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1919
The following lists events in the year 1919 in Hungary.
Incumbents
President: Mihály Károlyi (until 21 March), Sándor Garbai (21 March-1 August), István Friedrich (23 August - 24 November), Károly Huszár (from 24 November)
Regent: Archduke Joseph August (7-23 August)
Prime Minister: Mihály Károlyi (until 11 January), Dénes Berinkey (11 January - 21 March), Sándor Garbai (21 March-1 August), Gyula Peidl (1-6 August), István Friedrich (6 August - 24 November), Károly Huszár (from 24 November)
Presidents of the National Assembly of Councils (14 June - 6 August): Péter Ágoston, Dezső Bokányi, Miska Kovács, Jenő Pósz, János Szokob, Lajos Urbán
Events
January
January 1 – Czech troops occupied Pozsony (now Bratislava)
January 3 –
Romania begins pacifying the Zsil Valley (now Jiu Valley) in southern Transylvania by collecting weapons Schuller 2005 6
Mass looting in Salgótarján, after the communist-aligned workers' council takes control. A detachment from Hatvan restores order with about 18 deaths and 50 injuries.Borsányi 1988 156-157https://mnl.gov.hu/mnl/nml/salgotarjani_januar Salgótarjáni január 28 January 2019
January 6 – First clash between Romanian and Hungarian forces at Egeres (now Aghireșu)Gulyás 2021 32
January 7 -
At an MSZDP meeting, Károlyi and Kunfi intervenes against Garami so that the party does not withdraw from governmentHatos 2018 378
A pro-Czechoslovak Ruthenian council in Eperjes (now Prešov) declares Carpathian Ruthenia for CzechoslovakiaTörténelmi áttekintés http://www.karpatalja.com.ua/karpatalja/tortenelem.html 2023-11-29 www.karpatalja.com.ua
January 8
Hutsul Republic declared in Körösmező (now Yasinia)
Transylvanian Saxons declare for Romania in Medgyes (now Mediaș)
Allied economic committee sent by the American mission of Archibald Cary Coolidge arrives to Budapest, led by Alonzo E. TaylorMurber 2021 65
January 10 – France declares a buffer zone in the Banat between Serbian and Romanian troops (occupied on January 25-30) Csüllög 2020 153
January 11 – Mihály Károlyi named provisional President of the Republic by the National Council, tasked to form a new governmentGusztáv 1992 78
January 12 – Czechoslovak forces capture Ungvár (now Uzhgorod)Romsics 2004 429
January 13 –
Székely Division halts Romanian advance at Cigányi (now Crișeni)Gulyás 2021 32
Árpád Paál finishes his memorandum on a "Székely Republic"
January 14 – Romanians arrest István Apáthy for trying to resist the establishment of Romanian administration in Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca)Borsányi 1988 148
January 15–29 – A Czech legion temporarily occupies Balassagyarmat, pushed out by local resistance
January 16 – Furthest advance of West-Ukrainian forces into Carpathian Ruthenia. From the Hutsul republic, they reach Máramarossziget (now Sighetu Marmației) where they are pushed back by Romanian troops. Another column advances to Munkács (now Mukachevo) and Csap (now Chop), but retreats after the failure at Máramarossziget.Történelmi áttekintés http://www.karpatalja.com.ua/karpatalja/tortenelem.html 2023-11-29 www.karpatalja.com.uaBánlaky József - A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme https://mek.oszk.hu/09400/09477/html/0024/2865.html 2025-10-31 mek.oszk.hu
January 17 – Romania occupies Máramarossziget
January 16–29 – Battle of Csucsa (now Ciucea), Romanian advance halted
January 19
Berinkey Government is formedMurber 2021 61
Hungarian National Defense Association (MOVE) rally at Gólyavár. Gömbös's speech against the Károlyi regime. Gömbös becomes president of MOVE.
