Ten Minute History - The Austro-Hungarian Empire (Short Documentary)

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This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers the birth, rise, stagnation and swift fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Beginning with the 1848 Revolutions through the 1867 compromise this episode will take a look at the political and social issues the empire had. It covers the reign of Ferdinand, Franz Joseph and Karl I (Charles I) and how the empire launched the First World War which would ultimately be its downfall. The episode finishes by cover the treaties which were signed after the war and carved up the empire into the nations of eastern and central Europe.
Ten Minute History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.
Recommended books:
A Concise History of Austria - Steven Beller. A fantastic book which covers all of Austrian History whilst pointing out the relevant parts of Hungarian history, too.
The Last Years of Austria-Hungary - Mark Cornwall.

[@martinm3394]

Hungary: the landlocked kingdom without a king led by an admiral

[@deniszdrv4601]

We didn't have a king, because Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia threatened us that they will attack Hungary if they truly restore the monarchy

[@antoni0482]

Horty "I don't know how to write his name" were like a regent to their nation.

[@hunorfarkas6531]

@@deniszdrv4601 Actually,we HAD the chance to have a king,the trianon treaty made romanians and Czechslovakians unable to attack Hungary,it's just that we didn't have anyone,who could claim the crone

[@512TheWolf512]

@@hunorfarkas6531 wow, I didn't know international treaties had the power to change laws of physics! I guess Molotov-Ribentropp pact was some sorta different kind of treaty then

[@hunorfarkas6531]

@@512TheWolf512 You know what I was trying to say. And no,they wouldn't have attacked Hungary,they didn't have some world-changing army,like Germany had. French legion was also there to ensure nothing will happen

[@HistoryMatters]

Corrections: 1) Budapest was created in 1873, not 1878. Sorry about that. 2) Only South Tyrol was lost to Italy after World War 1.

[@anguscovoflyer95]

i find it funny, the way you kill individuals off.

[@filippodaidone738]

Austria gave Veneto to Prussia not to French.

[@filippodaidone738]

*France

[@Marylandbrony]

covoflyer I wonder if one of them one day will be a person dissolving into dust.

[@ConorMcgregor322]

South Tyrol and Istria were both lost to Italy, however Italy lost most of Istria after world war 2 and today the region is divided among Italy, Croatia and Slovenia.

[@ahennessy7998]

Students: "We want rights!" Austria:"I grant you the right to be shot."

[@noblenaveragemanointernet2582]

America : "interesting..."

[@australiananarchist480]

*COUGH* 1989 *COUGH*

[@RonJohn63]

Rights are granted by force, not whining.

[@Zero-ek2wr]

Nothing happened on june 4th 1989

[@Nen._.o]

hmm nothing happend in 1989 and why is the Chinese government outside of my house?

[@princekrazie]

I like how Franz Josef basically lasted this entire video.

[@yarpen26]

Fun fact: Queen Elizabeth II has yet to rule for as long as he did (she will catch up to him next year though).

[@AgentTasmania]

From some WWI video: "Franz Joseph proved he could actually die"

[@bezukaking6860]

Then his career suffered a slight setback... can you guess what happened?

[@ribbonrides886]

also, what a catastrophe his rule was :)

[@TrueLimeyhoney]

yarpen26 it has been 14 days as of now since Elizabeth has reigned longer than him!

[@CommissarMitch]

"His career suffered a slight setback: He died"

[@malsypright]

Tis but a minor inconvenience!

[@ultra_epic_guy5966]

Thud*

[@Sami-ep2jg]

This was perfect timing

[@metaltrombone549]

It seems I have found you in a comment section, again. We shall meet again eventually dear Swedish man

[@talhahhussain5603]

@@malsypright Tis but a flesh wound!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Why can’t political parties have cool names like “The Iron Ring” anymore?

[@cfcdougiecfc1]

History House Productions Because the ones that do are usually fascist crackpots. Golden Dawn being a decent example of a quality name decided on by people with shit ideas.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

cfcdougiecfc1 That is indeed true. The old Black Hand group in Serbia is another example.

[@esbenandersen5706]

cfcdougiecfc1 to be fair, some communist and third world authoritarian crackpots also have cool names. It's mostly just when you have to run for Parliament in democracies that you settle for boring, descriptive names like "Green", "Liberal", "Labour" or "Christian-Democratic" parties. The democratic developing countries also have boring names like "National Congress" or "Democratic Labour Party". Meanwhile, "Fifth Republic Movement", "Patriotic Front" or "Democratic People's Republic" are baller names.

[@xal3xmedia]

Monster Raving Loony party is a hilarious name for a party in the UK

[@merrittanimation7721]

Then you have the Know Nothings from the U.S (Yes I realize their official name was the American Party but nobody called them that) which is just silly

[@thefunmuffin9889]

The Iron Ring sounds like a badass political party

[@williamsledge3151]

Thefunmuffin or a giant space station

[@im.koyami]

or a death metal band

[@mauricioaguilar7227]

And the Romanian one too: Iron Guard

[@Iason29]

Sounds more like a terrorist/anarchist organisation

[@reinatr4848]

@@Iason29 well these have badass names

[@The_OneManCrowd]

My Great-great grandmother was Croatian and she could speak Italian, Ruthenian, and Polish as well. She was from Trieste and I remember her showing me a "Maria-Teresa" coin when I was a boy. Of course she was a Croatian nationalist, but spoke fondly of living in the AHE and lamented the loss of "Her" empire. My grandmother, her daughter, my father's mother, returned immediately after WW2 to reappropriate some family property before the city was given over to Italian authorities, and showed me a photo album of B&W photos of when she was there.

