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Mór Perczel
Sir Mór Perczel de Bonyhád (, ; 11 November 1811, Bonyhád, Tolna county – 23 May 1899, Bonyhád), was a Hungarian landholder, general, and one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Life before 1848 His teacher Mihály Vörösmarty influenced Perczel to become a democrat and patriot. In April 1827 he enrolled in the 5th Infantry Regiment as a student. In 1831 during the Polish November Uprising he started a rebellion in the Imperial Infantry. He tried to convince them to desert to the Polish soldiers, but they removed him. His political career started in Tolna county, Tolna shire county before moving to shire and rural politics. In the Diet of Hungary, diet of 1843–44 he became a minister, and one of the most popular mavericks. His speeches garnered him attention. Later on he joined the Radicalism (historical), Radical Party. In Fejér county on 22 October 1842 he proposed setting up the Hungarian National Guard. In 1848 he became the representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonyhád
Bonyhád () is a town in Tolna County in Southwestern Hungary. History The area around Bonyhád has been inhabited since ancient times, primarily by Celts. The modern town can trace its history back to 14th century. The town was briefly uninhabited during the Ottoman Hungary, Ottoman occupation. A Gothic architecture, gothic church once stood in the town, but it was destroyed by Ottoman forces in 1542. The town was granted market town status in 1782. Since its founding, the town was inhabited by a mix of Hungarians and Serbs, who were lated joined by Germans of Hungary, Germans and Jews. This meant the town became home to Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, Lutheranism, Lutheran, Reformed Christianity, Reformed, and Jewish communities. During the Interwar period, Interwar Period, Bonyhád became the focal point of a heated fight between Germans of Hungary, Germans seeking minority rights, and the Hungarian government which was invested in their assimilation. The town being a flash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batthyány Government
The House of Batthyány () is an ancient and distinguished Hungarian noble magnate family. The Head of the family bears the title Prince (Fürst) of Batthyány-Strattmann, while other members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf/Gräfin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively. A branch of the family () was notable in Bosnia and Croatia as well, producing several Bans (viceroys) of Jajce in the 15th and 16th century and later Bans of Croatia in the 16th, 17th and 18th century. History The Batthyány family can trace its roots to the founding of Hungary in 896 CE by Árpád. The family derives from a chieftain called Örs. Árpád had seven chieftains, one by the name of Örs, which later became Kővágó-Örs. In 1398, Miklós Kővágó-Örs married Katalin Battyány. King Zsigmond (Sigismund) gave Miklós the region around the town of Battyán (now called Szabadbattyán) and he took the name Batthyány (lit. "from Battyán"). The family were first mentioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrecen
Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it is one of the Hungarian people's most important cultural centres.Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 463-477 Debrecen was also the List of historical capitals of Hungary, capital city of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, revolution in 1848–1849. During the revolution, the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in the Reformed Great Church of Debrecen, Reformed Great Church. The city also served as the capital of Hungary by the end of World War II in 1944–1945. It is home to the University of Debrecen. Etymology There are at least three narratives of the origin of the city's name. The city is first documented in 1235, as ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pest, Hungary
Pest () is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube. Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873; prior to this, it was an independent city. In colloquial Hungarian language, Hungarian, "Pest" is sometimes also used ''pars pro toto'' to refer to Budapest as a whole. Comprising about two-thirds of the city's area, Pest is flatter and much more heavily urbanized than Buda. Many of Budapest's most notable sites are in Pest, including the Inner City (Budapest), Inner City (), the Hungarian Parliament Building, Parliament (''Országház''), the Hungarian State Opera House, Opera, the Great Market Hall, Heroes' Square (Budapest), Heroes' Square, and Andrássy Avenue. Etymology According to Ptolemy the settlement was called ''Pession'' in antiquity (Contra-Aquincum). Alternatively, the name ''Pest'' may have come from a Slavic word meaning "furnace", "oven" (Bulgarian ; Serbian /''peć''; Croatian ''peć''), r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Bem , a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments
