Prussia and north-Germany to stop aiding the Rhineland states. Rhineland states unite as the "Federal Union of the Rhinelander Republic," (German: Föderative Gewerkschaft von Te Rhineländer Republik.) Empress Leopoldina marries Louis, Count of Saint-Leu, brother of the French Emperor; A daughter, Antoinetta Christina, is born the same year.
1809: Hessians storm the Landgraviate Palace in Wiesbaden. William II is deposed, and the Hessian Republic is declared. Leopoldina I requests French aid in ending the Rhineland rebellions. Napoleon agrees, and French troops are soon aiding Hungarian troops in the Rhineland. Austrian and Bohemian troops soon join the coalition. Empress Leopoldina gives birth to a son, Charles.
1810-1815: 1810- birth of Archduke Leopold Johann/1812- birth of Archduchess Johanna MagdalenaRhineland Revolutionary War- Treaty of Confederation, or Augsleich, is signed between the Rhinelander Republic and Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire is formally renamed the "Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation" (German: Heiliges römisches Reich von der Österreichischen Nation,) and is to include solely the Habsburg dominions, excluding the Italian holdings. The Rhinelander Republic is to adopt a monarchial government, to be named the Federated Kingdom of the Rhineland (German: Föderatives Königreich vom Rheinland.) The governments are to be completely separate except for foreign affairs, military, and the Holy Roman Empress to serve dually as the Queen of the Rhineland.
1820: The Treaty of Alliance is signed between the French Empire, and Holy Roman Empire-Austria. Empress Leopoldina gives birth to a daughter, Archduchess Maria Carolina.
1825: Archduke Charles Habsburg-Bonaparte, son of Empress Leopoldina is made "King of the Romans," upon his marriage to Maria Christina of Sardinia. Empress Leopoldina betrothes her only daughter, Johanna Magdalena, to the son of Ferdinand VII, the Infante Ferdinand. A daughter, Juana Isabella, is born the same year. Archduke Ludwig is born to Empress Leopoldina. The French begin settling in and around Algiers, and the Algerian region.
1826: King Ferdinand VII of Spain dies, and his son becomes Ferdinand VIII. He is a sickly king, and his wife, Queen Johanna Magdalena, convinces him to abolish Salic Law, so their daughter might succeed him. He dies three months after coronation, and his three-month old daughter is crowned Juana II, and Queen Johanna Magdalena is made Queen-Regent.
1830: Archduke Leopold Charles and Archduchess Johanna Maria, twins, are born to the Empress Leopoldina's eldest son, Archduke Charles and Archduchess Maria Christina. The family is made King and Queen of Naples, and King of Queen of Sicily, thus the loss of the titles and dominions to Empress Leopoldina. Slavery is abolished by all European nations, and the "German Owners," of the southern Virginia-Carolina colonial-confederation emmigrate to Traansval and the Orange Free State.
1831: Napoleon dies, the son of Empress Leopoldina's sister and himself, Crown Prince Napoleon, is crowned Napoleon II. Empress Leopoldina offers her eldest daughter, and Chief Adviser, Archduchess and Princess-Imperial Antoinetta Christina's hand in marriage to the new French Emperor, with the duchies of Guastalla and Parma (along with which came Piacenza,) as her dowry. Napeoleon II agree's, and the two are married.
1835: First Hungarian Rebellion is put down by, shortly after a failed republican coup d'etat in the Empress's dominion in the Rhineland. Neapolitan and Sicilian republicans begin settling in the Austrian sphere of influence in North Africa- Libya.
1840-1842: Second Hungarian Rebellion is put down, in response to the appointment of Archduchess Maria Carolina, as Viceroy of Hungary. King Charles of Naples and Sicily, Crown Prince of Austria, personally funds the Wiederbelebt-Ostend Company, and the Empress grants it a charter to colonize southern Arabia, as a permanent stop on the way to Austrian New Guinea, where the government planned to begin settlements.
1845: The Imperial Neuguinea Company is formed in Vienna, with mainly Bohemian investors, and under the presidency of Archduke Leopold Johann. The Empress grants them a charter, and donates five million pounds to begin construction of ships.
