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Franz Joseph I
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1914
July
28
Key event
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
On 28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia by telegram. That same night Belgrade was shelled and the First World War began.
1916
October
21
Key event
Assassination of Prime Minister Stürgkh
On 21 October 1916 in a Vienna restaurant the socialist Friedrich Adler shot Austrian Prime Minister Karl Stürgkh, who had ruled without parliament since 1914.
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Körber becomes Austrian prime minister
On 28 October 1916, a week after Stürgkh was killed, Franz Joseph I made Ernest von Körber, head of government in 1900–1904, prime minister of Austria.
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21
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Death of Franz Joseph
On 21 November 1916 the 86-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I died at Schönbrunn after almost 68 years on the throne. His great-nephew Charles I succeeded him.