[@syedtahaahmed3208]

So u saw your grandparents's grandparent wow. That is 5 generations living at a time

[@unoriginalhazard]

@@syedtahaahmed3208 it's actually possible if you have kids young. My kids love spending time their great grandfather (84). If my kids have kids the same age as I did and then their kids had kids by the time I'm 70 I would be a great great grandfather, add another 20 years and it'll be great great great lol.

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

@@unoriginalhazard why?

[@unoriginalhazard]

@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 why what

[@Dracovenatrix]

@@unoriginalhazard my grandparents were both 54 years old when I was born and my mom like 35

[@Austrian_Butcher]

OverSimplified: Germany was totally rekked by the treaty of Versailles! Austria - Hungary: Am I a joke to you?

[@settratheimperishable3491]

can't really compare them

[@Dezember_Kreuz]

Austria hungary was an empire on three legs

[@andreshernandez06]

British Guy that’s the flag of Bulgaria....

[@louis-philippegirard7608]

@@britishguy7031 When you cry over Austria-Hungary but cant tell the difference between the Hungarian and the Bulgarian flags

[@kreuzritter4898]

@@britishguy7031 Bruh 🇦🇹🇭🇺

[@dialaskisel5929]

"List of people who are unemployed: 1: You" Ain't that the truth?

[@ramicane1671]

5:05 “Ah yes, the universally known empire; Australia-Hungary”

[@auritro3903]

69 likes don't ruin it

[@ooi97]

Hungry Australia

[@chrislyons5556]

@@ooi97 Hungry australia, lol. this comment was gold. australia was hungry for hungarian booty.

[@ericpraline]

@@chrislyons5556 Hungry Jack‘s

[@auritro3903]

@@ooi97 lmao

[@nikolay4101-s7r]

"Russia will remember that" - LOL

[@slavicvasenin6685]

That's from video game Batman: The Enemy Within

[@NexusBreach]

Slavic 96 it’s also from every other telltale game

[@zulax4419]

I instantly thought about Life is Strange...

[@justachannel6612]

Why am I thinking about the battle of Stalingrad

[@hoyintse2454]

The Austro-Hungarian empire would only make maters worse if they joined, because the Italians alone would defeat them.

[@cheetahboy0127]

3:12 “Austria lost Venice but gave it to France because they didn’t feel like Italy had earned it and France gave it to Italy”

[@gideonmele1556]

Because as shown throughout Italy’s history, it can’t fight a war without being carried by their allies. Also, they wanted control of Italy and Italian nationalism was both a threat and a joke to the Habsburgs. At least France was an old, respectable foe even if hated. It was a silly move but it was definitely an insult to the Italians (plus France exchanged it with Italy for dropping Italian claims over Savoy and Nice).

[@Iapetus7849]

@@gideonmele1556 Basically being a dick even when you lose --> fostering nationalism and hatred

[@ventu7907]

If Austria didn’t treat Italy so badly I can assure you Italy wouldn’t have attacked it during WWI

[@GRANFRA99]

@@gideonmele1556 not dropping claims, but giving the land

[@idek6585]

@@ventu7907 Austro-Hungarian - Italian relations were pretty terrible afterwards, it had nothing to do with that. The only reason that they made a semi alliance was because of Germany, and because it was believed that it would help them both, kind of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, mutual beneficence. They didn't have to join the WW1 because the Triple Alliance was a defense pact, and this was an offensive war so they had every right and reason to remain neutral; and also because they had declared war in Serbia, and there was an agreement between the two that if they wanted to change stuff in the Balkans they would have to consult each other; and Austra-Hungary did not consult Italy and so they didn't have to support them anyway.

[@jan-willemvankaathoven914]

Considering its confusing political system and total lack of strategic foresight it is a miracle the empire lasted as long as it did and even had a cultural and scientific bloom before it fell apart.

[@AnchisesGamer]

The death effects are so funny, especially with the sign that said *thud*

[@Dustin_Bins]

*thud*

[@3davidszabo]

To make matters more complicated, Franz-Joseph took this opportune moment, to kick the bucket....Now that really made my day.

[@evanb1470]

"Sire! The peasants are revolting!" "Yes. And they smell bad too!"

[@robertjarman3703]

Took the time to kick the bucket, lol.

[@karenarmstrong8141]

*opportun

[@anguscovoflyer95]

THUD

[@franzjosefi7327]

indeed

[@charlieduke6393]

Dude, one of the main reasons I love this channel and it’s content is the narrators sarcasm in regards to death murders etc. Perfect example ”His career suffered a slight setback when he died”. I get a little laugh every time I hear one of those stupid one liners. Great writing, in my opinion.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

The accent supports it well too.

[@The_whales]

Franz Joseph had a serve case of kicking the bucket is a famous way of saying he died, and I like it

[@krisztiangere4653]

I really enjoyed the video, but I would like to add a few corrections: - In the Hungarian Revolution, Hungarian independence was only declared on 14. April 1849, not in 1848. - The 1868 Hungarian nationality law was considered very liberal at the time it was created. However, it became outdated by the end of the 19th century. - Budapest was unified in 1873, not in 1878. - There are considerable Hungarian minorities also in modern day Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia and Slovenia, not only in Transylvania. Apart from that, I think this video is a good summary.

There is Hungarian minority in Slovenia too. But dont worry he forgotten to mention Slovenians in video too.

[@predacorneliu]

In Romania magyars remains in same number after 100 years but in Hungary Romanians is half. Hungary destroyed Romanians minority with the assimilation policy.

