// Modern era
Austrian Empire
- Period
- AD 1806 – AD 1867
- Duration
- approx. 61 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1856
- Area (max.)
- approx. 809,000 km²
Period and duration
Austrian Empire — according to the map data from AD 1806 to AD 1867, roughly 61 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Austrian Empire — greatest extent around AD 1856: the mapped borders then cover about 809,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1805)
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Principality of Wallachia
After
- Austria-Hungary
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Kingdom of Italy
Neighbours around AD 1856
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Russian Empire
- British Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Second French Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Netherlands
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1856 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Austrian Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.