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933
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3.15.933
After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. |
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1000
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8.20.1000
The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. Today celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. |
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8.20.1000
The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. Today celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. |
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12.25.1000
The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary. |
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1060
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12.6.1060
Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
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1301
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1.14.1301
Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
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1330
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11.9.1330
Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush |
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1387
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2.24.1387
King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
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1438
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1.1.1438
Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
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1448
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10.17.1448
Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi is defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II. |
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1526
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8.29.1526
Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. |
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1763
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6.28.1763
A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary. |
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6.28.1763
A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary. |
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1848
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1849
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4.14.1849
Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader. |
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1910
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3.27.1910
A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
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1919
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1920
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6.4.1920
Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. |
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1922
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1928
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7.20.1928
The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians.
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1941
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1942
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1944
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3.19.1944
World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary. |
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10.15.1944
The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary. |
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10.23.1944
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. |
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1945
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1.17.1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
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4.4.1945
World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
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1946
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3.5.1946
Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
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1948
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12.26.1948
Cardinal Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy. |
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1949
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2.8.1949
Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason. |
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1955
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12.14.1955
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
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1956
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11.4.1956
Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
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12.6.1956
A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. |
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1972
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1978
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1.6.1978
The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. |
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