1850: The Bundesversammlung of the Rhineland votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy. Against her council's wishes, the Empress Leopoldina signs the Treaty of Abolition, nulling the Ausgleich, and recognizing the sovreign government of the "United Rhinelander Republic" (German: Vereinten Rheinländer Republik.) Third Hungarian Rebellion is put down, but with French aid. Anti-Austrian sentiment spreads from Hungary, to other "Transleithanian" dominions. The Dalmatian and Kustenlander provinces unite as the "Kingdom & Grand Duchy of Greater Dalmatia," and the new parliament, the Union Diet, passes the first constitution ever in the Habsburg dominions. It's preamble reads "The Kingdom & Grand Duchy of Greater Dalmatia is an inseparable part of the Austrian dominion, and the constitutions and charters of the Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation is the supreme law of the land." The first Austrian settlement in New Guinea, Leopoldiastadt, is finnished on the southern part of the island. The company-government moves there, and divides New Guinea into three provinces: "Neue Niederlande," "Österreichisches Östliches Indien," and "Südliches Inselgebiet;" (English: New Netherland, Austrian East India, and South Island Region.)
1852: The Holy Roman Empire of the Austrian Nation is officially dissolved by Empress Leopoldina, the formerly non-Holy Roman dominions are given back their sovereignty, all in personal union.
1855: Latin American Spanish go under severe re-organization under the Spanish Queen, Juana II. The Cortes and Spanish government are similarily re-organized, like the Dalmatian constitution. Latin America is divided into five autonomous regions: California, Mexico, New Spain, Peru, and Rio de La Plata. The regions are further divided into departments. Meanwhile in Europe, the Napoleonic Code is adopted by Empress Leopoldina, who adjusts it to fit the needs of her non-Transleithanian dominions (The Transleithanian governments and peoples refused to be legally unified with Austria.) It is introduced to the realms as the "Leopoldine Code." The Imperial Constitution is passed by the Imperial Council in Vienna, and all non-Transleithanian realms are legally, and governmentally unified as the "Empire of Austria."
1860: The African colonial powers of France, Britain, Spain, Austria, and Portugal meet in Naples to formally divide Africa, at the Neapolitan Congress. Greece, with the aid of Austria and France, gains independence, with Prince Louis Charles of France, younger son of Napoleon II, as King of the Hellenes.
1861: Empress Leopoldia I dies, and is succeded by her son, Archduke Charles, as Emperor Charles VII. He is the first Austrian monarch not to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor since 1440, as the title is now extinct. The kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, as per previous agreements, are willed to Emperor Napoleon II, who incorporates them as provinces of the French Empire.
1865: Archduke Lepold Charles, the Emperor's eldest son, is made "Crown Prince of Bohemia," the title is declared under the Imperial Constitution Ammendment XXVII, which reads "The Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the Empire of Austria shall be invested with the title of 'Crown Prince of Bohemia,' beginning with the grandson of Her Imperial & Royal Majesty The Empress, upon Her Imperial & Royal Majesty's cessation of life."
1866: Crown Prince Leopold Charles marries Princess Marie Hortense of Greece. Fraternal twins, Archduke Leopold Joseph and Archduchess Carolina Josephina, are born only 5 months after the marriage. The Protestant Confederation of the German Nation is dissolved, and the member states federate into the Prussian Empire, with the Prussian king as sovereign.Prussians begin pursuing interests and settlements of Jews and non-Jews alike in Palestine, and lease many coastal cities from the Ottoman Government.
1870-1881: Hungarian and Slavic Revolutions- The Kingdom of Hungary declares independence as the "Hungarian Consular Republic," with a similar governmental formation to the attempted-French Republic. The French are busy pushing into Algeria, the British in crushing the Quebecois Rebellion in North America, and Spain in restoring order to Rio de La Plata after Aboriginal rebellions. The Slavic dominions unite as the "United Slavic Republic," and declare independence. After a bloody 11 year war, the Emperor is forced to recognize the independence of almost half his nation at the Treaty of Prague. The colonial province of Neue Niederlande petitions Vienna for the incorporation into the Empire as an equal Duchy, under the name of "Duchy of East India." Empress Marie gives birth to another son, Archduke Franz Charles.
1883: Neue Niederlande is made a Grand Duchy, and the Emperor sails to Papua, the provincial capital, and is crowned "Grand Duke of East India." Upon his voyage home, he stops in South Arabia, and is shocked to see the large population, and growth of the colony. Upon returning to Vienna, he declares South Arabia an Imperial Colony, and a Governor-General is appointed to Adensburg (Aden.)
