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Franz Joseph I., Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary, born August 18, 1830, the son of Archduke Franz Karl and of Archduchess Sophie, Princess of Bavaria. Educated under the care of his mother, by Count Henri Bombelles, the descendant of an ancient family of French emigrants. Appointed Governor of Bohemia, April 5, 1848; took part in the battle of Santa-Lucia, near Verona, May 6, 1848; declared of age, December 1, 1818. Proclaimed Emperor of Austria in consequence of the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I., and the renunciation of the crown by his father, December 2, 1848; crowned King of Hungary, and took the oath on the Hungarian Constitution, June 8, 1867. Married April 24, 1854, to
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, and Queen of Hungary, born December 24, 1837, the daughter of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria. Offspring of the union are three children: 1. Archduchess Gisela, born July 12, 1856; 2. Archduke Rudolf, heir-apparent, born August 21, 1858; 3. Archduchess Maria, born April 22, 1868
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Austria. 1. Official Publications.
Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 8. Wien, 1871.
Tafeln zur Statistik der Oesterreichischen Monarchie, zusammengestellt von der Direction der administrativen Statistik. Folio. Wien, 1871.
Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete dor Statistik, berausgegeben von der Direction der administration Statistik. 8. Wien, 1871.
Auswreise über den auswärtigen Handel Oesterrcichs im Sonnenjabre 1869, zusammengestellt und berausgegeben von der k.k. Statistischen Central-Commission. XXV. Jahrgang. Folio. Wien, 1871.
Amtliche Statistische Mittheilungen des Ungarischen Handelsministeriums, 1870. Fol. Pesth, 1871.
Report by Mr. P. Sidney Post, U.S. Consul at Vienna, dated Sept. 30, 1867, on the general condition of the Austrian Empire; in ‘Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Nations.’ 8. Washington, 1868.
Report by Mr. A. G. G. Bonar, British Secretary of Embassy, on the General Resources and the Commerce of Austria, dated Vienna, July 13, 1866 ; in ‘Reports of Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. I. 1867. London, 1867.
Report by Mr. A. G. G. Bonar, Secretary of Embassy, on the Imports and Exports of Austria, dated March 5, 1868 ; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. II. London, 1868.
Report by Mr. A. G. G. Bonar, on the Commerce and Industry of Austria, dated Vienna, July 10, 1868; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation. Nos. V. & VI., 1868. London, 1868.
Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries. Part XII. London, 1870.
2. Non-Official Publications.
Annuario Marittimo per l’Anno 1870, compilato dal Lloyd austriaco coll’ ap-provazione dell’ eccelso i. r. governo centrale marittimo. XVIII. Annata. 8. Trieste, 1871.
Austria. Archiv für Consularwesen, Volkswirthschaft und Statistik. 4. 23. Jahrgang. Wien, 1871.
Blumenbach (W. C. W.), Gemälde der Oesterreichischen Monarchic, 3 vols. 8. Wien, 1865.
Brachdli (H. F.), Statistik der Oesterreichiscben Monarchic 8. Wien, 1865.
Brachelli (H. P.), Statistische Skizzo des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 8. Leipzig, 1867.
Czoernig (K. Freiberr von), Statistisches Handbüchlein der Oesterreichischen Monarchic 8. Wien, 1865.
Fényes (E.), Magyarország ismertetése statistikai, földirati s történelmi szempontból. I. kötet. Dunántuli kerület. Második szakasz: Sopron-, Tolna-, Vas-, Veszprém- és Zalavármegyékkel. Szerzö sajátja. 2 vols. 8. Pestk, 1867.
Ficker (A.), Die Yölkerstämme der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie. 8. Wien, 1869.
Friese (F.), Uebersicht der Oesterreichischen Bergwerksproduction. 4. Wien, 1869.
Jarosch (J. A.), Topograpbisches Universal-Lexicon des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaats. 8. 3 vols. Olmütz, 1857–62.
Kohn (Ignaz), Eisenbahn-Jahrbuch der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchic, 8. Wien, 1871.
Meynert (H.), Handbuch der Geographie nnd Staatskunde von Oesterreich. 8. Wien, 1863.
Patterson (Arthur J.), The Magyars ; their country and its institutions. 2 vols. 8. London, 1870.
Petrossi (Ferd.), Das Heerwesen des Oesterreichiscben Kaiserstaats. 2 vols. 8. Wien, 1866.
Prasch (V.), Handbuch der Statistik des Oesterreichiscben Kaiserstaats. 8. Brünn, 1870.
Rapporto sulla situazione sfavorevole dell’ Austria nel commercio mondiale e sui mezzi per porvi rimedio fatto dal comitato istituito a sovrano rescritto del 9. Febbrajo 1864. 8. Trieste, 1866.
Schmidt (A.), Das Kaiserthum Oesterreich; geographisch-statistisch-topo-graphisch dargestellt. 8. Wien, 1861.
Schmitt (F.), Statistik des Oesterreichiscben Kaiserstaats. 4tb edition. 8. Wien, 1870.
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Martin, F. (1872). Austria. In: Martin, F. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253018_1
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