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Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura and is the only company in Japan specializing in producing oboes and Cor anglais, cors anglais. Products Oboe *Josef AS, AS *Josef BS, BS *Josef MGS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (; ; ; ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, revolution of 1848–1849. With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of the Kingdom of Hungary. As the influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior." Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. He was widely honoured during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danube
The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire. In the 21st century, it connects ten European countries, running through their territories or marking a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Among the many List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river are four national capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade. Its drainage basin amounts to and extends into nine more countries. The Danube's longest headstream, the Breg (river), Breg, rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, while the river carries its name from its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred I, Prince Of Windisch-Grätz
General Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Prince of Windischgrätz (; 11 May 178721 March 1862), a member of an old Austro- Bohemian House of Windischgrätz, was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army. He is most noted for his service during the Napoleonic Wars and for his role in suppressing the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire. Early life and ancestry Originally from Styria, the Windischgrätz dynasty had received '' Inkolat'' rights of nobility by the Bohemian Crown in 1574. Alfred was born in Brussels, then capital of the Austrian Netherlands, the son of Count Joseph Nicholas of Windischgrätz (1744–1802) and his second wife, Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of Arenberg (1751–1812). With the help of his mother's rich dowry, the family took its residence at Tachau (Tachov), the lordship having been purchased by Alfred's father in 1781. Napoleon He started service in the Habsburg imperial army in 1804. As an Austrian army officer he distinguished himself thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Međimurje County
Međimurje County (; ; ) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), Međimurje. It is the smallest Croatian county by size, and the second most densely populated after the Zagreb, City of Zagreb. The county's seat and main urban centre is Čakovec. The county borders Slovenia in the north-west and Hungary in the east; about 20 kilometres of Slovenian territory separate it from Austria. The south-eastern corner of the county is near the town of Legrad and the confluence of the Mur River, Mura into the Drava. The closest cities include Varaždin and Koprivnica in Croatia, Lendava, Murska Sobota and Maribor in Slovenia, as well as Nagykanizsa in Hungary and Graz in Austria. The Croatian capital of Zagreb is about 90 kilometers south-west of Čakovec. There are slopes of the Alps, Alpine foothills in the north-western part of the county, the Upper Međi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozora
Ozora is a village in Tolna, Hungary, Tolna, Hungary. It has been notable since the Middle Ages, when Pipo of Ozora built a castle at this site by permission of Sigismund of Hungary in 1416. Artúr Görgei won an important victory in this area at the Surrender at Ozora, Battle of Ozora during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. In recent times, it has become famous for the psychedelic trance, psychedelic Ozora Festival, which has been held annually since 2004 on an estate in Ozora near the small village Dádpuszta. Notable residents * Pippo Spano, Filippo Buondelmonti degli Scolari, also known as Pippo Spano (1369 – 1426), Italian magnate, general, strategist and confidant of King Sigismund of Hungary Gallery Image:Ozora - Castle.jpg, The castle of Pippo of Ozora Image:CivertanOzora2.jpg Image:CivertanOzora.jpg References External links Aerial photographs Populated places in Tolna County Castles in Hungary Buildings and structures in Tolna County {{Tolna- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perczel Mór Szülőház Bonyhád (1811–1899), Hungarian leader and general in the Revolution of 1848
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Perczel is a Hungarian surname. Perczel may refer to: *András Perczel (b. 1959), Hungarian biochemist and professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *Béla Perczel (1819–1888), Hungarian politician who served as Minister of Justice between 1875 and 1878 * Dezső Perczel (1848–1913), Hungarian politician who served as Interior Minister between 1895 and 1899 * Miklós Perczel (1812–1904), Hungarian military officer in the Revolution of 1848 and colonel in the American Civil War *Mór Perczel Sir Mór Perczel de Bonyhád (, ; 11 November 1811, Bonyhád, Tolna county – 23 May 1899, Bonyhád), was a Hungarian landholder, general, and one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Life before 1848 His teacher Mihály Vö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
