Timeline Thursday 31 October 1918

Events on Thursday 31 October 1918 2

• 1890 – 1918 Egon Schiele (1890-1918) Died 31 October 1918, aged 28 Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele, known for raw, angular figurative works, died of the Spanish flu in Vienna just three days after his pregnant wife Edith succumbed to the same illness. He had studied under Gustav Klimt, who died earlier the same year. His brief career left a major mark on 20th-century figurative art.
• 1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves Centuries-old Habsburg monarchy breaks apart at the end of World War I The Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated in late October and early November 1918 as its constituent nationalities declared independence and Emperor Karl I relinquished his role in state affairs. The collapse gave rise to successor states including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It ended nearly four centuries of Habsburg rule over Central Europe.