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| 1356 |
| | | Charles IV establishes a permanent group of seven electors - four hereditary German rulers and the archbishops of Mainz, Cologne and Trier | |
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| 1438 |
| | | The office of Holy Roman emperor becomes a hereditary title within the Habsburg dynasty | |
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| 1458 |
| | | Matthias Corvinus begins a long reign which brings Moravia, Silesia and much of Austria within the Hungarian kingdom | |
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| 1477 |
| | | Maximilian, heir to Austria, weds Mary, heiress to Burgundy, in the first of the great marriage alliances which form the Habsburg empire | |
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| 1485 |
| | | Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, captures Vienna and makes the city his capital | |
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| 1487 |
| | | The Fuggers make their first loan to a Habsburg archduke, beginning a profitable link with the dynasty | |
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| 1490 |
| | | On the death of Matthias Corvinus, in 1490, the Habsburgs recover Vienna from the Hungarians | |
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| 1496 |
| | | Philip, heir to Austria, marries Joanna, a daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, in the second of the great Habsburg marital alliances | |
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| 1516 |
| | | The death of Ferdinand II results in Spain becoming part of the Habsburg empire, under the rule of Charles V (as Charles I of Spain) | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Charles V borrows 852,000 florins, mainly from the Fuggers, to bribe the seven imperial electors | |
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