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Austro-Hungarian Compromise

Execution of the Martyrs of Arad by János Thorma.

6 October, a Day of Remembrance and a Day of Mourning

‘Among the executed were counts and commoners, descendants of Croatian and Serbian border guard families, imperial Germans, and native Armenians. Some were connected to the Hungarian cause by family ties, others by their unit or simply by their wealth and…
The renovated Benczúr Castle in Szécsény.

The Picture Writer’s Mansion: Visiting the Reborn Benczúr Castle

‘Picture writer’ is the old name for a painter, a term used by Benczúr to describe himself, even officially, for example when signing a contract of sale of an estate. ‘By choosing Gyula Benczúr’s self-definition as the main title of…

The Man Behind ‘the Great Compromise’, the Wise Ferenc Deák

Ferenc Deák, the primary facilitator of the Austro–Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the country’s first Minister of Justice, and the namesake of so many public spaces and institutions in Hungary today, passed away 148 years ago on this day….
The newly-installed Prime Minister of Hungary Sándor Wekerle and other cabinet members in front of the Matthias Church in Hungary, during the St. Stephen Day's Procession on 20 August 1917.

The Forgotten Harbinger of Modernization in Hungary: Sándor Wekerle

Sándor Wekerle was born 175 years ago in 1848. While being one of the most remarkable and enlightened Hungarian politicians of the Compromise era, he was largely exiled from history in the twentieth century….
István Tisza, leader of the National Party of Work gives an electoral speech in Sopron in April 1910.

The ‘Iron Earl’: The Life and Political Credo of István Tisza

Count István Tisza is still blamed by liberal and left-wing historiographers for Hungary entering WWI, despite clear evidence of his anti-war stance. It is rather anachronistic to hold Tisza to democratic standards that did not exist at the time and…

Tram Network Between Buda and Pest Re-connected 77 Years Ago

As all the Danube bridges were destroyed by the retreating Germans, tram service could start again between the two sides of the city over Liberty Bridge only on 20 August 1946….
The crowning of Francis Joseph in the palace of the Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz) on 2 December 1848.

Francis Joseph: King and Emperor

Francis Joseph, King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria, was born on 18 of August in 1830. He left a complex legacy, but, at least in Hungary, he is mostly remembered as a benevolent fatherly figure….
Coronation of Francis Joseph in Buda on 8 June 1867 by Edmund Tull.

Kuruc or Labanc? Hungary’s Eternal Fault Line — Part IV

‘The kuruc were never mindless rabble-rousers, just like the labanc were never simply unpatriotic traitors. While the merits and good practices of kuruc and 49ist politicians have been been amply publicised and celebrated, the labanc side was often sidelined, and…

Mihály Varga Speaks of the Importance of Financial Independence

The minister reminded all that the independent Hungarian Ministry of Finance was the first lasting success of the revolution. In April 1848, Lajos Kossuth began working on the establishment of the ministry, and it started its operations in May of…
The building of the Budapest Stock in Buda.

The 33rd Anniversary of the Reopening of the Budapest Stock Exchange

In 1860, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and King of Hungary issued a decree mandating the establishment of commodity exchanges in the major cities of the Habsburg Empire. As a result, the Pest Lloyd Association was commissioned to create…

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