By Tate Sanders As the world watches Ukraine’s heart-wrenching struggle for independence, the region’s history offers important lessons to keep in mind. Not all independence movements are successful, many tragically littering the history of mankind. Nor are all...
Throughout the last decades of the 19th century, American attention was increasingly drawn towards Hungary, especially due to increased Hungarian immigration to the US. One of the results of the failed 1848 revolution was the gradual recognition by the Habsburg...
The constant influx of Hungarian emigrants was marked by several waves of sharp increase. The first large wave occurred in 1849-1850. Agoston Haraszthy, traveler, writer, town-builder and pioneer winemaker, who settled in Wisconsin in 1840, was the first Hungarian to...
The harsh repression that followed the revolution sparked a negative reaction in the United States, whose population sympathized with the democratic aspirations of Hungary. Although the Hungarian Revolution had been defeated and its leaders either executed or exiled,...
Many Americans were sympathetic towards this case, and some Hugarian leaders cited the American War of Independence as an inspiration. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of the many European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in...
A short overview of the first phase of the relations between the United States and Hungary. Relations between the United States of America and Hungary have a rich and multifaceted history. Early contects were sporadic and personal. As we wrote in an article earlier,...
Tribute to the memory of the great Hungarian writer. This short article would like to pay tribute to the memory of Sándor Márai, who was one of the greatest Hungarian writers, and who had to live most of his life far away from his home country. About Márai’s life in...
Kossuth was the first foreign statesman since the Marquis de Lafayette to address a joint session of Congress. Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. He was honored...
A Hungarian Touch in the Life of the Legendary John Smith John Smith (1580 – 1631) was an English soldier, explorer and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania and Mózes Székely. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony ,...
Roughly, 140 Hungarians fought in the war, and one of them, Colonel Commandant Michael Kováts became a war hero. Maybe, it is a not well-known fact that Hungarians stood out for the United States during the time of some historical turning points. One of these...