emperor of Austria (born 1887)

Charles I

Charles I and IV was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph when his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

Born

1713

August 1

Died

1922

Era

1710s

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Charles, in brief

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Key dates

1713 Born
1922 Died

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-30 Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and brings the city under the control of the Roman Republic. (date is O.S.)
69 Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
527 Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
607 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

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The world in 1922

When Charles departed

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1713

Edward Cornwallis 1713–1776 English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (born 1713)

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