Location:
Hungary
Coordinates:
47.4979, 19.0402
Events at Budapest (8)
1825
ID: 5564
Count István Széchenyi begins reform era, donates year's income to found Hungarian Academy of Sciences
ID: 5564
1848
ID: 5565
March 15, 1848
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins - Lajos Kossuth demands independence from Austria
ID: 5565
1867
ID: 5567
Austro-Hungarian Compromise creates Dual Monarchy, Hungary gains internal autonomy
ID: 5567
1896
ID: 5568
Millennium celebration of Magyar conquest - Budapest Metro opens as continental Europe's first subway
ID: 5568
1920
ID: 5570
Admiral Miklós Horthy becomes Regent of Kingdom of Hungary - kingdom without a king ruled by admiral without navy
ID: 5570
1944
ID: 5571
Germany occupies Hungary, Arrow Cross regime deports 437,000 Jews to Auschwitz in 56 days
ID: 5571
1956
ID: 5572
October 23, 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 begins - students and workers rise against Soviet occupation
ID: 5572
1956
ID: 5573
November 4, 1956
Soviets crush Hungarian Revolution with 2,500 tanks - 200,000 Hungarians flee as refugees
ID: 5573