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 1943: Jewish prisoners led a successful uprising at the Sobibór death camp
On October 14, 1943, an uprising was instigated by a small group of Jewish prisoners at the extermination camp atContinue 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 1608: the first Polish settlers arrived in America
On October 1, 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, the first Polish settlers arrived at Jamestown aboardContinue 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 935: “Good King Wenceslas” was murdered
On September 28, 935, Duke Wenceslas of Bohemia was stabbed to death by a group of nobles allied to hisContinue 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 1914: Russian forces began laying siege to the fortress-city of Przemyśl
On September 16, 1914, after invading the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, Russian forces began laying siege to the fortress-city ofContinue 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 1996: Michael Jackson kicked off his HIStory World Tour in Prague
On September 7, 1996, the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson kicked off his HIStory World Tour in Prague’s Letná ParkContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1901: Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley
On September 6, 1901, Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot and fatally wounded U.S. President William McKinley at the Temple ofContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1945: the “Gouzenko Affair” marked the beginning of the Cold War
On September 5, 1945, three days after the end of World War II, Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko defected toContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1809: Romantic poet Juliusz Słowacki was born in the Polish “Stolen Lands”
On September 4, 1809, one of the “Three Bards” of Polish literature, Polish Romantic poet Juliusz Słowacki was born inContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1347: Charles IV was crowned King of Bohemia
On September 2, 1347, one of Europe’s most noteworthy rulers, Charles IV was crowned King of Bohemia, marking the startContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1939: Nazi Germany invaded Poland and set off World War II
On September 1, 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of WorldContinue Reading