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Protests in Budapest following Hungary's defeat at the FIFA World Cup final. 1955 January: Budapest hosts the 1955 European Figure Skating Championships. June: Budapest hosts the EuroBasket 1955. Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in Budapest. 1956 12 January – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes, killing two and injuring 38 others. [43]
The Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919 ended with the Romanian occupation of parts of Hungary proper, including Budapest in August 1919, and the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary, led by Miklós Horthy, the self-appointed regent for the exiled King Karl IV (see the conflict of Charles IV with Miklós Horthy). His domain and regency was ...
The westward migration of the Huns forced many groups of people of Western Siberia to depart for Europe between about 350 and 400 AD. [47] The Avars' attack against the Sabirs in Siberia set in motion a number of migrations in the 460s. [32] Between around 550 and 600, the migration of the Avars towards Europe compelled many nomadic groups to ...
Stephen I opens Hungary to pilgrims coming from Western Europe to Jerusalem. [197] c. 1020 Bishop Fulbert of Chartres sends a copy of Priscian's Grammar to Bonipert, Bishop of Pécs, implying the existence of a cathedral school at Pécs. [198] 1020s A king's mirror entitled Admonitions is completed in Hungary. [199] c. 1028
Budapest is the most populous city in Hungary and one of the largest cities in the European Union, with a growing number of inhabitants, estimated at 1,763,913 in 2019, [144] whereby inward migration exceeds outward migration. [11]
Hungary in its modern (post-1946) borders roughly corresponds to the Great Hungarian Plain (the Pannonian Basin) in Central Europe.. During the Iron Age, it was located at the crossroads between the cultural spheres of Scythian tribes (such as Agathyrsi, Cimmerians), the Celtic tribes (such as the Scordisci, Boii and Veneti), Dalmatian tribes (such as the Dalmatae, Histri and Liburni) and the ...
The other main group is the emigrants who left Hungary at various times (such as the Hungarian Revolution of 1956). There has been some emigration since Hungary joined the EU in 2004, especially to countries such as Germany, [4] but those patterns have been less extensive than for certain other countries of Central Europe such as Poland and ...
Austria-Hungary & the Successor States: A Reference Guide. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-7469-3. "Hungary". Political Chronology of Europe. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 109– 115. ISBN 978-1-135-35687-3. Harold B. Segel (2003). "Chronology of Major Political Events, 1944-2002: Hungary". Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe ...