{"id":280834,"date":"2017-03-15T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funzine.hu\/?p=280834\/"},"modified":"2017-03-02T12:54:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T11:54:55","slug":"know-15-march-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funzine.hu\/en\/2017\/03\/15\/culture\/know-15-march-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know\u2026 15 March in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 15 March we celebrate the start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and 1849, closely linked to the events of the Spring of Nations, which to this day remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history. As the revolution gained impetus, it quickly grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, and although it eventually was suppressed by the joint forces of Austria and Russia, the failed revolution had planted the seeds of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a period of unseen prosperity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026 that the Hungarian revolution of 1848 started on 15 March, at Pilvax Caf\u00e9, where S\u00e1ndor Pet\u0151fi wrote and recited his poem, the National Song? The enthused youth walked over to the National Museum, attracting a crowd as the spirit of the revolution spread out between the on-lookers. Pet\u0151fi\u2019s poem was read out, and people began to chan the last words of every stanza. The fire of revolution was aflame.<\/p>\n

\u2026 that Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Revolutionary Hungary is the earliest Hungarian in the world who has his voice recorded and preserved on wax cylinders? This was made possible thanks to a speech he gave in Turin, Italy, the place of his exile after the failed revolution, in 1890.<\/p>\n

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\u2026 that Art\u00far G\u00f6rgei, who was born in 1818 and died in 1916 after a long and eventful life, was not only the Major General of the Honv\u00e9d Army in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, but a successful chemist as well? G\u00f6rgei discovered the separation process of fatty acid homologues during his time spent at Prague\u2019s Charles University before the revolution.<\/p>\n

\u2026 that the revolution had supporters from all around Europe, fighting for an independent and liberal Hungary? One of them was Britishman Richard Guyon, who won several battles as a general in the revolutionary army. His famous encouragement \u201cwhat are you? A Hungarian? You\u2019re shit, not Hungarian, you deserve shit, not freedom. Forth<\/em>!\u201d earned him an eternal place in the pantheon of badasses.<\/p>\n

\u2026 that the flag of Hungary comes from the freedom movement leading to the 1848 revolution? The anti-Habsburg movement was partly inspired by the ideals of the French revolution, and so was the tricolor form of the flag. The colors came from the historical Coat of Arms of the country, with some saying red represents strength, white represents faithfulness, and green standing for hope.<\/p>\n

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\u2026 that the Hungarian army almost caused the whole Habsburg Empire to collapse? After a series of defeats in 1849, the new Emperor Franz Josef had to call for Russian help in the name of the Holy Alliance, a coalition created by the monarchist great powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia after the defeat of Napoleon. Czar Nicholas I sent 200,000 Russian troops against the Hungarians: General G\u00f6rgei surrendered to the Russians on 13 August at Vil\u00e1gos, so that the war would be considered a Russian, and not an Austrian victory.<\/p>\n

\u2026 that one of the greatest heroes of the revolution wasn\u2019t even a Hungarian? As a man who fought for Polish independence during the aftermath of the November Uprising in 1830, and then later on led the Sz\u00e9kely troops in Transylvania to a number of awe-inspiring victories, General J\u00f3zef Bem is a national hero of both the Polish and the Hungarian nations. In Hungarian he is often called affectionately as Bem Ap\u00f3 (Grandpa Bem), while his statue at Bem J\u00f3zsef t\u00e9r was the origo of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.<\/p>\n

\u2026 that many of those who went into voluntary exile to the United States continued to lead a politically active lifestyle, while some of them even participated in the US Civil War? Notable Hungarian Forty-Eighters who fought on the Union side include Alexander Asboth, Charles Z\u00e1gonyi and Julius Stahel, who received a Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Piedmont.<\/p>\n

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Little do Budapesters know that where present-day Szabads\u00e1g square stretches, bordered by the beautiful and grand turn-of-the-century buildings, once stood the giant reminder of post-revolution Habsburg tyranny: the Neugeb\u00e4ude (New Building). It was inside this building\u2019s giant courtyard where count Lajos Batthy\u00e1ny, Hungary\u2019s first prime minister was executed. His place of execution is now marked by a sanctuary lamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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