West-Ukrainian forces withdraw from Csap (now Chop) and Munkács (now Mukachevo)Bánlaky József - A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme https://mek.oszk.hu/09400/09477/html/0024/2865.html 2025-10-31 mek.oszk.hu
January 21 –
Telegram by Clemenceau demands Romanians halt their advanceOrmos 1998 37Gulyás 2021 33
All-People's Transcarpathian Congress in Huszt (now Khust) declares for West-Ukraine
January 23 – Central Workers' Council expels communists from unions
January 29 – Act VI of 1919: Autonomy established for Germans in West Hungary. Géza Zsombor appointed as governor.Murber 2021 62
January 30 – Communists attack the gendarmerie in Makó and overthrow the local National Council. A worker's council takes over the governance of the city.
January 31 – Disarmament of the population in Makó leads to a firefight, 5 people are killedHalmágyi, P. (Ed.). (2001). A makói terroristák pere (A Návay-per), 1919–1921 (A Makói Múzeum Füzetei, 96). Makó: Makói Múzeum.
February
February 1 – Paris Peace Conference decides to cede Transylvania to Romania, details are delegated to sub-committee led by André TardieuGusztáv 1992 288
February 2 – Act XVII of 1919 on land reform passed, mostly never implementedKft Wolters Kluwer Hungary 1919. évi XVIII. néptörvény - 1.oldal - Ezer év törvényei https://net.jogtar.hu/ezer-ev-torveny?docid=91900018.TV 2023-04-02 net.jogtar.hu en
February 3 – János Junker appointed minister for the German minorities
February 5 – The Czech delegation presents its proposal to the Paris Peace Conference, including the Czech CorridorMurber 2021 61
February 8 - First meeting (of 12) of the Commission on Romanian and Yugoslav Affairs at the Paris Peace ConferenceCsüllög 2020 145
February 12 –
Czech forces leave Csap (now Chop)
In Pozsony (now Bratislava), the German and Hungarian population started a protest against the Czechoslovak occupation, the Czechoslovak Legions opened fire on the unarmed demonstrators.Marcel Jankovics, "Húsz esztendő Pozsonyban", p. 65-67 (Hungarian) The intervention by the Czechoslovak soldiers firing on the peaceful demonstrators caused 8 deaths and 14 injuries.Simon Attila http://real.mtak.hu/14159/ Minority Hungarian Communities in the Twentieth Century (East European Monographs, 774) Columbia University Press, Atlantic Research and Publications, Inc., Institute for Ethnic and National Minority Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2011 978-0-88033-677-2 Bárdi Nándor New York McLean Brian I. Changes of Sovereignty and the New Nation States in the Danube Region 1918–1921 – 3. The Creation of Hungarian Minority Groups – Czechoslovakia: Slovakia Szarka Csilla Szarka László Suff Matthew
February 13 – Communists attack the Military Nursing Office and remove its leadershipHatos 2018 401
February 16 - Act XVIII of 1919 on land reformRomsics 2004 429
February 19 –
István Bethlen forms the Party of National Unification (NEP)Romsics 2004 429
Paris Peace Conference proposes a Neutral Zone between Romania and HungaryHatos 2018 406
February 20 – Communists attack MSZDP newspaper Népszava's building, 8 fatalities
February 21 –
Communist leaders arrested. Béla Kun is beaten up and imprisoned
100-150 thousand pro-MSZDP workers demonstrate against the communist attackHatos 2018 403
February 22 – Jászi dissolves his Civic Radical Party, advising his followers to join the Social Democrats
February 23 – Károlyi ceremonially starts land reform on his own Heves county estates (Kápolna)Hatos 2018 377
February 23–26 – Battle of Zilah (now Zalău)
February 26 – Paris Peace Conference approves the finalized version of the neutral zone between Romanian and Hungarian forcesRomsics 2004 429Hatos 2018 406
February 27 – Paris Peace Conference establishes its Committee on Czecho-Slovakia. It would hold ten sessions, last on May 5.A második demarkációs vonal, valamint az június 12-ei szlovák magyar végleges határ a cseh szlovák javaslatok és követelések tükrében * - PDF Ingyenes letöltés https://docplayer.hu/710505-A-masodik-demarkacios-vonal-valamint-az-1919-junius-12-ei-szlovak-magyar-vegleges-hatar-a-cseh-szlovak-javaslatok-es-kovetelesek-tukreben.html 2023-04-19 docplayer.hu
February 28 - March 5 – Czech Corridor proposal discussed and rejected under Italian pressureMurber 2021 61
