Historical place archive

Budapest in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Budapest in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records6 event labels2 people1849–1944

Historical events in Budapest

1849

14 April 1849
Independence of Austria
Franz Josef I · Military

The "House of Habsburg is for ever deposed from sovereignty over Hungary". Hungary declares its independence

14 April 1849
Independence of Hungary
Franz Josef I · Military

The "House of Habsburg is for ever deposed from sovereignty over Hungary". Hungary declares its independence

1944

19 March 1944
Arrival in Budapest
Adolf Eichmann · World War, 2nd

Arrives in Budapest after Germany occupies Hungary.

19 March 1944
Hungarian Deportation Mission
Adolf Eichmann · World War, 2nd

Personally directs the SS deportation team assigned to Hungarian Jewry.

9 July 1944
Budapest Deportations Halted
Adolf Eichmann · World War, 2nd

Mass deportations from Hungary are halted by Regent Horthy.

9 July 1944
Horthy Stops Mass Transports
Adolf Eichmann · World War, 2nd

Eichmann's deportation operation loses its main transport programme.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Austria and Budapest. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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