The common schools, which Maria Theresa had called a political necessity, were reorganized by Abbot John Ignaz Felbiger of Sagen in Prussian Silesia, each parish being given a primary school, each district a high school, and the capital of each province a normal school with which an institute...
Quick Facts Born: August 17, 1887, Persenbeug Castle, Austria Died: April 1, 1922, Quinta do Monte, Madeira (aged 34) Title / Office: emperor (1916-1918),Austria-Hungary House / Dynasty: House of Habsburg Role In: World War I
but theAustro-Prussian Warof 1866 resulted in the expulsion of Austria from theGerman Confederationand caused EmperorFranz Josephto reorient his policy toward the east and to consolidate hisheterogeneousempire. Even before the war, the necessity of coming to terms with the rebellious Hungarians had ...