Hungary

Timeline. Through history.

If we don’t understand the past, how can we understand our present and future? To truly absorb, appreciate, and reflect on the country we are visiting, we need to look at pivotal moments in history. Begin your journey through the ages now.

Jewish timeline
General timeline

895-896 The Settlement: Hordes – Seven tribes led by Arpad
1000-1541 Independent Christian Kingdom started by St. Stephen
1092 Council of Szabolcs anti-Semitic Christian convocation
1235-1270 King Bela IV – special protection and rights for Jews
1458-1490 King Matyas Golden Age
1526-1686 Turkish Occupation
Turkish Rule – Unprecedented Jewish prosperity from 1541
1526 Battle of Muhacs Defeat at the hands of the Turks
1686-1867 Habsburg Dynasty
1780-1790 Joseph II: Patent of Toleration – Start of Emancipation
1854-1859 Dohany Synagogue (3,000 Seats)
1867 Emancipation all civil and political rights
1868 Domination of Neologs in Jewish life
1867-1918 Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy compromise: Age of Reform
1895-1920 Golden Age for Jews
1914-1918 Defeat in World War I – over 1 million died, 18% of all Hungarian soldiers
Active role of Jews
June 1920 Treaty of Trianon based on Versailles Treaty
Loss of 84% timber, 70% terrritory, 60% roads & 60% population
1919 Communist Red Terror. Bela Kun – 133 days
1920 Law XXV Numerus Claus Law limiting the number of Jews allowed to enter higher education to 6%, their proportion in the Hungarian population.
1939-1945 World War II – 1 million died
500,000 Jews killed (67% of Hungary’s Jews)
1945-1948 Many Jews in the Communist State Government
1948-1989 Communist Rule
October 1956 Revolution Soviet military invasion
Revolution 20,000 Jews emigrated
March 1990 Democracy
2014 Estimated 80,000-100,000 Jews

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