Austria-Hungary, or Austro-Hungarian Empire, a country in central Europe from 1867 until 1918, At its greatest extent its area included what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and portions of adjoining countries. The empire was created by Francis Joseph I, Hapsburg emperor of Austria. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved in 1918 after its defeat in World War I.
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