History

Buda was full of festive decorations, shining in floodlight on that special day in 1790. Everybody was so excited – the entire leadership of the city lined up at the gates of Vienna, in full regalia; greeting the return of the Holy Crown with a string of fire. Joseph II …

The Siege of Budapest ended exactly 75 years ago as the Soviet Red Army ousted the Nazi troops, while resulting in the almost complete demolition of the Hungarian capital and in the death of about 38,000 civilians. However, the end of German occupation did not mean the liberation of Budapest …

There are a great number of Hungarian statues and memorials in the US, but one can easily find Hungarian settlement names, which can still be found on the maps of the USA – such as Nyitra, Budapest, and Tokaj in Georgia, or Új Buda in Iowa, established after the 1848-49 …

The Hungarian flag was hoisted in front of Parliament and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Soviet forces crushing the 1956 uprising. Defence Minister Tibor Benkő attended the ceremony. Throughout the day, the public can light candles at the House of Terror museum and visit plot 301 …

October 23, 1956 is the most important date in 20th century Hungarian history. On this day, a people cried as one: “enough!” Below is the recollection of István Radda in which he tells the story of how his parents put him and his two siblings into a taxi to flee the country …

It is always interesting to peak into the daily lives of people who lived over 100 years go through old photos. However, it is even more interesting to see film footage of bygone eras. As reported by femina.hu, in the Dutch EYE Filmmuseum, archivists found footage from the 1920s that …

According to an agreement reachedwithin the Russian-Hungarian Joint Archives Committee, Hungary will receive the identification documents of some 600,000 Hungarian prisoners of war, who had been held in Soviet camps during and after the Second World War, said Andrei Yurasov, Deputy Head of the Federal Archival Agency of Russia (Rosarchiv), and …

According to the latest anthropological research, the ancient Hungarians’ homeland can be found in the Eastern-European Plains and the Asian steppes towards Bajkál lake.  According to 24.hu, there is no doubt about the Finno-Ugrian linguistic relationship, but it does not necessarily mean that the ethnical origin of ancient Hungarians is also …

Manuscripts by the 19th century Hungarian composer Ferenc (Franz) Liszt, long thought lost, have been returned to the Liszt Memorial Museum and Research Center after being discovered in a private collection. The music is closely related to Hungary and the Revolution of 1848. The sheet music was discovered by an …

A short video from Budapest date 1915 during the first world war. Credit : Vigyázó Blog

Persian Antiquities Found By Hungarian Police Worth Over 200M HUF. Bronze artifacts, including a helmet, small bells and horse tack, were likely from the grave of a high-ranking military officer from Urartu. Hungarian police say a haul of antiquities found in a truck last year are worth around 700,000 euros. …

His life path to the Parliament of Hungary Hungarytoday: In the Millennium’s year of Hungary, on the 7th of June 1896, Imre Nagy was born in Kaposvár, southern Hungary, to a poor, peasant family. His father, József Nagy, was a manorial servant and county worker, and his mother, Rozália Szabó, served …