March
March 1 –
Free elections scheduled for April 10Gusztáv 1992 78
Army of Hungary led by Paul-Joseph de Lobit separated from the Armée d'Orient
March 2 – Mihály Károlyi's speech in Szatmárnémeti in front of the Székely Division, declaring armed resistance against allied territorial demands
March 4 – Elections held in Rus'ka KrajinaVölgyes 1971 102
March 5 – People's Law establishes a Party-list proportional system, never implementedOrmos 1998 32
March 10 – The Kaposvár Workers' Council overthrows the local county government and established a 3-member directory2018-12-12 Szemelvények a Somogy megyei vörös- és fehérterror történetéből https://www.archivnet.hu/szemelvenyek-a-somogy-megyei-voros-es-feherterror-tortenetebol 2026-05-14 archivnet.hu hu
March 12 – Act XIX. of 1919 on Slovak AutonomyRomsics 2004 429
March 15 – Election rally of János Vass is crashed by József Migray's bandHatos 2018 381
March 18 – Commission on Romanian and Yugoslav Affairs finalizes the division of the Banat. On a sudden American proposal, 8 full settlements and some other areas in Torontál county (around Szeged) would stay with Hungary. Csüllög 2020 157
March 20
The Vix Note demands Hungary withdraw over 100 km to the Szeged–Debrecen–Vásárosnamény line
Berinkey Government resigns
Hungarian National Council dissolvedHatos 2021 55
March 21
MSZDP and KMP unite to form the Socialist Party of Hungary
Károlyi falls from power
Hungary rejects the Vix Note
17:00 – Soldiers' Council declares for the communists, takes control of key points of BudapestHatos 2021 61
Hungarian Soviet Republic declared
from 22:00 – First joint meeting of the Socialist Party of Hungary, Revolutionary Governing Council establishedHatos 2021 69
March 22 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is proclaimed to the public on the famous "To Everyone!" (Mindenkihez!) posters.
March 23 – Czechoslovak massacre in Zselíz (Želiezovce) (5 killed)Demkó 2020 128-129
March 26 – Red Guard established
March 29 – April 6 – Székelys revolt in Sóvidék
April
April 1 – The National Guard and Financial Guard are merged into the Red Army
April 4
Provisional constitution establishes new election system
Lands above 100 acres nationalized
April 4–5 – Smuts Mission: Jan Smuts offers a more favorable demarcation line, the Soviet government rejects it
April 5 – On its last session, the Commission on Romanian and Yugoslav Affairs approves its border proposal for the Romanian-Hungarian border and the division of the BanatCsüllög 2020 145
April 7–14 – Council elections in Soviet Hungary
April 10 – Zala county is split into Lower and Upper Zala counties.
April 12 – Bethlen forms the Antibolsevista Comité (ABC) in ViennaRomsics 2004 430
April 14 – Anti-Soviet group formed in French-occupied Szeged by Béla Kelemen.Zsiga 1989 17
April 16 – Successful Romanian offensive launched to capture Tiszántúl and Carpathian Ruthenia
April 19 – Romanian troops and civilians massacred 91 Hungarian civilians in Köröstárkány (now Tărcaia)
April 19–24 – Counter-revolution in Carpathian Ruthenia
April 21–22 – Counter-revolution in Alsólendva
April 23
Romanians enter DebrecenGulyás 2021 37
Böhm becomes commander of Tiszántúl operationsGusztáv 1992 171
April 26
ABC sends Gyula Gömbös to SzegedZsiga 1989 13
Part of the Székely Battalion surrenders at DemecserGulyás 2021 36
April 27
Czechoslovak forces attack the Hungarian Soviet Republic
French troops occupy MakóHalmágyi, P. (2021). Makó francia megszállása, 1919. április 27. – 1919. június 15. In Lokális Trianon 1: Csongrád, Csanád és Torontál vármegye az összeomlás éveiben 1918–1920 (Vol. 28, pp. 55–66)
May
May 1
Romanians cross the Tisza at Tiszafüred and Szolnok, but withdraw on Entente pressureGusztáv 1992 174
Hungarian workers' militias cross the Danube at Komárom, massacred by Czechoslovak forcesA komáromi áttörés – 1919. május 1. https://tortenelemportal.hu/2014/04/komaromi-attores-1919-majus-1/ 2023-04-24 tortenelemportal.huJavaslat a 1919, május 1-je, a Komáromi áttörés https://www.komarom.hu/kisterseg/admin/kt_file_upload_kisterseg/komaromi_attores.pdf www.komarom.hu
Oszkár Jászi emigrates to ViennaHatos 2018 416
May 2
