Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires: 1806-1918

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Years of War & the Biedermeier Period (1806-1848)

A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(19th century; transcriptions and translations)
Preliminary report of the battles reached by Archduke Charles commanding and Austrian army, and defeat of the Francez army on the banks of the Danube, commanded by Bonaparte on May 21 and 22
According to the Official Bulletin published by order of St. A. Imperial the Archduke
In cooperation with Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
(1809; Portuguese facsimile)
Treaty between Napoleonic France and Austria. Austria surrendered territory. Also known as the Treaty of Vienna.
(October 14, 1809; English translation)
Volume 5: A compilation of obituaries from the lower part of Austria under Diocese Pataviensis.
(1819; Latin facsimile)
"As political master of the Austrian Empire, he was the architect of an alliance system among the European powers after Napoleon's defeat - a system which tried to undo the damage to traditional dynastic politics wrought by the French revolution."
Fordham University
(1820; English translation)
Book - Imprints of Coins. Includes coins from around Italy as well as Austria and Germany.
(1827; Italian; facsimile with index)
From the Avalon Project.
(1829-1909; English translations and transcriptions)
From copy in the Austrian State Archives.
(30 January 1839; transcription in Italian)
Large compilation of European primary documents. Topics include prelude to war, road to war, world at war, war poetry, home front, towards a conclusion and aftermath.
(1839-1919; English transcriptions and translations)
Familienstatut
(1839; German transcription)

Post-Revolutionary Austria (1848–1866)

Digital archive searchable chronologically or geographically.
(1848-1849; facsimiles of pamphlets, placards, documents, newspapers, official print sources, graphics)
Source: 60 Jahre auf Habsburgs Throne (Vienna: Pallas, 1908). vol. I, pp. 2263-265.
(28 April, 1859; German transcription)
A Paris correspondence's report of the treaty between France, Austria, and Sardinia.
(1859; English facsimile)
More than an armistice, less a treaty. Regulated the situation between Prussia and Austria and formally concluded hostilities between them.
(1866; English translation)
Like many others, the British initially regarded Bismarck’s policy as reckless and likely to lead to Prussia’s defeat; later, Loftus conceded that no other state seemed capable of charting a path toward German unification.
(1866; English transcription)

Dual Monarchy (1867-1914)

Supplement to Issue No. 883 of the Neue Freie Presse.
Polemic published by Franz Freiherr von Sommaruga. (Vienna: C. Gerold's Sohn, 1867)
Summarizes concerns for Austria about recommendations of the Hungarian Parliament regarding the imminent Double Monarchy.
(February 14, 1867; German transcriptions)
from the Hungarian point of view: Landesgesetz-Sammlung für 1865-1867.
2nd improved official ed. (Pest, 1872).
(12 June 1867; transcription)
  • Die Dezemberverfassung (The December Constitution) consists of the following six parts, together establishing legal parameters for the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy within the non-Hungarian lands: <be>
Constitution amending the earlier constitution of 1861 and setting up the parameters of the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy in force for the non-Hungarian lands. (R.G.Bl. 141/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section for the rights of citizens in the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 142/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section setting up a supreme court mechanism for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 143/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section establishing judicial powers for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 144/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section establishing parliamentary and executive powers for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 145/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Also known as: Delegationengesetz (R.G.Bl. 146/1867)
The operational law (until 1918) for all lands of the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional epilogue establishing the point in time at which the above six laws forming the December Constitution should go into effect for for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 147/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise (Ausgleich) of 1867 created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. Signed by Franz Joseph of Austria and a Hungarian delegation the compromise granted the Hungarian government in Budapest equal legal status to the Austrian government in Vienna. A monarch common to both nations would be held responsible for the army, navy, foreign policy, as well as a customs union.
(1867; English translation)
Most of the agreements deal with trade.
(1868-1902; German)
"The digitized collection documents Freud's founding of psychoanalysis, the maturation of psychoanalytic theory, the refinement of its clinical technique, and the proliferation of its adherents and critics."
Compiled by The Library of Congress
(1871-1939; German facsimiles with English interface; photo)
From the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities
In cooperation with ARTSTOR.
(1872-1951; photos]
Russia and Austria-Hungary agreed to this treaty in Budapest.
Both parties agree not to expand military operations and pledge mutual support in the case that the Ottoman Empire collapsed. Austria-Hungary agrees to be neutral in the case that Russia has another war with the Ottoman Empire.
(15 January 1877; Russian transcription)
Book with texts of the treaties and their translations
(1879-1914; English facsimile)
Book edited by Prince Richard Metternich and translated by Mrs Alexander Napier
(1880; English facsimile
Treaty between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.
(May 20-28, 1882; English transcription)
Agreement between European powers on the partition of West Africa.
(February 26, 1885; English)
Browsable by alphabetical title or by year.
Available in English, German, or Italian interface.
(19th to 20th centuries; newspaper facsimiles in German or Ladino language)
”In German. von Suttner was a Austrian pacifist, writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Her memoirs mention the defeat of the Italians at Adowa and the Italian anti-war movement.”
Stanford Library
(19th century; German facisimile; photographs)
A major book digitization project of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History.
For an overview of subjects, click on "Systematik."
Also provides browsing by title and author.
(19th century; facsimiles and transcriptions)
'Please forgive me, I could not resist love' are the last words of the mistress of Crown Prince Rudolf before they were both found shot.
(1889; German facsimile with English interface; photographs)
Adele Crepaz explains her opposition to women's suffrage due to already-existent female superiority: "A girl's intelligence is quicker, her ambition greater, her moral consciousness more highly developed...Let us suppose women's equality with man to be an established fact, we then have the woman standing side by side with man in the great arena of life, fighting for the same aims, the same rights, unconsciously, without will or intention, injuring his interests."
More information about the book and its effects found HERE.
(1893; English translation; book facsimile)
Original manuscripts by Theodor Herzl in response to the anti-Semitism exposed by the Dreyfus affair. “The Jews will get Palastine!"
In cooperation with Shapell
(1896; French and English facsimiles; photographs)
"This article first appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine."
(March 1898; English transcription)
The diary of Empress Sissi's Greek teacher and companion
(1899; German facsimile)
Documents and online portal for Austrian history in the 20th century
Österreich und die europäische Integration
From Universität Innsbruck
(20th century; German)
By Mary Edith Durham. A book of her travels including Montenegro, Serbia, and other lands, during the time of Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(1904; English)
Austrian anarchist newspaper.
(1907-1914; German facsimiles)
Mostly observations for security in Austria, France, Germany, and Poland.
Includes observation of Communist International (Comintern) and other communist organizations and unions.
Documents were taken by the Soviet Union from Germany after WWII.
Part of the German Docs in Russian project.
(1912-1945; German facsimiles, site available in German and Russian)
Signor Giolitti received a telegram from Marquis di San Giuliano suggesting Austria-Hungary's plan to attack Serbia.
(1913; English translation)
Eyewitness accounts of the assassination
In cooperation with Eye Witness to History
(June 1914; English transcription)

