On this Day, in 1552: István Dobó repelled the Ottoman forces at the Siege of Eger
On October 18, 1552, after 39 days of bloody, brutal, and heroic fighting on the walls of Eger, captain IstvánContinue Reading
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On this Day, in 1944: Ferenc Szálasi and the Arrow Cross Party took power in Hungary
On October 15, 1944, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Panzerfaust and forced the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary Miklós Horthy to abdicate inContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1883: the Orient Express made its first stopover in Budapest
On October 7, 1883, three days after departing from Paris on its inaugural journey to Constantinople, the Orient Express madeContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1849: the “Thirteen Martyrs of Arad” were executed by Habsburg forces
On October 6, 1849, known as the “Thirteen Martyrs of Arad”, thirteen Hungarian rebel generals were executed by Austrian forcesContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1944: the last resistance fighters of the Warsaw Uprising surrendered
On October 2, 1944, after two months of heavy fighting during which the Polish capital was almost entirely destroyed, theContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1938: the “Munich Betrayal” sanctioned Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland
On September 30, 1938, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy signed the Munich Agreement, which sanctioned Adolf Hitler’s annexationContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1848: the Hungarian Revolutionary forces repelled the invading Austro-Croatian army
On September 29, 1848, the newly formed Hungarian Revolutionary Army, the Honvéd, repelled the invading Austro-Croatian forces at the pivotalContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1940: Polish resistance hero Witold Pilecki was voluntarily sent to Auschwitz
On September 19, 1940, Polish resistance hero Witold Pilecki was voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence fromContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1940: Hungarian soldiers massacred ethnic Romanians in Ip, Transylvania
On September 14, 1940, following the Second Vienna Award, which assigned Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary, the Hungarian ArmyContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1683: the Battle of Vienna shook Ottoman hegemony in Central Europe
On September 11, 1683, the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth led by John SobieskiContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1920: the “Miracle on the Vistula” saved Europe from Bolshevik Russia
On August 13, 1920, with Poland’s newly regained independence at stake, the Bolshevik Army launched its final assault on WarsawContinue Reading
Power trip: Tucker Carlson in Budapest and the allure of hypocrisy
Though the US’ borders remain closed to European visitors, waves of freshly vaccinated Americans have crossed the Atlantic for summerContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1863: the Matica slovenská was founded to promote Slovak identity
On August 4, 1863, the Slovak cultural institution Matica slovenská was founded in the city of Martin to promote SlovakContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1944: the Polish resistance launched the Warsaw Uprising
On August 1, 1944, the Polish resistance launched an uprising to free Warsaw from German occupation in the largest undergroundContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1914: World War I broke out when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month after the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, ignitingContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1887: the first Esperanto manual was published in Warsaw
On July 26, 1887, Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof published Dr. Esperanto’s International Language in which he first introduced andContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1410: the Teutonic Knights were defeated at the Battle of Grunwald
On July 15, 1410, the alliance between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively defeated theContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1920: the “plebiscite areas” of East Prussia voted against joining Poland
On July 11, 1920, following the Paris Peace Conference, the “plebiscite areas” of East Prussia almost unanimously voted to remainContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1651: Poland crushed the Cossack Uprising at the Battle of Berestechko
On June 30, 1651, the Polish army under King John II Casimir inflicted a severe defeat upon the rebel UkrainianContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1295: the White Eagle was added to the Polish coat of arms
On June 26, 1295, the White Eagle was added to the Polish coat of arms when the Piast Duke PrzemysłContinue Reading