Austria-Hungary was ruled by one of the most influential houses of Europe.
=== From the 18th century to World War I (16991918) ===Between 1703 and 1711, there was a large-scale war of independence led by Francis II Rkczi, who after the dethronement of the Habsburgs in 1707 at the Diet of nod, took power provisionally as the ruling prince for the wartime period, but refused the Hungarian crown and the title "king"
 Austria was the birthplace of many famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss Sr