[@knaffir9962]

"same" yeah after trianon it was 31% and at the beginning of 21th century it was around 20% so yeah very the "same" number....

[@predacorneliu]

@@knaffir9962 1,5 milion in 1918 and now around 1,5 million people. The problem is Romanians who was decimated in 100 years.

[@predacorneliu]

@Rajmund Csombordi Romanians lives in Hungary from 900 y. You are stupid or illiterate, go to school and study. Your level of knowledge is so low, this explains whay you build a fences around your borders.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

"The empire was split into two." That statement almost never leads to anything good...

[@DOGSIRrrjf]

Roma..

[@TragicTester034]

Byzant…

[@chrislyons5556]

I have family that have lived this aspect of history. My great grandfather Paul Kipa lived in Poland and migrated from Poland to the United States during World War I when Poland was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The fact that the empire was split into two is the reason why my great grandfathers migration record just said "Poland, Austria" instead of 'Poland, Austria-Hungary'.

[@cevabanal8418]

@@chrislyons5556 Austro-hungary empire wasn't mentioned on the official documents

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

Well, never anything good for the Empire that is

[@Ejeby]

1867-1918 0:01 March 13 1848 Vienna: govt shoots protestors 0:20 wanted to form states along ethnic lines ; very ethnically diverse empire 1:20 June 1849 Austria invades Hungary (which had declared itself independent) 1:25 by 1852 the central govt of Vienna had a firm grip over territory ; Franz Joseph absolute ruler 1:45 Austria indebted to Russia for helping put down the Hungarian revolt; but when Russia asked for help in Crimean War, but Austria refused, souring relations when Russia lost 1:59 in 1859 the Austrians are goaded into war with Piedmont-Sardegna, who France quickly comes to aid; Austria loses, ceding its wealthies province, Lombardy, to Piedmont-Sardegna 2:18 House of Deputies House of Lords ; nobody happy 3:00 1866 Austria lost in part because Italians joined Prussians 3:12 Austria lost Venice but gave it to France because felt Italians hadn't earned it (what does that mean??) before France gave it to them anyway 3:30 formation of Austro-Hungarian Empire; supposed to have separate rulers but share some foreign affairs ; 4:35 1878 Balkan Ottomans defeated by Russia; Austria-Hungary occupies; further sours relations with Russia 5:10 Empire goes more Slavic; Germany doesn't like 5:25 Taaffe's Reforms ; eventually ousted ; minority struggles 6:15 Hungarians wants army to speak Hungarian not German 6:40 didn't participate in scramble for Africa or try for global empire since lacked Navy to protect it 6:55 the only ally left was Germany 7:20 assassination of Franz Ferdinand 8:10 minority ethnicities still want representation or independence

[@Derperfier]

I feel like Austria Hungary got the worse end of the loss than Germany.

[@MisterSpinalzo]

in terms of territory loss, yes, but not in terms of reparations

[@user-zz3sn8ky7z]

Not really, they "just" lost lots of land. Germany was totaly economicaly destroyed while some parts of A-H like Austria or Czechoslovakia became quite rich

[@kostam.1113]

Ummm You really can't compare Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany despite loosing some territories and a regime change still remained Germany. While Austria-Hungary completely ceased to exit, and what has been left were 2 unstable and small countries of Hungary and Austria.

[@Leo-uu8du]

@@kostam.1113 The country of Austria was even forced by the allies. The Austrians themselves wanted the new state to be named Noric Republic to sound more like a new country (which it actually was), but the allies needed an Austria in order the get reparations and territory from it, so they forced the name on the German speaking part of old Austria. The Austrians then wanted to name their country German-Austria to show that they are just the German speaking part of old austria, because there was also the Czechoslovak-Austria, etc. The allies forbid it again because they wanted only one Austria.

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

Moe Greene Well,Germany had colonies,they lost about 3 million square kilometers of territory compare 600-650.000 square kilometers for destruction of Austria-Hungary.

[@hemmingwayfan]

I blame Conrad von Hotzendorf

[@stardust6097]

He was a good general.

[@RockNRollHorrorshow]

We all blame Von Hotzendorf Man had a great stache tho

[@anttibjorklund1869]

He was only good as a mannequin for Hotzensocks!

[@a.morphous66]

Star dust I don’t see how you can say that when he launched THREE failed winter assaults in the Carpathians in the same spot and with the same demoralized and undersupplied troops every time. And then he somehow managed to get into a stalemate with the guy who was arguably the most incompetent person in the entire war, Luigi Cadorna. He was NOT a good general.

[@kgius7434]

hemmingwayfan good man💪 he was an idiot and traitor

[@memer7987]

Me: I’m hungry... Austria: Wanna make a dual monarchy?

[@R2_Audio_]

Hahhaha its really boring you know

[@scottmalkinson9545]

It’s not a monarchy any more then?

[@gggggggggggggggggg161]

You are hungry for a kick in the face you antisemitic shit

[@trollinape2697]

@@gggggggggggggggggg161 lmao why are u even triggered?

[@DTD110865]

@@bosnianantediluvian4067 Umm, Emperor, Israel only attack the Palestinians when the Palestinians attack them.

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

*name a more iconic duo I’ll wait*

[@_NeoImperia_]

Kaiser welhilm Franz joseph The ottoman guy that noone cares about

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

Yousef Wahed that’s a trio

[@_NeoImperia_]

Ash Ketchum how about vader and palpatine

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

Yousef Wahed hitler and Mussolini

[@keanunmoskaluk3518]

Ash Ketchum Mussolini and incompetence

[@Medicine91]

Why did Germany give Austria a blank Czech? So, they wouldn't go Hungary

[@UnholyWrath3277]

This comment is criminally unappreciated

[@awc6007]

Oh you son of a bitch LOL

[@Perririri]

They should have instead swallowed up Turkey with _a side_ of Greece!!

