Austrian Empire

State · 1806–1867 CE · at its largest around 1856 CE

The Habsburg empire proclaimed by Francis I and governed from Vienna, which was reorganised into Austria-Hungary by the Compromise of 1867.

On its lands while it lasted

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 CE – 1832 CE): German poet, playwright, novelist and scientist who lived in Weimar from 1775. Author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 CE – 1827 CE): Composer born in Bonn who worked in Vienna from 1792. Despite growing deafness he wrote works bridging the Classical and Romantic eras.
Altenburg (c. 1806 CE): Capital of Saxe-Altenburg (1806–1870).
Würzburg (c. 1806 CE): Capital of Grand Duchy of Würzburg (1806–1814).
Gera (c. 1806 CE): Capital of Principality of Reuss-Gera (1806–1870).
Weimar (c. 1806 CE): Capital of Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1806–1870).
Congress of Vienna (1814–1815 CE): A conference of European states chaired by Metternich in 1814–1815 that redrew the map of Europe after Napoleon's defeat and created a lasting balance of power.
Piacenza (c. 1815 CE): Capital of Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (1815–1859).
Parma (c. 1815 CE): Capital of Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (1815–1859).
Modena (c. 1815 CE): Capital of Duchy of Modena and Reggio (1815–1859).
Meiningen (c. 1820 CE): Capital of Saxe-Meiningen (1820–1870).
Gregor Mendel (1822 CE – 1884 CE): Augustinian friar and later abbot in Brno, Moravia, whose experiments on pea plants revealed the basic rules of heredity. His 1866 paper was largely ignored until its rediscovery in 1900.
Coburg (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1836–1839).
Gotha (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1836–1839).
Sigmund Freud (1856 CE – 1939 CE): Austrian neurologist in Vienna who founded psychoanalysis. His The Interpretation of Dreams appeared in 1899. He fled the Nazis to London in 1938.