He was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1914; due to his morganatic marriage, his son had no rights to the throne.
The Emperor of Austria was very impressed by Handel's theme an instructed his Court musician Haydn to create the Kaiserhymne, which became the anthem of the Austrian Empire.
Emperor of Austria; Apostolic King of Hungary; King of Bohemia; King of Croatia; King of Galicia and Lodomeria; Grand Duke of Cracow
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1898 : The Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, Sisi, is stabbed to death by an anarchist soon after she leaves the Beau-Rivage.
The Austrians were defeated after bitter fighting at Magenta and Solferino, the young Emperor Franz Joseph assuming personal command during the Battle of Solferino.
In Transylvania they founded two new cities, Erszebetvaros (Elisabethstadt, Dumbrăveni) and Szamos-ujvar (Armenierstadt, Gherla), which, as a special favor, were declared free cities by Charles VI, Emperor of Austria (1711‑1740).
In 1644, at the Treaty of Munster in Westphalia, the Emperor of Austria yielded the county of Ferrette to the King of France, Louis XIV, who gave it to his minister, Cardinal Mazarin, who offered it to his niece.
Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916), Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia
In 1908, he organised (together with Władysław Bogacki) a famous Cracovian wedding in Wien to honor emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I.
Field Marshal Baron Johan de Fin (1800–1887), was Chamberlain to Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, an officer in the British German Legion, and Conservator of Forests in the Eastern Cape.
In front of the administration building, facing the main entrance stands a rotating monument in three colors, designed by Ambassador of Georgia to Germany and granddaughter of last Emperor of Austria Charles I of Austria, Gabriela von Habsburg, representing three branches of government - legislative, executive and judicial.