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

@@Perririri Excellent one!

[@crqf2010ruler]

@@Perririri That would have been Frenchly a Swiss thing.

[@RankinMsP]

"Trouble occurred when a crowd, mostly made up of students, demanded more rights and the government obliged...by shooting them.." This is why I keep coming back

[@littledovecitydust]

Kent State

[@Kira-no666]

Communist China: "Amateurs"

[@littledovecitydust]

@@Kira-no666 fake news

[@KrazyKrab7]

@@littledovecitydust fake account

[@anagramconfirmed1717]

Commie swine got what they had coming to them. They got too few imo.

[@jamestang1227]

*Complete success, I see no issues here, carry on.*

[@michaelmoore4043]

What happened to the people who had the people

[@Mike9201984]

The James Tang Seal of Approval

[@RealClutchMcGee]

“Friends?” “Im old now”

[@ryanrusch3976]

Pretty nuts to think that during that whole time Austria only went through 3 monarchs and the first and last guy barely counted.

[@Zeruel3]

Ferdinand I gets slated as being an imbecile but in writings of those who knew him at the imperial court he was known to have had a sharp mind and was fond of Bohemia/Czechia. Unfortunately he was epileptic and had a dozen seizures a day, so he wasn't really capable of ruling much of anything. After he abdicated he retired to live in Prague castle and the Czechs still call him Ferdinand the Good. Karl I was pretty much screwed, he tried to negotiate a secret peace with France in 1917 to try and preserve the empire and offering France anything it wanted. All it did was make France realize that if Austria-Hungary was that desperate they were on the ropes and wouldn't last much longer anyway. And they were right. Karl I took the throne far too late to affect any real changes, which is a shame since he'd actually served in the army during the war and knew how awful things were. he was also willing to grant the slavic peoples equal rights to the Austrians and Hungarians but by then that wasn't enough, they wanted out

[@-Eisenfaust-]

Why is that "nuts"? Great Britain for example also had only three monarchs (Victoria, Edward VII and George V) during this period. In addition, only Austria-Hungary had three monarchs, Austria itself had many in its history.

[@neveniusvondubowatz7705]

5:06 - Australia-Hungary :D

[@louiscz6784]

Dafuck ?

[@madalingeorge5594]

It says Austria....

[@arandomyoutubeaccount3166]

Guys, there's an Australian in the background and the flag has changed. You didn't notice?

[@nick0875]

If only Franz Joseph had emus, the Russians and Serbians wouldn't have known what hit them.

[@jeromydoerksen2603]

Your maps are your bread and butter. Keep up the good work

[@MightyMarsh]

Another great video. Sometimes short videos are the best way to learn new information regarding history.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

"The Austrians were defeated because they hadn't adapted to the new technologies and because the Italians had joined the Prussians." Well that and the Prussian forces were being led by Helmuth von Moltke, one of the most brilliant military commanders of his time.

[@JH-zs3bs]

and the Prussians having a larger railway system with which they could transport troops to the battlefield quickly

[@planescaped]

The technology gap during the Austro-Hungarian Prussian war was extreme though and the only modern war in history where one side had a massive technological advantage. Prussia had the Dreyse Needle Rifle, a rapid firing, breech loading, paper cartridge rifle. Austria-Hungary were still using muzzle loaders...

[@sebastianpijov8708]

@@planescaped Well, the only modern war between major nations with a large technological gap between the two sides.

[@philipp0209]

and two-front war, also the prussians had better fire-arms but the austrians better artillery and small arms kind of decided the fight

[@magnusengeseth5060]

The German army was probably a little bit more streamlined than the AH army as well. To do well as an officer in the German army you should, of course, speak German. Preferably with a East Prussian accent for extra oomph if you had serious career ambitions. To do well in the AH army you should be able to give orders in German, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Ruthenian, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Italian etc.

[@TheMCzorro]

With all the mentions of moments that "threatened to tear the empire apart", it's actually a miracle that it stayed together for as long as it did

[@bluepanther4245]

The passive resistence of the Hungarian nobility is absolutely missed out.

[@szarvaskoppany]

Maybe because it wasn't as significant as the Hungarians like to think.

[@alm9322]

​​@@szarvaskoppanyIt kind of paralised the Austro-Hungarian Empire during it's whole existence, so I wouldn't call it insignificant.

[@szarvaskoppany]

@@alm9322 It didn't. The paralisation firce was overplayed by writers writing afterwards, trying to justify their positions after the deal.

[@rishichopra1130]

Who says that?: “You haven’t earned this province coz you didn’t fight well enough”😂😂

[@holczy0]

Austria

[@vincenzochianese9378]

But Prussia made herself a treaty whit France for giving Venice to Italy because Prussia said to italy in a treaty that the war sill not be over until Venice was given to Italy

[@sentteri]

Great video, trying to cram Austia-Hungary in 10 minutes is a daunting task. :D Also, thank you for doing videos about less well known entities. It feels like time is forgetting the Ottoman and Habsburg domains and their effects on the world.

[@blktenor]

@Абдульзефир you sound hateful and totally inaccurate.

[@blktenor]

@Абдульзефир yep, daughter, you do

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

In Hungary this period takes up a LOT of history class XD Especially the revolution.

