34 events with tag "Hungary"
895
ID: 5542
Magyar tribes led by Árpád arrive in Carpathian Basin, beginning Hungarian conquest of the homeland
ID: 5542
900
ID: 5543
Magyar horsemen begin devastating raids across Europe reaching as far as Spain and Southern Italy
ID: 5543
955
ID: 5544
Battle of Lechfeld - Otto I decisively defeats Magyars, ending their raids and forcing settlement
ID: 5544
1000
ID: 5545
December 25, 1000
Stephen I crowned first King of Hungary with crown sent by Pope Sylvester II, establishing Christian kingdom
ID: 5545
1038
ID: 5546
August 15, 1038
King Stephen I dies, later canonized as Saint Stephen, patron saint of Hungary
ID: 5546
1046
ID: 5547
Andrew I restores Hungarian independence after defeating German Emperor Henry III's puppet ruler
ID: 5547
1102
ID: 5548
King Coloman the Learned conquers Croatia, beginning 800-year personal union with Hungary
ID: 5548
1222
ID: 5549
Golden Bull of 1222 issued by Andrew II - Hungary's 'Magna Carta' limiting royal power
ID: 5549
1241
ID: 4742
Battle of Mohi - Mongols annihilate Hungarian army, use gunpowder weapons in Europe
ID: 4742
1241
ID: 5550
April 11, 1241
Mongols destroy Hungarian army at Battle of Mohi - half of Hungary's population killed in following year
ID: 5550
1242
ID: 5551
King Béla IV begins reconstruction after Mongol withdrawal, builds stone castles, invites settlers
ID: 5551
1308
ID: 5552
Charles I (Caroberto) of Anjou becomes king, begins consolidating royal power against oligarchs
ID: 5552
1370
ID: 5553
Louis I the Great becomes King of Poland too, Hungary reaches greatest territorial extent
ID: 5553
1433
ID: 5554
King Sigismund crowned Holy Roman Emperor, having already been King of Hungary, Germany, and Bohemia
ID: 5554
1456
ID: 5555
John Hunyadi defeats Ottomans at Siege of Belgrade, stopping Ottoman advance for 70 years
ID: 5555
1458
ID: 5556
Matthias Corvinus becomes king, creates Europe's second largest library and professional Black Army
ID: 5556
1526
ID: 5557
August 29, 1526
Battle of Mohács - Ottomans annihilate Hungarian army, King Louis II drowns fleeing, kingdom partitioned
ID: 5557
1541
ID: 5558
Buda falls to Ottomans - Hungary divided into Ottoman Hungary, Royal Hungary (Habsburg), and Principality of Transylvania
ID: 5558
1552
ID: 5559
Siege of Eger - 2,000 defenders including women defeat 40,000 Ottomans, becoming national legend
ID: 5559
1593
ID: 5560
Long Turkish War begins between Habsburgs and Ottomans over Hungary, lasts until 1606
ID: 5560
1686
ID: 5561
Buda liberated from Ottomans after 145 years by Habsburg-led Holy League forces
ID: 5561
1703
ID: 5562
Francis II Rákóczi's War of Independence begins against Habsburg rule, lasts 8 years
ID: 5562
1723
ID: 5563
Hungarian Diet accepts Pragmatic Sanction, allowing Maria Theresa to inherit Hungarian throne
ID: 5563
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
1849
ID: 5566
August 13, 1849
Hungarian Revolution crushed by combined Austrian and Russian armies at Világos
ID: 5566
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
1920
ID: 5569
June 4, 1920
Treaty of Trianon - Hungary loses 72% of territory and 64% of population, 3.3 million Hungarians outside borders
ID: 5569
1944
ID: 5571
Germany occupies Hungary, Arrow Cross regime deports 437,000 Jews to Auschwitz in 56 days
ID: 5571
1956
ID: 1714
Herbert Aptheker defends Soviet invasion of Hungary
ID: 1714
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