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13 SHARED EVENTSHungary

Entangled histories

13 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · AUT LEFT · HUN RIGHT

1. 29 Aug 1526

   Battle of Mohács

   Süleyman the Magnificent destroyed the Hungarian army and killed King Louis II, ending the medieval kingdom and opening Hungary to Ottoman and Habsburg domination.

   War & Rupture · from the Hungary chronicle · Mohács and the Three-Part Kingdom · REFS 1 — Battle of Mohács (1526)

2. 1686

   Reconquest of Buda

   A Habsburg-led Christian coalition retook Buda from the Ottomans, part of the campaign that drove the Turks from Hungary after more than a century.

   War & Rupture · from the Hungary chronicle · Mohács and the Three-Part Kingdom · REFS 1 — Battle of Mohács (1526)

3. 1697–1718

   Prince Eugene and the conquest of Hungary

   After Vienna's deliverance, Prince Eugene of Savoy won victories such as Zenta (1697) and the capture of Belgrade (1717); the Peace of Karlowitz (1699) secured Habsburg control of Hungary and Transylvania.

   War & Rupture · from the Austria chronicle · The Rise of the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Wars · REFS 1 — Prince Eugene, the 'noble knight'

4. 1699

   Treaty of Karlowitz

   The Ottomans ceded almost all of Hungary to the Habsburgs, reuniting the country but binding it firmly within the Habsburg monarchy.

   Politics & Power · from the Hungary chronicle · Mohács and the Three-Part Kingdom · REFS 1 — Battle of Mohács (1526)

5. 15 Mar 1848

   The Revolution of 1848

   A bloodless rising in Pest, with Sándor Petőfi among its voices, won the March Laws abolishing censorship and serfdom and establishing a responsible Hungarian government against Habsburg absolutism.

   Politics & Power · from the Hungary chronicle · Habsburg Rule, Revolution and the Dual Monarchy · REFS 1 — Hungarian Revolution (1848-1849)

6. Aug 1849

   Defeat of the war of independence

   After Hungary proclaimed independence under Kossuth, the revolution was crushed by a combined Austrian and Russian army; the surrender brought executions and Kossuth's exile.

   War & Rupture · from the Hungary chronicle · Habsburg Rule, Revolution and the Dual Monarchy · REFS 1 — Hungarian Revolution (1848-1849)

7. 1867

   Austro-Hungarian Compromise (Ausgleich)

   The Ausgleich transformed the empire into the Dual Monarchy, granting Hungary full internal autonomy with its own parliament while keeping defence and foreign affairs common to Austria-Hungary.

   Politics & Power · from the Hungary chronicle · Habsburg Rule, Revolution and the Dual Monarchy · REFS 2 — Ausgleich (Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867), Hungary: The Dual Monarchy, 1867-1918

8. 1867

   The Austro-Hungarian Compromise

   The Ausgleich of 1867 reorganised the empire into the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, two states sharing a common monarch, foreign policy, finance and army; Franz Joseph was crowned king of Hungary on 8 June.

   Politics & Power · from the Austria chronicle · The Dual Monarchy and the Catastrophe of 1918 · REFS 2 — The Compromise with Hungary, 1867, Franz Joseph I

9. 28 Jun 1914

   Assassination at Sarajevo

   Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne, and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, the spark that led Austria-Hungary to war.

   War & Rupture · from the Austria chronicle · The Dual Monarchy and the Catastrophe of 1918 · REFS 1 — Sarajevo and the July Crisis

10. 28 Jul 1914

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    After the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, triggering a chain of alliances that plunged Europe into the First World War.

    War & Rupture · from the Austria chronicle · The Dual Monarchy and the Catastrophe of 1918 · REFS 1 — Sarajevo and the July Crisis

11. 1918

    Collapse of Austria-Hungary

    Defeat in the First World War destroyed the Dual Monarchy; amid revolution Hungary passed through a democratic republic and a brief communist regime before the conservative order of Regent Horthy.

    Politics & Power · from the Hungary chronicle · Trianon and the Shrinking of Hungary · REFS 2 — Treaty of Trianon, Hungary: The Dual Monarchy, 1867-1918

12. 12 Nov 1918

    Collapse of Austria-Hungary and the First Republic

    As the war was lost the empire disintegrated; Emperor Karl I renounced participation in government on 11 November and the Republic of German-Austria was proclaimed on 12 November 1918, ending Habsburg rule.

    Independence · from the Austria chronicle · The Dual Monarchy and the Catastrophe of 1918 · REFS 1 — The End of Monarchy, the Birth of New States

13. 10 Sep 1919

    Treaty of Saint-Germain

    Signed for Austria by Karl Renner, the treaty confirmed the breakup of Austria-Hungary, forbade union with Germany without League of Nations approval, limited Austria's army and ceded South Tyrol to Italy.

    Politics & Power · from the Austria chronicle · The First Republic, Saint-Germain and the Anschluss · REFS 1 — 1919: Treaty of Saint-Germain