World War I (1914-1918)

"The Rainbow Book:" German White Book, Austro-Hungarian Red Book, English Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Serbian Blue Book and Belgian Grey Book: The Negotiations Leading to War.
Ed. Max Beer (Bern: Wyss, 1915)
A chronological combination of significant documents from the diplomatic archives of the various belligerent countries.
(1915; Facsimile)
  • Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
    Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War
Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)
2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in full-text searchable transcriptions)
Erster Teil - 28. Juni bis 23. Juli 1914
Zweiter Teil - 24. Juli bis 28. Juli 1914
Dritter Teil - 29. Juli bis 27. August 1914
In the following extract from his memoirs Morgenthau offers thoughts on both his own and others' reaction to news of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in late June 1914.
(July 1914; English transcription)
This Section of WWI/WWW is concerned with the publication of primary documents of the Medical aspects, Military and Civilian, of World War One
(1914-1918; English)
Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)
2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in print-format transcriptions)
Diplomatic Documents leading to World War I.
Section I, Numbers 1 to 19, Appendices 1 and 2.
(1914; English translations)
Footage of royals, including the funeral of Franz Joseph
Compiled by British Pathe
(1914-1922; videos; English interface)
("Diplomatic Correspondence on the Relations of Austria-Hungary to Italy from 20 July 1914 to 23 May 1915")
(20 July 1914 - 23 May, 1915; facsimiles of correspondence in German and French)
Documenting events from before Sarajevo until after Versailles.
(pre-1914 to post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
About 400 photos from WWI Germany and Austria.
From New York Public Libary (NYPL) digital collections.
(1914-1918; photos with German captions, Russian interface)
The war story of a violinist - by Fritz Kreisler
(1915; English transcription, photographs)
The opinions of the governments and businesses of Germany, Austria, and Hungary in regard to the question of new regulations of the trade relations between the allied monarchs.
(1916; German facsimile)
Stopped warfare between Italy and Austria-Hungary.
(1918; English translation)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, for the one part, and Russia, for the other part, declare that the state of war between them has ceased.
From the Avalon Project
(1918; English)
Unemployment benefits for returned soldiers.
(1918; German facsimile)
By FRIEDRICH GRAF SZÁPÁRY on the crisis years of 1908-1913
(1931; German transcription)

Other Collections

Listed by newspaper title or by year.
An ambitious project of the Austrian National Library in cooperation with the Parlamentsbibliothek.
(1738 to the present; facsimile pages)
Various decrees, letters, accounts, and other documents relating to Austria-Russia union.
(1759-1887; Russian translations and transcriptions)
Gateway to the institute's digital collection of artifacts documenting German-speaking Jewry in the modern era.
Basic and advanced search capabilities, along with browse options.
Includes archival materials, memoirs and manuscripts, art, books and periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings.
(16th to 21st centuries)
Includes manuscripts, poster musical manuscripts and other documents.
From the Austrian National Library.
(German)

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