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Nov 1, 2023 · 1904. February 8th: War erupts between Russia and Japan, over disputed territory in Manchuria (China) and Korea. April 8th: The signing of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. 1905. January 22nd: Workers in St Petersburg, Russia, march on the palace of the tsar, demanding political reforms and better working conditions.
1944 The Nazi occupation of Hungary began. At the end of World War II, Fascists took over governing the country. 1945 The Soviet Army liberated, then occupied Hungary. 1947 The last so-called free election was followed by years of Communist government. Hungarian citizens were resettled by force, imprisoned, even executed.
The final front that was significance to Austria-Hungary in World War I was the Italian Front (also known as the Alpine front). As stated above, Italy was one of the main combatants that Austria-Hungary faced off against in World War I. With that said, Italy didn’t join the fighting of World War I until 1915.
Jun 3, 2020 · The 100-year wound that Hungary cannot forget. Exactly 100 years ago, in the Trianon palace at Versailles, two medium-ranking Hungarian officials signed away two thirds of their country, and 3.3 ...
World War I. World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. Referred to by contemporaries as the "Great War", its belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting also expanding into the Middle East ...
Aug 21, 2017 · 27 April 1646 A disguised King Charles escapes from Oxford and surrenders himself to Scottish forces at Newark. 17-19 August 1648 The New Model Army, now headed by Oliver Cromwell defeat a Scottish-Royalist Army at Preston. 30 January 1649 King Charles I is executed at Banqueting House in Whitehall, having been tried for high treason in ...
Hungary - Magyar, Ottoman, Habsburg: It is generally believed that Hungary came into existence when the Magyars, a Finno-Ugric people, began occupying the middle basin of the Danube River in the late 9th century. According to the “double-conquest” theory of archaeologist Gyula László, however, Hungary’s creation can be dated to 670, with the arrival of an earlier wave of conquerors ...
