PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1804Independenceno official date of independence: 976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 6 January 1453 (Archduchy of Austria acknowledged); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 30 March 1867 (Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy established); 12 November 1918 (First Republic proclaimed); 27 April 1945 (Second Republic proclaimed)CIA World Factbook
- 1958Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1978Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1982Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1992Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 1996First UNESCO World Heritage siteHistoric Centre of the City of SalzburgUNESCO World Heritage
- 2000Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2013First space object launchedTUGSAT-1GCAT
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2021Most recent World Heritage inscriptionThe Great Spa Towns of EuropeUNESCO World Heritage
- 2023Most recent space launchGCAT
- 2024Most recent legislative election2024-09-29IPU Parline
