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Hungary in 1939

Historical records for Hungary in 1939, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
5Named people
2Places
5Categories

Historical records

March

23 March 1939Declaration of WarTeleki

Warfare / Hungary War

The Slovak-Hungarian War begins

August

2 August 1939Einstein-Szilard LetterLeo Szilard

Long Island · Science / Physics

Drafts a letter warning Roosevelt about uranium weapons.

Other Events

1939Nuclear PowerEugene Paul Wigner

Warfare / Nuclear

Persuades Einstein to write to Roosevelt recommending US atomic weapons against Hitler. Influential in the establishment of the Manhattan Project

1939Pact between Germany, Italy, Japan and HungaryTeleki

Budapest · Government / Government of Hungary

Hungary joins the anti-commintern pact with Germany, Italy & Japan

1939Prime Minister of HungaryTeleki

Government / Government of Hungary

Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, 2nd term

1939Reform of Anti-Jewish LawsTeleki

Budapest · Government / Government of Hungary

Introduces anti-Jewish law

1939Resignation of Bela ImredyBela Imredy

Budapest · Government / Government of Hungary

Resigns after the discovery that his mother had a Jewish grandmother

1939String Quartet No 6Bela Viktor Janos Bartok

Arts / Classical Music

,the sadness of which has been related to the death of Bartoks mother and the looming war in Europe

Names involved

Bela ImredyBela Viktor Janos BartokEugene Paul WignerLeo SzilardTeleki

Places involved

BudapestLong Island

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.