Hungary History Timeline & Facts
The Celts
and Ancient History
Bronze and
Iron Age - The ancient culture of the Celts had
settled in many European countries including Austria,
Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Western
Germany, Northern Spain, Turkey and Hungary
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Concise
History of Hungary
Hungary was
founded by Arpad, who led the Magyars into the Pannonian
plains
997-1038 King Stephen (also proclaimed a Saint) of the Arpad
dynasty ruled the Hungarian country
1241 - 1242 The Mongolian Tartars invasion caused
devastation
1458-1490 King Matthias reigned
1526 War with Turkey - the Turks defeated the Hungarians
beginning 150 years of Turkish occupation
1541 Hungary was divided into three parts
The Turks ruled Central Hungary
The Habsburg dynasty governed west Hungary
The Hungarians ruled the South Hungary
1703-1711 Hungarian War, led by the Prince of Transylvania,
against the Habsburgs failed
1848-1849 Hungarian Revolution and the Habsburg Emperor was
dethroned but the Habsburg rule was re-established with the
help of Russia
1867 Hungary reached a compromise with the Habsburgs
initiating a double-centred monarchy in Vienna and Pest-Buda
1873 Pest, Buda and Obuda were unified forming Budapest as a
major European city
1914 - 1918 First World War - Hungary fights on the losing
side and the monarchy collapses
1920 - The Trianon Treaty reduced Hungary's area by two
thirds and the population by one third
1938-1940 Germany raise treaties in Munich and Vienna in
which Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania were
returned to Hungary
September 1939 World War II starts
1944 The Nazis occupy Hungary
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945 The Allies of World War II defeat Germany
1945 The Soviet Union liberated then occupy Hungary
1956 Hungarian revolution against Stalinism was defeated
1990 The Soviet Union army leaves Hungary and a Hungarian
democracy is set up
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