Hungarian Heritage Review, 1987 (16. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-01-01 / 1. szám
^Hungarian ^Heritage (Ealcnimr- by -DR. ANDRAS BOROS-KAZAI 1 • 1438: The first Habsburg on the Hungarian throne, ALBERT was crowned. 1485: Vienna was occupied by the army of King Matyas. 1556: The poet-chronicler of the struggle against the Ottoman invaders, SEBESTYEN TINÓDI (Lantos = the lute-player) died in Sárvár (Vas county). 1755: Patron of the arts and sciences and founder of the Keszthely Georgikon, count GYÖRGY FESTETICS was born in Sag (Vas county). 1823: The poet SÁNDOR PETŐFI was born in Kiskoros (Bacs-Kiskun county.) 1873: The formal unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda took effect: the city of Budapest was born. 1882: The internationally known automobile- and aviationengineer JANOS ADORJAN was born in Sorkitotfalu (Vas county.) 1890: One of the representative urban press-organs of dualist Hungary, the weekly A Het started publication in Budapest. 1900: The forum of Hungary's progressive intellectuals, the monthly Huszadik Szazad started publication in Budapest. 1914: The industrialist LÁSZLÓ LANG, who founded one of Hungary’s largest machinery plants, died in Budapest. 2 • 1841: The newspaper Pesti Hírlap, edited by Lajos Kossuth, started publication. 1915: The composer KAROLY GOLDMARK (The Queen of Sheba, 1871) died in Vienna. 3 • 1710: The flamboyant JANUARY kuruc brigadier LÁSZLÓ OCSKAY was executed for treason in Érsekújvár (today: Nove Zamsky, Czechoslovakia.) 5 • 1855: The architect MIHÁLY POLLACK died in Pest. His creations include the buildings of the Hungarian National Museum (1846), the Festetics Palace and the “Vigadó," (1832.) 7 • 1852: Lajos Kossuth spoke in Washington, D.C. 9 • 1778:The kuruc leader LÁSZLÓ BERCSÉNYI died in Luzancy, France. 12 • 1782: Joseph II disbanded most of the monastic orders throughout his empire. 1878: The playwright FERENC MOLNÁR was born in Budapest. 1943: The battle of Don, where an entire Hungarian army was lost, began. 13 • 1173: King Bela III was crowned. 1931: The inventor of electric locomotive, KALMAN KANDÓ died in Budapest. 14 • 1301: King András III died in Buda: The end of the Árpád Dynasty. 1967: The politician MIKLÓS KALLAY died in New York. 16 • 1847: The writer KALMAN MIKSZÁTH was born in Szklabonya (today: Sklabina, Czechoslovakia.) 18 • 1271: Saint Margit of Hungary died on the Isle of Hares (today: Margitsziget). 1850: The body of rural gendarmes (csendorseg) was established. 1946: Budapest’s first permanent post-war bridge, the Kossuth bridge was opened. 21 • 1823: The writer of The Tragedy of Man, IMRE MADACH was born in Alsosztregova (today: Strehova, Czechoslovakia.) 22 • 1823: The poet Ferenc Kölcsey wrote the “Himnusz"; sung to the music of Ferenc Erkel, it became Hungary's national anthem. 1852: The automotive inventor JANOS CSONKA was born in Szeged. 1956: The film director and producer SÁNDOR (Sir Alexander) KORDA died in London. 23 • 1734: The mechanical genius FARKAS KEMPELEN, inventor of the chess-playing “automaton,” was born in Pozsony (today: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.) 24 • 1458: Hungary's noblemen assembled in Buda elected the son of Janos Hunyadi, the 18-year old Matyas, king of Hungary. 1848: The National Museum opened its doors. 27 • 1163: King István IV was crowned. 1528: Janos Zapolyai entered an alliance with the Ottomans. 1860: The world-famous mathematician JANOS BOLYAI died in Marosvasarhely. 1919: The poet ENDRE ADY died in Budapest. 28 • 1790: Joseph II revoked his enlightened edicts. 1876: The statesman FERENC DEAK died in Budapest. 14 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW JANUARY 1987