Morning: Böhm dispatches Parlimentairs to negotiate armistices with the intervention, later recalledLiptai 1984 226 Romania demands demobilization, handover of transport vehicles and 8 bridgeheads on the Tisza for an armistice. However, due to both American pressure, and Soviet threats on Bessarabia, Romania would not advance further into Hungary.Hatos 2021, p. 55
Czech forces capture MiskolcLiptai 1984 225
Full-scale Czechoslovak attack on Salgótarján begins
Kun and Böhm speak in front of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council, call for the mobilization of the proletariat, resolve to continue fightingGusztáv 1992 174-176
Bankgasse robbery: ABC members steal 100 million Korona from the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna
In the power vacuum, counter-revolutionaries establish control in Szolnok, led by Lajos Thurzó, Antal Bordás-Lassenberg and Andor Kuster. A white guard of 700-800 men is formed.Szabó 1959 2
May 3 – Red army (by Tibor Szamuely and Ottó Steinbrück) re-captures Szolnok from Romanians and counter-revolutionariesVörös- és fehérterror Szolnokon https://rubicon.hu/cikkek/voros-es-feherterror-szolnokon 2023-05-17 Rubicon hu
May 5
Counter-revolution breaks out in Devecser
First counter-revolutionary government formed by Gyula Károlyi in AradRomsics 2004 430
Last session of the Committee on Czecho-Slovakia
May 6 – ABC militia raid repulsed at Bruck am Leitha
May 8
Central Ruthenian National Council headed by Ágoston Volosin declares the union Carpathian Ruthenia with Czechoslovakia
Committees of the Paris Peace Conference present recommended border with Romania and Czechoslovakia to the Council of Foreign MinistersGusztáv 1992 288-292Cartledge 2011 326Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume IV - Office of the Historian https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1919Parisv04/d42 2023-06-30 history.state.gov
May 9 –
The Workers' Council's system of Trusted Men is abolished in the Red ArmyGusztáv 1992 177
The Arad government departs for Szeged, but is intercepted by Romanians at Mezőhegyes and held captive for two weeks.Pataki, I. (1968). Az ellenforradalom fegyveres szervezkedése Magyarországon és Ausztriában a proletárhatalom ellen: A „nemzeti hadsereg” létrehozásának első periódusa (1919. III. 21.–1919. VIII. 1.). Hadtörténelmi Közlemények, 15(3), 429–463.
May 10 – Anti-Soviet Social Democrat Garami negotiates with Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame in ViennaGusztáv 1992 192
May 12 –
Supreme Council of the Paris Peace Conference accepts border proposals. Aside from the Austrian claims to Western Hungary, these roughly match the final borders to be defined by the Treaty of TrianonCartledge 2011 326MacMillan 2003 344
Guido Romanelli is delegated to Budapest from the Italian Allied Mission in Vienna.
May 15 – Last session of the ABC. They agree that Pál Teleki should join the Arad/Szeged government, while Bethlen should stay to represent them from ViennaRomsics 1995 106
May 17 – Romanians enter French occupied Arad. Despite only given permission to station troops in certain areas, Romania de facto takes over the city and dismantles Hungarian civil administration. French troops refuse to leave, but don't resist Romanian actions.Bene, K. (2020). A francia megszálló hadsereg szerepe a magyar határváltozásokban 1918–1920 során: Tervek és valóság. PONTES, 3(1), 134–152. Ormos 2020 327
May 19–20 – Battle of Kisterenye, Hungary repulses Czech attempts to encircle Salgótarján
May 20 – Meeting of Catholics in Budapest led by bishop János Mészáros, on the establishment of new grassroots parishes Hatos 2025 163
May 20–21 – Hungary re-captures Miskolc, then repulses a combined Czech-Romanian counter-attack. French advisors replace Italians in the Czech army
May 29 –
Republic of Prekmurje declared
French general Pellé becomes the commander of Czechoslovak forces, replacing Italian leadership Ormos 2020 330
May 30 – Northern Campaign begins with the aim to push back Czechoslovak forcesGusztáv 1992 179
May 31 – The Arad government flees to French-occupied Szeged. Some members are interned by Romanian forces. The First Szeged Government formed, including some former ABC members.Romsics 2004 430 Miklós Horthy becomes Minister of Defense.
