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Buda Castle falls to the Ottomans; Hungary is partitioned and shared by three separ-
ate groups: the Turks, the Habsburgs and the Transylvanian princes.
1566
Miklós Zrínyi and his 2500 soldiers make their heroic sally at Szigetvár Castle in
southern Hungary; Sultan Suleiman I dies in battle.
1686
Austrian and Hungarian forces backed by the Polish army liberate Buda from the
Turks, though little of the castle is left standing.
1699
Austria, Poland, Venice and Russia sign a peace treaty with the Turks; Austria receives
large accessions of territory in Hungary and Transylvania.
1703-11
Ferenc Rákóczi II fights and loses a war of independence against the Habsburgs; he is
given asylum in Thrace by the Turkish sultan Ahmet III.
1795
Seven pro-republican Jacobites, including the group's leader, Ignác Martonovics, are
beheaded at Vérmező in Buda for plotting against the Habsburg throne.
1825
The so-called Reform Era is in full swing; Pest becomes the cultural and economic
centre of the country; first National Theatre is built along with first Hungarian National
Museum.
1848-49
During the War of Independence, Sándor Petőfi dies fighting, Lajos Batthyány and 13
of his generals are executed for their roles, and leader Lajos Kossuth goes into exile.
1867
The Act of Compromise creates the Dual Monarchy of Austria (the empire), based in
Vienna, and Hungary (the kingdom), with its seat at Budapest.
1873
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