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| 1848 |
| | | An uprising in Vienna leads to the resignation, on the following day, of the long-serving chancellor Klemens von Metternich | |
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| 1848 |
| | | Another uprising in Vienna causes the emperor Ferdinand I to flee for safety to Innsbruck | |
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| 1848 |
| | | Suppression of unrest in Hungary provokes a third violent uprising in Vienna and another flight by Ferdinand I, this time to Olomouc | |
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| 1848 |
| | | 18-year-old Francis Joseph becomes emperor of Austria when his uncle, Ferdinand I, abdicates at the end of a year of unrest | |
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| 1849 |
| | | Nationalist leader Lajos Kossuth announces the independence of Hungary and the deposition of the Habsburg dynasty | |
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| 1849 |
| | | The Habsburgs recover power in both Austria and Hungary | |
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| 1859 |
| | | French and Piedmontese forces defeat the Austrians decisively at Solferino, in a battle involving appalling casualties | |
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| 1866 |
| | | The Prussians achieve the first blitzkrieg in their Seven Weeks' War defeat of the Austrians | |
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| 1866 |
| | | The terms of the treaty of Prague, ending the Seven Weeks War, make plain the transfer of German leadership from Austria to Prussia | |
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| 1866 |
| | | Austrian rule ends in the Venetian territories, which now join the new kingdom of Italy | |
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