In 1848, inspired by the wave of revolutions sweeping Europe, Hungarians rose against Habsburg rule demanding independence, a constitution, and civil rights. Led by Lajos Kossuth, they briefly ...

It may be difficult to see ourselves as Pharaohs or Caesars, but the enduring (and romantic) image of long-haired radicals storming the barricades is very familiar. The ideological battle lines of ...

Kossuth was a lawyer and politician who played an instrumental role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The "father of Hungarian democracy" is one of only a few non-Americans honored with a bust ...

MUREŞ COUNTY, HUNGARY—Hungary Today reports that Koppány Bulcsú Ötvös of Romania’s Mureş County Museum and his colleagues found the location of the Battle of Segesvár, which concluded on July 31, 1849 ...

Revolutionary Spring. By Christopher Clark. Allen Lane; 896 pages; £35. To be published in America by Crown in June; $40 At the outset of this magnificent chronicle of the events leading up to and ...

The history of the Hungarian workers' revolution against the Communist dictatorship. A general strike was declared, and workers' councils sprung up across the country. In cities the workers armed ...

Hungary's government has ordered a set of paintings depicting the most important moments and periods from the last 150 years of Hungarian history. These include two world wars, the revolution of 1956 ...

CHARLESTON — Stephen Szigethy has been serving the Charleston community for years, as a police officer with Eastern Illinois University and the Charleston Police Department, and as a veteran in ...