[@freeicecreamyo7530]

Love the Australia-Hungarian flag in the background at 5:09

[@lostbutfreesoul]

I highly recommend Extra Credits: The Seminal Tragedy series for an interesting view on the build up to WW1. It is actually shocking how many attempts to avoid The Great War simply failed. One wrong turn, One diplomat dead by heart attack, and one king could not be found at all because... well, vacation. It really has all the workings of a great tragic play and is well presented by Extra Credits. Can be found on youtube easily.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

EC is one of my favourite channels

[@chrislyons5556]

I have family that have lived this aspect of history. My great grandfather Paul Kipa lived in Poland and migrated from Poland to the United States during World War I when Poland was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

It is just amazing how these simple, two dimensional, blocky characters resemble the actual people they represent!

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

One of my close friends is half Hungarian, and his great-grandparents lived in Hungary when it was defeated and partitioned. The lived in a village that ended up being only a couple of kilometres outside of the new, smaller Hungary, and for the rest of their lives they were treated absolutely terribly by their new countrymen solely for being Hungarian. My friend still feels genuine anger at how Hungary was partitioned and even to this day wants Hungary to reclaim its lost lands.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Big comfort to them after being discriminated against and bullied because they happened to live in a country they had no choice of.

[@cs0345]

+The Romanian Atheist In these days, empires will never form again. Nobody can declare wars just to get the biggest name on the map anymore without causing WWIII.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Who said they discriminated against others?

[@AEIOU05]

I as an Austrian feels the same towards south tyrol. The people there are predominately Austrian and they all speak german. It should be part of Austria or at the very least become independent.

[@AEIOU05]

The Italians can keep Trentino, it's Italian and i respect that. Even Franz Josef said : "They can keep the Italian provinces, but they won't get one inch of german soil!"

[@clytorismcmeme8012]

Im brazilian and I recently discovered that my Italian heritage has a huge hungarian percentage. Don't you wish to know more about your parent's from like 1000 years ago...? I mean... just for curiosity, genetics can say something interesting. Also for respect, of course, these people survived some hard times for us to be here. Gratitude is the least we could have. Cheers for my italian/hungarian blood brothers and sisters. ^^)

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

Maybe he was fighting the turks or something

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

Genetically your ancestors 1000 years ago are likely to be all Europeans, if not humans, who lived at that time.

[@wernermoeser4440]

You can make a DNA-test nowadays that reveals the countries of your ancestors. : )

[@erinaxel8562]

5:03 An Australian in Austria? Unthinkable!

[@ondrejcerny13]

The Austro-Prussian war was mainly about who would unify the german nations. Prussia won in the battle of Hradec Kralove, so it unified Germans and created the German empire.

[@somnolentea]

Wasn’t it the north German federation? If I recall correctly the German empire formed after the Franco Prussian war

[@poisonarrow0631]

Lmao the board said: "People who are unemployed: You." 6:14 lmao

[@Bayern_Supremacy]

Grandpa: *wakes up from coma* Grandson: hey, wanna watch a football match? Grandpa: sure, which teams are playing? Grandson: Austria and Hungary Grandpa: and what is the other country?

[@patrickdurham8393]

Love this channel! I turned my 32 year old son who has never been a history fan onto it and he's hooked.

[@bluesaberproductions8991]

1:44 I saw that coming. You get used to these "setbacks."

[@aleksandarvil5718]

8:20 "...Franz Joseph took this opportune moment and He Kicked. The Bucket." **falling down** 😅😂😂😂😂

[@OneOnOne1162]

My country tis of thee Austria-Hungary. Obey your king!

[@Wanking_wanker]

5:50 wow he seems to be a good fellow I wonder what affect on history he has

[@spartandud3]

In case anyone is interested the full name of Austria-Hungary is The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen.

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

"Took this opportune moment to kick the bucket" had me immediately. Had to rewind and laugh at that phrase twice

[@alpha3488]

There's a mistake you also made in another video, the Austria-Hungarian Navy was by 1914 the 6th biggest in the world and far from being weak. That was also the reason why the Empire was no target for a British naval Invasion in WW1 like Gallipoli.

[@hughmungus1767]

Alpha3488 - I believe Austria still has a navy today, although it is strictly a riverine navy (one that operates on the Austria rivers and lakes since Austria is currently land-locked). I visited Austria in 1991 and spoke to a local who had served in their navy. He described it as cruising up and down the Donau (the German name of the Danube).

[@polkka7797]

Yeah but it was a Mediterranean power, not a global one, plus Britain (the largest navy) controlled the exits to the med

[@alpha3488]

@@polkka7797 Still a force to be recognized, especially in the Adriatic. Plus Italy had Colonies as a mediteranean country, so the royal navy didn't prevent that before 1914.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

"So *inset any noun/name here" Obliged: by shooting them" is my new favorite phrase

[@bubo1149]

Many many others obviously means Slovenes!

[@Senio6667]

Welcome back, I was wondering where this channel had gone!

[@larinnungachinzah6325]

History matter : to over simplified Oversimplified: are you challenging me

[@greysonsammons2787]

9:59 props to this guy for making all of these videos ten minutes.

[@eldartaghiyev8422]

02:00 a telltale games easter egg. Just 4 months before telltale games shut down.

[@devonmiller113]

Me : Grandpa the soccer game is on! Grandpa: Who’s playing? Me : Austria-Hungary Grandpa : playing whom?

[@laurenceellis6256]

'Russia will remember that' XD

[@slavicvasenin6685]

That's from Batman: The Enemy Within

[@Ghostkilla773]

WWI

[@davidbryden7904]

👏 I wasn't sure you could really do this in just 10 minutes, but my hats off, sir!