1890: Libya is made an Imperial Colony, and a Governor-General is appointed to Tripolia. Napoleon II of France dies, and is succeded by his son, Louis, as Louis I, Emperor of the French. His wife, whom he devoted his entire life to, dies, months later. He abolishes Salic Law two weeks later, and his daughter, Catherine Josephine, is declared Dauphine-Héritier (Heir-Dauphine) of the Empire. Hungary, the United Slavic Republic, and Greece enter into a compact, named the Grand Balkan League.
1895-1899: Balkan Liberation War- The United Slavic Republic aids the south Serbs and Slavs in the Ottoman Empire in gaining independence. Greece later joins, to unite all ethnic Greeks, and eventually captures Constantinople. The Hungarian Consular Republic also joins, as a member of the Grand Balkan League. The United Slavic Republic takes control of the Slavic population areas, except for Hungarian take-over of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archduke Leopold Joseph married Princess Antonia of Spain, a younger daughter of his distant relative, Juana II of Spain. In 1900, a son, Joseph Ferdinand is born. The Netherlands declare their independence from the United Kingdom (constituency of Hanover.) The British government does not protest.
1900: Great Britain, Prussia, France, Spain, Austria, Denmark-Norway, and Sweden enter into a loose-compact to ensure peace, representatives meeting every year: the International Ambassador Confederence. Emperor Charles VII of Austria dies, and is succeded by his son, Emperor Leopold III. By 1900, German settlements in the Middle East have reached the Euphretes.
1901: Archduchess Maria Honoria is born to Emperor Leopold III. The British and British-governed Boer provinces of southern Africa unite as the Union of South Africa, and become a self-governing dominion.
1910: Louis I of France dies, and his daughter succedes hime as HIM Joséphine, Empress of the French. Archduchess Carolina Josephina, sister of the Emperor Leopold III, marries Crown Prince Ludwig of Prussia, son of Emperor Friedrich. By 1910, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, and the United Slavic Republic have joined the Ambassador Conference. Finland declares independence, and invites Archduke Franz Charles, the Austrian Emperor's younger son, to be crowned King of the Finns, after declining Prince Louis of France's offer.
1911:Emperor Friedrich III of Prussia dies, and his son is declared and Leopold III's daughter, Archduchess Carolina, is crowned "Empress of Prussia," alongside her husband, the new Emperor Ludwig III. Ludwig and Leopold hold a summit in Salzburg, and sign the Habsburg-Hohenzollern treaty, the first treaty between the two nations since the Continental War.
1912-1919: Turkish Wars of Independence- the Jew and non-Jew German populations declare their lands independent of the Sultan's rule, as the "Vereinten deutscher Staat von Palästina" (German: United German State of Palestine
soon, Arabs and Germans in Mosul, Arabia, and Jordan begin revolting, as do the Kurds. The Empire of Prussia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, followed by Persia. The Treaty of Munich recognized the Euphretes west-to the Sea to become an autonomous-colony of the Prussian Empire, with an autonomous Kurdish region in the north. Turkey is allowed east of the Euphretes to the Persian border, with British mandate over the Arab regions. Bahrain to Persia; The Hejaz is united under the conervative, Wahabist al-Hashemite emirs; and remaining Arabia under the liberal, pro-western, al-Saud emirs.1920: Nineteen year old-Archduchess Maria Honoria marries the 67-year old Franz of Liechtenstein a daughter is born, Hereditary Princess Sophie Marie Honore Hortensie of Liechtenstein. The New Guinean crown colonies of Austrian East India and South Island Region are incorporated as full provinces of the Duchy of East India. South Arabia is made a Grand Principality, upon the request of the Jemenit (natives) and Südlicharabers (Austrian colonists and Kreolen- mixed Austrian, Yemeni.)
1925: Prince Franz of Liechtenstein dies, and the Liechtensteinite Civil War between the republican fanction and anti-Salic faction. Austria annexes the principality, allowing Princess Sophie to become the Sovereign Princess, with her mother as regent. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, grandson and heir, marries Princess Astrid of Denmark-Norway. A daughter, Leopoldina Maria Josephina Carolina is born a nine-months later.
1928: Following the Liechtensteinite Civil War, and Austrian support of the anti-Salic faction, Salic Law is abolished in Austria. Emperor Leopold III dies a few weeks later; He is succeded by his grandson, as Emperor Joseph II.