June
June 1 – Railway strike begins in TransdanubiaMurber 2021 78
June 4 – Counterrevolution in NagycenkA népszavazástól a vasfüggönyig Száz Magyar Falu Kézikönyvtár http://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/SzazMagyarFalu-szaz-magyar-falu-1/nagycenk-B344/a-nepszavazastol-a-vasfuggonyig-B498/,%20https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/SzazMagyarFalu-szaz-magyar-falu-1/nagycenk-B344/a-nepszavazastol-a-vasfuggonyig-B498/,%20http://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/SzazMagyarFalu-szaz-magyar-falu-1/nagycenk-B344/a-nepszavazastol-a-vasfuggonyig-B498/,%20https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/SzazMagyarFalu-szaz-magyar-falu-1/nagycenk-B344/a-nepszavazastol-a-vasfuggonyig-B498/ 2023-07-26 www.arcanum.com hu
June 6
Hungary re-captures Kassa (now Košice)
Second Szeged Government established
The Szeged Government establishes the National Army led by Horthy
June 7 – The Paris Peace Conference urges Hungary to withdraw, but does not specify a demarcation line. Béla Kun requests clarification, prompting the conference to finalize the border
June 10 – Hungary re-captures Bártfa (Bardejov), effectively cutting off Carpathian Ruthenia from Czechoslovak forcesRomsics 2004 430
June 12 – Paris Peace Conference finalizes Hungary's future borders with Romania and Czechoslovakia.Ormos 1998 57 They reject extensive Czechoslovak demands, but agree to cede Ipolyság (Šahy) to Czechoslovakia.Romsics 2020 129
June 13 – Clemenceau Note: Clemenceau urges the Hungarian Soviet Republic to withdraw from Upper Hungary, presents Hungary with the planned borders
June 14 – National Assembly of Councils, the Soviet Republic's legislature convenes for the first and only time
June 15 - 17 – Romanian troops replace the French in MakóHalmágyi, P. (2021). Makó francia megszállása, 1919. április 27. – 1919. június 15. In Lokális Trianon 1: Csongrád, Csanád és Torontál vármegye az összeomlás éveiben 1918–1920 (Vol. 28, pp. 55–66)
June 16 – Slovak Soviet Republic declared
June 18 – Counter-revolutionary uprisings around the areas of Dunapataj, Ráckeve, Érsekcsanád, Szekszárd, Kalocsa and extending up to Transdanubia, brutally suppressed Romsics 1982
June 22 – Pellé's final ultimatum to cease hostilities in Upper HungaryGusztáv 1992 184
June 23
Final constitution of the Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary passed
Hungarians in Apátfalva rise up against Romanian occupation. The returning Romanian forces kill 41 people in retaliation.Marosvári 2021
June 24
Ceasefire ends the Northern Campaign, effective from 5:00 at dawn, the Hungarian Red Army Command agreed with the ceasefire and retreatLiptai 1984 244
Counter-revolutionary uprising in Budapest by Ludovika militias and the Danubian flotilla
Counter-revolutionary uprising in SzentendreMagyar 2020
June 29
The Hungarian Red Army complete the retreat to the demarcation line (to July 7)
Right-wing paramilitaries of the Graz Command raid Fürstenfeld for weapons.Murber 2021 80
July
July 3 – Aurél Stromfeld resigns from Command
July 5 –
Mihály Károlyi flees from Hungary
On the initiative of Gömbös, Horthy is elected honorary president of MOVE in Szeged Hatos 2025 153
July 10 - 11 – Upon Austrian request, the Paris Peace Conference revises its plans for the Austro-Hungarian border, ceding Burgenland to Austria. The border with Czechoslovakia is also revised to cede Pozsonyligetfalu (Petržalka) to Czechoslovakia as a "bridgehead" across the Danube at Bratislava. Romsics 2020 127
July 12 – Gyula Károlyi resigns to Dezső Ábrahám to allied pressure, forming the Third Szeged Government
July 16 - 22 – French troops leave the Banat neutral zone (but remain in Szeged)Bene, K. (2020). A francia megszálló hadsereg szerepe a magyar határváltozásokban 1918–1920 során: Tervek és valóság. PONTES, 3(1), 134–152.