[@garygalloway9493]

Not all the Ruthenians considered themselves Ukrainian. Many of those living in the Carpathians consider themselves ethnically distinct from Ukrainians.

[@louiscz6784]

@Kyril J lived in Carpathian Ruthenia ?

[@jurisprudens]

That’s mostly due to Russophilia

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Oh gosh...wait for it....Coming Ruthenian Revolution and independence in the 2020's no doubt!

[@TheDarthbinky]

Technically Austria-Hungary had already been carved up before the war even ended. In late October 1918, the climactic battle of the war for Austria started at Vittorio Veneto in northern Italy. As the battle progressed, it became clear to everyone that Austria was losing, and most of the empire began declaring independence before the battle was even over. By October 31, all Emperor Karl ruled was basically what's now Austria- the rest was gone. Even Hungary declared independence and ended the personal union. Vittorio Veneto ended with a crushing defeat for Austria, and the Austrian military largely ceased to exist, so the emperor "abdicated" (he fired his entire government and declared he was going to stop personally running the government- but everyone just kind of accepted his statement as an abdication, which he spent the rest of his life denying), and Austria surrendered. The treaties of Trianon and Saint-Germain simply codified and recognized the independence of the new countries. Also, there was a war in 1864 that set up the 1866 war. Long story very short, in the 1850s Prussia fought a war over Schleswig and Holstein, two duchies that make up that "neck" region between Denmark and Germany. They were controlled by Denmark but the people there are basically Germans. The first war ended in basically a draw because Prussia couldn't defeat them fast enough and was worried that England would get involved. So then in 1864, when the king of Denmark died and the new king basically tried to absorb the duchies, Prussia convinced Austria to help stop them. Denmark didn't really stand a chance against the two much larger and more powerful countries, so they were defeated in about 9 months. The victors divided up the two duchies between themselves, and less than two years later Prussia claimed that Austria broke the 1864 peace treaty and used that as a reason to start the 1866 Austro-Prussian War described herein.

[@theskeptic2010]

"His career suffered a setback when he died" LOL Love these videos

[@MM-wg2nl]

