Austria-Hungary

State · 1867–1918 · Capital: Vienna, Budapest

Austria-Hungary, also called the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was a multi-national empire in Central Europe under a constitutional dual monarchy that existed between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 after the Austro-Prussian War, joining the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary as two largely self-governing states under a single monarch titled both Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary. One of Europe's major powers, it was the second-largest country in Europe by area and the third-most populous. It was dissolved at the end of World War I after Hungary terminated the union with Austria in 1918.