Appendix

The following is a chronological statement of important events connected with the life of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria:

1837 Birth of Elizabeth.
1853 Betrothal to Franz Joseph.
1854 Marriage.
1856 Visit to Austrian Alps.
1855 Birth of Sophie Dorothea.
1856 Birth of second daughter, Gisela.
1858 Birth of Crown Prince Rudolf.
1859 Sardinian War.
1866 Estrangement of Emperor and Empress.
1866 War with Prussia.
1867 Elizabeth Crowned Queen of Hungary.
1868 Birth of Marie Valerie.
1878 War with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1881 Marriage of Prince Rudolf.
1889 Death of Prince Rudolf.
1896 Hungary Celebrated Thousandth Anniversary.
1898 Elizabeth Killed by an Assassin.

LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Translated from the German by
GEORGE P. UPTON

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