*RIP AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE 1867-1918 RIP Empire of Austria 1804-1918 RIP Kingdom of Hungary 1000-1918 RIP Kingdom of Bohemia 1198-1918 RIP Margraviate of Moravia 1182-1918 RIP Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia 1742-1918 RIP Archduchy of Upper and Lower Austria 1453-1918 RIP Duchy of Carinthia 976-1918 RIP Duchy of Carniola 1364-1918 RIP Duchy of Salzburg 1849-1918 RIP Duchy of Styria 1180-1918 RIP County of Tyrol 1140-1918 RIP County of Vorarlberg 1861-1918 RIP County of Küstenland 1849-1918 RIP Margraviate of Istria 1849-1918 RIP Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca 1754-1919 RIP Imperial Free City of Trieste 1382-1809, 1849-1922 RIP City of Fiume and its District 1779-1919 RIP Kingdom of Dalmatia 1815-1918 RIP Kingdom of Slavonia 1699-1868 RIP Slavonian Military Frontier 1745-1881 RIP Kingdom of Croatia 925-1868 RIP Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia 1868-1918 RIP Croatian Military Frontier 1553-1881 RIP Principality of Transylvania 1570-1867 RIP Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria 1772-1918 RIP Duchy of Bukovina 1849-1918 RIP Banat Military Frontier 1751-1873 RIP Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1908-1918 RIP Austro-Hungarian concession in Tianjin 1901-1917 RIP GERMAN EMPIRE 1871-1918 RIP Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918 RIP Kingdom of Bavaria 1805-1918 RIP Kingdom of Saxony 1806-1918 RIP Kingdom of Württemberg 1805-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Baden 1806-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine 1806-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1815-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1815-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1815-1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1815-1918 RIP Duchy of Anhalt 1806-1918 RIP Duchy of Brunswick 1815-1918 RIP Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg 1826-1918 RIP Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1826-1918 RIP Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen 1680-1918 RIP Principality of Lippe 1789-1918 RIP Principality of Reuss-Gera 1806-1918 RIP Principality of Reuss-Greiz 1778-1918 RIP Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe 1807-1918 RIP Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1711-1918 RIP Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1697-1918 RIP Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1712-1918 RIP Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine 1871-1918 RIP German Colonial Empire 1884-1918 RIP German East Africa 1885-1919 RIP German South West Africa 1884-1918 RIP German Cameroon 1884-1919 RIP German Togoland Protectorate 1884-1916 RIP German New Guinea 1884-1919 RIP German Samoa Protectorate 1900-1920 RIP German concession in Tianjin 1899-1917 RIP Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory 1898-1914 RIP Duchy of Courland and Semigallia 1918 RIP Grand Duchy of Livonia 1918 RIP Kingdom of Lithuania 1918 RIP Kingdom of Finland 1918 RIP Regency Kingdom of Poland 1916-1918 RIP Ukrainian Hetmanate 1918 RIP OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1299-1923 RIP Khedivate of Egypt 1867-1914 RIP Beylik of Tunis 1705-1881 RIP The Regency of Algiers 1515-1830 RIP Vilayet of Tripolitania 1864-1912 RIP Vilayet of Salonica 1867-1912 RIP Vilayet of the Archipelago 1867-1913 RIP Vilayet of Manastir 1874-1912 RIP Vilayet of Prizren 1871-1877 RIP Vilayet of Janina 1867-1913 RIP Vilayet of Scutari 1867-1913 RIP Vilayet of Kosovo 1877-1913 RIP Vilayet of Bosnia 1867-1908 RIP Vilayet of Herzegovina 1875-1877 RIP Vilayet of the Danube 1864-1878 RIP Vilayet of Crete 1864-1898 RIP Cretan State 1898-1913 RIP Principality of Wallachia 1330-1859 RIP Principality of Moldavia 1346-1859 RIP Romanian United Principalities 1859-1866 RIP Principality of Serbia 1815-1882 RIP Principality of Bulgaria 1878-1908 RIP Autonomous Province of Eastern Rumelia 1878-1908 RIP Crimean Tatar Khanate 1441-1783 RIP Principality of Samos 1834-1912 RIP Vilayet of Adrianople 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Constantinople 1878-1922 RIP Vilayet of Bursa 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Aidin 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Kastamonu 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Ankara 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Konya 1867-1923 RIP Vilayet of Trebizond 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Sivas 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Adana 1869-1922 RIP Vilayet of Erzurum 1867-1923 RIP Vilayet of Karasi 1881-1888 RIP Vilayet of Dersim 1879-1886 RIP Vilayet of Elazig 1879-1923 RIP Vilayet of Bitlis 1875-1923 RIP Vilayet of Harput 1879-1923 RIP Vilayet of Van 1875-1922 RIP Vilayet of Diyarbekir 1867-1922 RIP Vilayet of Aleppo 1867-1918 RIP Vilayet of Mosul 1878-1918 RIP Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem 1872-1917 RIP Vilayet of Baghdad 1869-1918 RIP Vilayet of Basra 1875-1918 RIP Vilayet of Hakkari 1876-1888 RIP Vilayet of Beirut 1888-1917 RIP Vilayet of Syria 1865-1918 RIP Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate 1861-1918 RIP Sharifate of Mecca 968-1925 RIP Vilayet of Yemen 1872-1918 RIP Vilayet of the Hejaz 1872-1916 RIP Emirate of Jabal Shammar 1836-1921 RIP RUSSIAN EMPIRE 1721-1917 RIP Congress Poland 1815-1915 RIP Grand Duchy of Finland 1809-1917 RIP Duchy of Estonia 1721-1917 RIP Governorate of Livonia 1721-1918 RIP Baku Governorate 1846-1917 RIP Bessarabia Governorate 1812-1917 RIP Black Sea Governorate 1896-1918 RIP Chernigov Governorate 1802-1918 RIP Courland Governorate 1795-1918 RIP Elisabethpol Governorate 1867-1918 RIP Emirate of Bukhara 1785-1920 RIP Erivan Governorate 1850-1917 RIP Grodno Governorate 1795-1917 RIP Irkutsk Governorate 1764-1926 RIP Kaluga Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Kazan Governorate 1708-1920 RIP Khanate of Khiva 1511-1920 RIP Kharkov Governorate 1835-1919 RIP Kherson Governorate 1802-1920 RIP Kholm Governorate 1912-1917 RIP Kiev Governorate 1708-1917 RIP Kostroma Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Kovno Governorate 1843-1915 RIP Kursk Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Kutais Governorate 1846-1918 RIP Łomża Governorate 1867-1914 RIP Lublin Governorate 1837-1915 RIP Minsk Governorate 1793-1917 RIP Mogilev Governorate 1772-1918 RIP Moscow Governorate 1708-1929 RIP Nizhny Novgorod Governorate 1714-1929 RIP Novgorod Governorate 1727-1927 RIP Olonets Governorate 1801-1922 RIP Orenburg Governorate 1744-1928 RIP Oryol Governorate 1796-1928 RIP Penza Governorate 1780-1928 RIP Perm Governorate 1781-1923 RIP Piotrków Governorate 1867-1917 RIP Płock Governorate 1867-1917 RIP Podolia Governorate 1793-1925 RIP Poltava Governorate 1802-1925 RIP Pskov Governorate 1772-1927 RIP Radom Governorate 1847-1917 RIP Ryazan Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Samara Governorate 1851-1928 RIP Saint Petersburg Governorate 1708-1927 RIP Saratov Governorate 1797-1928 RIP Siedlce Governorate 1867-1912 RIP Simbirsk Governorate 1796-1928 RIP Smolensk Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Stavropol Governorate 1847-1924 RIP Suwałki Governorate 1867-1914 RIP Taurida Governorate 1783-1921 RIP Tiflis Governorate 1846-1917 RIP Tobolsk Governorate 1796-1919 RIP Tomsk Governorate 1804-1925 RIP Tula Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Tver Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Ufa Governorate 1865-1919 RIP Vilna Governorate 1795-1915 RIP Vitebsk Governorate 1802-1924 RIP Vladimir Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Volhynian Governorate 1797-1925 RIP Vologda Governorate 1796-1929 RIP Voronezh Governorate 1725-1928 RIP Vyatka Governorate 1726-1929 RIP Warsaw Governorate 1844-1917 RIP Yaroslavl Governorate 1777-1929 RIP Yekaterinoslav Governorate 1802-1925 RIP Yeniseysk Governorate 1902-1925 RIP Russian concession in Tianjin 1900-1920*

[@Popperite]

@3:46 Franz Joseph was already the king of Hungary. Only the status of the kingdom changed. No longer a substate of the Empire of Austria but an equal partner that was no longer a part of that Empire.

