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| 1898, March |
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| New laws divided Bohemia into a Czech, German, and mixed linguistic district, but the compromise failed and the original agreement was restored (Oct. 14, 1899). | 1 |
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| 1907, Jan. 21 |
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| A law introduced universal, male, equal, and direct suffrage for parliamentary elections. The law resulted in a return of increasing numbers of Socialists. | 2 |
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| 1908, Oct. 6 |
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| The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by decree ushered in the acute Bosnian annexation crisis. The land of the Bosnian peasants was to be converted to free property through government loans to the peasants. | 3 |
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| 1912–13 |
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| The Balkan Wars (See Oct. 18) (See Dec. 17). The victories of Serbia and Austrian efforts to block Serbian expansion led to a marked growth of Yugoslav agitation and to a revival of Slavic activity within the monarchy. | 4 |
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| 1914, June 28 |
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| Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo. He was known to favor a reorganization of the monarchy along “trialistic” lines, that is, giving the Slavic elements a position on a par with that of Germans and Magyars. | 5 |
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