When was the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary died who proclaimed December Constitution?
Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: "Franz Josef I." , Hungarian: "I. Ferenc József" , , Romanian: "Francisc Iosif" , Slovene: "Franc Jožef I." , Italian: "Francesco Giuseppe" , Croatian: "Franjo Josip I." ) (18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, King of Bohemia and many others (see grand title of the Emperor of Austria) from 2 December 1848 until his death on 21 November 1916. From 1 May 1850 to 24 August 1866 he was also President of the German Confederation. He was the longest-reigning Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, as well as the third longest-reigning monarch of any country in European history, after Louis XIV of France and Johann II of Liechtenstein.
Imperial Council (Austria) The Imperial Council (German: "Reichsrat" , Czech: "Říšská rada" , Polish: "Rada Państwa" , Italian: "Consiglio Imperiale" , Slovene: "Državni zbor" ) was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861, and from 1867 the legislature of Cisleithania within Austria-Hungary. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (German: "Herrenhaus" ), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (German: "Abgeordnetenhaus" ). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister responsible, and then granted royal assent by the Emperor. After having been passed, laws were published in the "Reichsgesetzblatt" (lit. Reich Law Gazette). In addition to the Imperial Council, the fifteen individual crown lands of Cisleithania had their own diets (German: "Landtage" ).