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

People who are unemployed: You

[@Johia_Mapping_2]

ima make a meme outa that

[@Nietabs]

ima make a meme outa that

[@thatdude9091]

ima make a meme outa that

[@weebishusername9288]

You are the meme out of that

[@colindaniels945]

You're right about the great powers being pissed by the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Italy was so pissed that they were threatening not to renew the Triple Alliance treaty in 1912. Why? See one of the terms of the treaty was that any one part of the alliance couldn't take territory without consulting the other 2 beforehand. In this case, Austria-Hungary didn't do it before annexing Bosnia-Herzegovina. Germany, being the adult in the room, asked Italy what it would take for them not to walk away from the Triple Alliance, Italy wanted Lbya and a few islands near Asia Minor. This was how Italy got Libya

[@sambland3903]

Yooo what's up with the aussie cork hat at 5:03? I love it.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

4:53 Funnily enough, I came here from Name Explain's video on how Budapest got its name. (He suggested watching a video on the Austro-Hungarian Empire for more info.)

[@arturssmirnovs1618]

I'd love to hear the histories of South American countries. By the way great video !

[@mantis2048]

Always wanted this covered, great job!

[@rizaradri316]

"Russia will remember that." Haha nice Telltale The Walking Dead reference there.

[@bettysusan]

You are so awesome. I could watch these videos for days on end

[@Ashathefree8]

1:45 it amazing what dying can do to a guys career, innit? How can anyone get paperwork when their in a coffin? Good bit frustratin that is. I always tell my friends, “don’t go along dyin all the time, I know it’s the new craze, but it’ll really hurt your career!”

[@ffffuchs]

Actually the 1868 Hungarian language law was fairly liberal for the time (remember this is the time when France forced the Parisian dialect over the whole country and erased hundreds of small romance languages), allowing minorities to have their own schools in their own language and only needing to learn Hungarian like you learn English or Germany today, plus granting the Orthodox church great autonomy. While this law was revised several times over the decades, it wasn't until the 1907 lex Appony that we can talk about active efforts as it required all teachers to speak Hungarian and the primary classes had to be in Hungarian. However due to the very strong autonomy of the Orthodox church this effort fell deaf among many Serbs and Romanians (albeit most Romanians at the time were Greek-Catholic, NOT Orthodox). In the end Hungarianisation wasn't a strong process since most minorities lived in rural regions far from the state's administrative arm, and the percentage of Hungarian really only grew a few percent over decades. Contrast this with France which went from 40-50% speaking the dialect of il de France to almost 100% by the late 19. century. Assimilation pretty much only affected the urban communities of Germans and Jews, which can also be seen by the fact linguistic borders didn't shift between 1870 and 1910. Another fairly overlooked fact is that minorities were overrepresented in emigrant population - of the total 2 million people that left Hungary, 2/3 were non-Hungarian.

[@McNubbys]

I am very much looking forward to my Austria-Hungary T-shirt arriving any day now😁

[@antpoo]

Franz Joseph, “gentleman, gentleman there is a simple solution your not seeing” promptly kicks the bucket!😆

[@hms_thunderchild5456]

List of people who are unemployed: 1. You

[@tyaz6556]

The

[@mumumeme8496]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏

[@galatheumbreon6862]

Bravo

[@Gray-Wolf]

"...to put it mildly; Not Okay" I love the little jokes and exaggerations and understating he does throughout his videos 😂

[@slavicvasenin6685]

2:00 "russia will remember that" reminded me of Batman: The Enemy Within

[@naaaseer]

Your animations are great keep it up!

[@camdenbeahan-smith9226]

5:04 australian-hungarian empire?

[@stephenwright8824]

Re the post-WWI Austro-Hungarian split: the wittiest conclusion I've ever read about it was by William Manchester, when he was author-in-residence at Wesleyan College: "Austria got the scenery and Hungary got the coal and iron deposits."

[@johnbrown9542]

Imagine if all the ethnicities of the emperors were given equal treatment as the Hungarians. Then the country would be called the Austrian-Hungarian-Polish Czech-Slovakian-Ukrainian-Serbs-Croats and Slovenes Empire

[@Hungeryan]

Or just give it the name "Danubian Monarchy/Empire/Confederation"

[@korallebrutalis6713]

So the AHPCSUSCS?

[@Ignisan_66]

Forgot Romanians.

[@EpigTheEpicPig]

"Took this opportune moment to kick the bucket." Like a boss.

[@danielwebb4713]

9:08 he was probably just out of work being an admiral in a landlocked country lol

[@captain_hammer]

Before watching the video: the Austro-Hungarian Empire looks cursed After watching the video: OK, it was even more cursed than I thought

[@shifujameswaters8417]

Love your videos! What happened to the British history series?

[@HistoryMatters]

Next episode is out on Friday.

[@shifujameswaters8417]

Thank you kind Sir!

[@CaptinBen10]

A big event that you didn't mention was the death of the Empress Elisabeth in 1898. She was one of the people that helped keep relations between the Emperor and the people.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Fun fact, after World War One, the Austrian Republic was formed and the Hapsburgs were declared "Enemies of the State" yet the new Republic maintains all of the Palaces of the Hapsburgs in near pristine condition. The last Hapsburg could not return to Austria, even in modern, post-Soviet times. Interestingly the last Hapsburg Prince-in-exile was one of the founders of the European Union! I find it remarkable that he did not arrange for himself to be it's President because that would have been a Hapsburg dream come true! It's likely he could only plan but not join the EU government on the account of him being an exile.

[@AhJong0]

Woooot, so pleased whenever your videos pop up!

[@lucasodum2185]

You could have also included the assassination of Empress Elizabeth just to add to show how tragic Franz Josef’s life was (sorta) 😂 Another great vid tho!

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

My OCD can't handle the fact that this video needs one more second to be a ten minute video 😂😂😂

[@loganhanssler4419]

“Took this opportune moment to kick the bucket”