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Karl von Stürgkh
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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.
28
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.