Date (AD) |
Event |
 895 |
The Hungarians enter the Carpathian Basin |
| 1000 |
St. Stephen is crowned with a crown from the Pope |
| 1241-42 |
The Mongols ruin the country |
| 1250-1300 |
Parliament grows in power and begins to influence legislation |
| 1446-1453 |
Janos Hunyadi, governor of Hungary, protects the country successfully from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1456 |
Janos Hunyadi relieves Belgrade from the Ottomans |
| 1458-1490 |
King Matthias Corvinus the Just (son of Janos Hunyadi) reigns |
| 1526 |
The Ottomans annihilite the Hungarian Army at Mohacs |
| 1552 |
Istvan Dobo, captain of Eger holds the castle against the Ottomans |
| 1686 |
Buda retaken from the Ottomans |
| 1703-11 |
Unsuccessful war for Liberty led by Ferenc Rakoczi II against the Habsburg Empire |
| 1800-1848 |
General cultural upsurge, age of reform - cultural and political progress |
| 1848-1849 |
Revolution and war for liberty against the Habsburg Empire |
| 1867 |
Compromise between Austria and Hungary. Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy |
| 1914 |
Hungary is dragged into war against Serbia (World War I) |
| 1920 |
Hungary loses two-thirds of its territories in the political aftermath of World War I |
| 1941 |
Hungary enters World War II under German pressure |
| 1944 |
Ill-prepared attempt to join Allies leads to military occupation by Nazi forces |
| 1945 |
'Liberation' by Red Army. Soviet troops stay in Hungary |
| 1949 |
Hungary declares Soviet-style People's Republic |
| 1956 |
Hungary rises in popular revolt against Soviet-Communist rule |
| 1989 |
The Communisty Party relinquishes the power. Proclamation of the Republic of Hungary |
| 1990 |
Free multi-party elections. Coalition government of democratic parties formed |
| 1999 |
Hungary joins NATO |
| 2004 |
Hungary joins EU |
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