July 20 – Hungary launches its offensive across the Tisza against the Romanian armyGulyás 2021 33
July 22 – Czechoslovak legionaries blow up third of Mária Valéria Bridge on the northern side
July 23 – Böhm negotiates with Cuninghame in Vienna
July 24 – Romanian counterattack in Tiszántúl crushes the Red Army
July 25 – Mass murder in Hódmezővásárhely by Romanian troops
July 27 – Serbian troops leave Temesvár (now Timișoara) after unsuccessful attempts to make the city declare for the Yugoslav state. French troops remain until the handover to Romania is complete.
July 28 – Romanian forces cross the Tisza at Tiszalök
July 31 – Romanians capture Szolnok
August
August 1
Béla Kun and the Revolutionary Governing Council resigns, effectively ending the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Gyula Peidl forms a purely social democratic government by the approval of the Soldiers' and Workers' council
Hungarian counter-attack briefly re-captures SzolnokLiptai 1984 256
Romanians capture Füzesabony, Miskolc is cut off from Budapest
August 2
The Peidl Government restores the Hungarian People's Republic
Romanians capture Cegléd, the encircled troops in Szolnok surrender or flee by 3 PM.
August 3
Romanian forces enter Temesvár (now Timișoara)
Red Guard dissolved
Defense minister Haubrich orders secession of hostilities, the disarmament of the Red Army remnantsLiptai 1984 257
Counter-revolutionary takeover begins in Vas County
August 4
(On the night of August 3rd–4th) A detachment of 160 officers of the National army leaves Szeged to Transdanubia, led by Pál Prónay2018-04-04 A Prónay-különítmény tevékenysége Tolna megye Duna-parti településein 1919-ben https://www.archivnet.hu/a-pronay-kulonitmeny-tevekenysege-tolna-megye-duna-parti-telepulesein-1919-ben 2026-05-14 archivnet.hu hu
Romanian forces enter Budapest
The directory of Szekszárd is overthrown
Former ABC members, the Szeged Government and Vilmos Böhm negotiate in Jockey Club, Vienna. The Graz Command refuses to accept the Peidl Government and decides to invade HungaryZsiga 1989 26
August 5 -
The Paris Peace Conference agrees to send a military mission to BudapestRánki 1967
The White Terror begins in Szatymaz, where Prónay's soldiers kill 13 people, including painter Anna Kukovetz
August 6
Antal Lehár arrives to Szombathely, takes command of counter-revolutionary forces in Western Hungary
Habsburg legitimist Friedrich overthrows Peidl in Budapest
August 7
Freidrich declares Archduke Joseph August head of state as Regent
Archduke Joseph August appoints Friedrich as Prime Minister, forms a Provisional Caretaker Government
Lehár's legitimists enter Kőszeg after "some resistance"Zsiga 1989 29
August 8 - Prónay crosses the Danube from Solt to Dunaföldvár2018-04-04 A Prónay-különítmény tevékenysége Tolna megye Duna-parti településein 1919-ben https://www.archivnet.hu/a-pronay-kulonitmeny-tevekenysege-tolna-megye-duna-parti-telepulesein-1919-ben 2026-05-14 archivnet.hu hu
August 9
Horthy declares himself independent of the Szeged Government
Romanians capture SzékesfehérvárGulyás 2021 34
August 11
Allied Military Mission arrives to Budapest (Harry Hill Bandholtz, Reginald Gorton, Jean César Graziani, and Ernesto Mombelli)
The remaining brigade of the Székely Battalion arrives to MosonmagyaróvárZsiga 1989 43
August 12
Yugoslav-forces occupy Muravidék (now Prekmurje)
Joseph August declares Horthy Supreme Commander
August 13
Horthy flies from Szeged to Siófok to take command of his troops in TransdanubiaSakmyster 1994 29
Czechoslovak forces crossing the Danube across Pozsony (now Bratislava), occupying Ligetfalu (now Petržalka)Murber 2021 90
Antal Szigray declared governor of West Hungary (Moson, Sopron, Vas, Zala)Murber 2021 84
August 15
