The discovered land was named in honor of the Austrian emperor - Franz Josef Land. Cape Tegetthoff remains a most picturesque place on the archipelago. Franz Josef Land is well known for specific ...

The Council of Ministers wants to punish some Hungarian rebels, but Emperor Franz Joseph gives all the rebels amnesty, including their leader, Count Andrassy. The Emperor is influenced by his wife ...

A tenth of the population were Jews. A generation earlier they had been granted full civil rights by the Emperor, Franz Josef. Consequently, hundreds of thousands fled from more ...