1935-1943: Egyptian Civil War- the Libyan provinces rebel against the Egyptian sultan in Cairo; the north-Libyans favoring the establishment of their own monarchy, the south-Libyans favoring a popular-republic, similar to the failed-French one, or the Hungarian Consular Republic. The Treaty of Marseille is signed by Britain (protector of Egyptian interests
Egypt; Austria (under who's North African sphere of influence Libya fell under the North Libyan Royal State Union of Cyrenaica & Tripolitania; and the United Fezzanese Consular Republic of Southern Libya. The treaty placed North Libya as a mandate of Austria, and South Libya as a mandate of Great Britain.1945: The Prussian colony in the Middle-East becomes a kingdom of the Prussian Empire: Königreich vom Freien Brennt Durch(German: Kingdom of the Free Levant
with the Kurdish region becomin an autonomous emirate of the Prussian Empire, with their own local emir: Autonomes Emirat von preußischem Kurdea (German: Autonomous Emirate of Prussian Kurdea.) Emperor Joseph II dies, and is succeded by his daughter as Empress Leopoldina II Habsburg-Bonaparte. She marries a Boer by the name of Gunnar Bjerk. The State Banner is adopted: Three horizontal stripes: green (prosperity and future), white (purity, and heralding the former Austrian flag), gold (representing the monarchy.) The Governmental Flag also includes the lesser-Coat of Arms; Oddly enough, the Governmental Flag is flow more often than the Civil Flag.1950: Twins, Crown Prince Franz and Princess-Imperial Francesca Carolina, are born to Empress Leopoldina II. The International Ambassador Conference, now including members of the independent North American dominions, is re-named the International Assembly; A High-Council is made up of Great Britain, Prussia, France, Spain, and Austria. the Empire of Austria passes the Civil Rights Act, declaring all races of the Empire equal before the law. Local languages are declared to be co-official (Czech, Italian, Dalmatian, Arabic, Berber, Dutch, and New Guinean-Malay. Islam is declared a state-recognized religion, along with Roman Catholicism.
1950-1965: Age of Discovery- the International Space Agency is formed between France, Spain, and Austria. Soon, the first humans are sent into space, followed by the first rockets, and finally the discovery of nuclear bombs. The Nuclear Conference is held between the nation's possesing the knowledge: Britain, France, and Spain. They inform Prussia and Austria of their findings, and the nations agree to destroy all bombs, and keep the information secret, lest Russian rebels find it, or the Wahabist Fundamentalists that plauged the liberal Federation of Arab Emirates (al-Saud.)
1965-1974: Middle Eastern War- The Kingdom of Hashemite Arabia, the ultra-conservative Wahabist Arab nation, declares war on the FAE, bent on ruling all of Arabia. They warn Britain, Prussia and Austria to evacuate their governments and non-Arab settlers from the region by 1970. In response, the International Assembly sends a multi-national task force of over 150,000 international troops to crush the rebellion. Sunni, and other conservative Arabs revolt in liberal-Persia, liberal-India, Egypt, and North Africa. It becomes a full world war, including the armies of South Africa, Australia, and all the other British dominions. The Treaty of Riydah places the Hejaz under the rule of the FAE, to be occupied by the FAE, Prussia, Austria, Britain, and Egypt for the next five years.
1975: Under the New Peace Party, Austria emerges as the leading liberal nation, by recognizing homosexual marriage, and being the first Catholic nation to disestablish the Church, and form the Ministry of Public Education, free the former-Ministry of Religious Cooperation. Although many schools today are Catholic or Muslim run.
1976: The Austrian Netherlands declare independence by popular referendum. Austria is granted full-use of the port of Brussels. The Empire of Austria is brought down to it's current size. The Government Reform Act is passed, making the Empire of Austria the last West European autocratic-empire to adopt a parliamentary monarchy. The Grand National Assembly is formed from the former two-houses of parliament, and the Chancellor became the Head of Government.
1980: Karolina von Lintz becomes the first woman elected Chancellor. Transportables (cell phones,) become popular in Austria. The Movie Industry moves to Venice, after ultra-conservative Congregationalists in New England banish them from Augusta, the former movie industry capital.
1980-Today: Austria continues to grow in it's economy, especially after the Massachusian Revolution forces the International Exchange to move from Boston to Vienna, where it is re-named the Imperial Vienesse Stock Exchange. Austria has the largest number of rail-roads in Europe, and in 2004, Damien Johannesburg-Hassan became the first Libyan (also of South African descent), to be elected Chancellor, and first gay man elected to lead any country. Austria has been ruled by the New Peace Party, a green-liberal party since the 1970's, and is also a leading nation in international peace, and donates millions of dollars annually to fighting poverty.