Horthy takes oath to Joseph August, formally installed as Supreme CommanderZsiga 1989 35Sakmyster 1994 29
Friedrich forms a new government
August 17 – Council of Germans in Németújvár (now Güssing) declare for AustriaZsiga 1989 34
August 18 – Romania occupies Veszprém and GyőrGulyás 2021 34
August 19 – Third and last Szeged Government resigns
August 20
Horthy's Order 95/II, declares command over all Hungarian forcesZsiga 1989 41-42
Friedrich Government declares martial lawZsiga 1989 65
August 21 – Romanians raid MosonmagyaróvárGulyás 2021 34
August 23 – Archduke Joseph August resigns to allied pressure
August 24 – Social Democratic Party of Hungary re-established by Károly Peyer
August 25 – Christian Social and Economic Party founded
August 28 – Romanians raid KapuvárGulyás 2021 34
August 30 – Christian National Party founded
September
September 3 – National Smallholders and Agricultural Laborers' Party Party founded
September 8 – Friedrich visits Szombathely, negotiates with local forcesZsiga 1989 67
September 9 – Pogrom in Tapolca and Diszel kills 15 peopletapolcaimedia 101 évvel ezelőtt történt – Pogrom Diszelben 10 September 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HnRxfv5ww 2023-04-18 hu
September 10 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Allies cede part of Western-Hungary (today Burgenland, Sopron and 8 villages) to Austria
September 21–23 – Horthy visits Western Transdunabia, negotiates with local forces
October
October 2 – November 14 – Romanians withdraw from Transdunabia
October 5 – USA General Harry Hill Bandholtz prevents the Romanian looting of the Hungarian National Museum.Ablonczy 2020 46
October 23 – Sir George Clerk arrives to Budapest to facilitate the formation of a new Hungarian government
October 25 – Christian National Party and Christian Social and Economic Party unifies to form the Christian National Union Party (KNEP)
November
November 1 – Horthy denounces violence against Jews committed by the National ArmyOrmos 1998 75
November 5 – Negotiations led by George Clerk, an agreement is reached that Miklós Horthy will enter Budapest. Horthy promises not to establish military dictatorship or start a pogrom in Budapest
November 7 – Paris Peace Council issues ultimatum to Romania to withdraw from Hungary.At the Paris Peace Conference, James T. Shotwell http://www.gwpda.org/memoir/shotwell.htm 2023-04-13 www.gwpda.org
November 14 – Romanians leave Budapest
November 16 – Horthy's National Army ceremonially enter Budapest
November 17 – 5985. M.E. of 1919 s. decree re-affirms universal secret suffrage (from age 24, with literacy requirements for women)
November 21 – National Smallholders and Agricultural Laborers' Party and National '48-er Independence and Agricultural Laborers' Party unite to form the United Smallholders and Agricultural Laborers' Party (OKGFP)
November 23 – Romania finished withdrawal to the Tisza River
November 24 – Huszár Government formed with Clerk's supervision
November 27 – Clash with Yugoslavian forces at Rédics. Hungarian forces march on Alsólendva but repulsed
December
December: Allies send provisional missions to Hungary, Thomas Hohler (UK), Maurice Fouchet (France), and Vittorio Cerruti (Italy)
December 1 – Hungary is invited to the Paris Peace Conference
December 8–18 – Czech forces withdraw from Balassagyarmat, Salgótarján, Ózd, etc. roughly to the future Trianon border. They remain in Sátoraljaújhely until March 1920.
Births
9 January – György Bulányi
10 February – Juci Komlós
10 February – Ferenc Bessenyei
Deaths
:Category:1919 deaths Deaths in 1919
27 January – Endre Ady
8 April – Loránd Eötvös
6 June – Jenő Kvassay
20 June – Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
2 August – Tibor Szamuely
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