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15th of March
The revolution on the 15th of March was the event that mobilized hungarians nationwide and provided them the opportunity to force their demands on the weakened Habsburg court. -
The sanction of the April Laws
On the 11th of April Ferdinand the fifth sanctioned the April laws, that basically brought constitutional monarchy to Hungary - but did not provide anything to the ethnic minorities and set up autonomous ministries of war and finance which was a cause for the conflicts with Vienna -
Jelacic crosses the Drava
On the 11th of September Jelacic, croatian ban entered Hungary to force the royal decree containing the prohibition of setting up a ministry for finance and warfare with an army -
Battle of Pákozd
Jelacic met the Hungarians at Pákozd where they suffered defeat from Móga János. The hungarian officer chased the croatians until the western borders but stopped as there was no executive power in Hungary after the resignation of Batthányi. -
Battle of Schwechat
On the 6th of Vienna the people of the city organized a second revolution but Móga couldn't help because of the delay of setting up an executive body. Eventually the National Defense Comittee was organized and Móga got the permission, but was too late: Windishgrätz already put the revolution down and organized an army which defeated the Hungarians at Schwechat. Móga resigned and Görgei Artúr became the military leader. -
The austrian occupation of Hungary
Windishgrätz pushed the Hungarians back and though Görgei saved most of the army they had to retreat. On the 30th of December the Hungarians lost the battle of Mór. Windishgrätz occupied Buda, thus the Hungarian government moved to Debrecen. -
Battle of Kápolna
In early 1849 the situation of Hungary got worse: Görgei wanted to make pace by the Manifesto of Vác which was refused by Francis Joseph and the austrians pushed themselves further in Upper Hungary. Görgei was replaced by Henrik Dembinski. On the 26-27 of February at Kápolna Hungary suffered anothe defeat from Windisgrätz and Francis Joseph issued the octroyed constitutaion of Olmütz which made Hungary a hereditary province of the Habsburg Empire -
Tactics of the Hungarian army
During the Spring Campaign the Hungarians managed to trick Windishgrätz and free most of the country. With the lead of Gáspár András a part of the army tricked Windishgrätz into moving out of Buda to meet the Hungarians as the Austrians outnumbered them. -
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Spring Campaign
During that time the main army of Hungary moved through Hatvan (2nd of April), Tápióbicske (4th of A.) and Isaszeg (6th of A.) to attack Windisgätz from the back. Windishgrätz realized this and fled back to the castle. He was replaced by Wendel who fled to Vienna with some people left to defend Buda. The siege of Buda took 17 days which was relatively long, but the other part of the Hungarian couldn't catch the Austrians either as there was no bridge at Komárom. The Austrians escaped. -
Declaration of Independence
After the successes Kossuth issued the document of the Declaration of Independence in order to turn the inner conflict of the Habsburg Empire into a war between two independent states. It eventually didn't bring help for the Hungarians. -
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The end of the Freedom Fight
Francis Joseph called for help from Nicolas the first in the name of the Holy Alliance who brought 200 000 men. On 9th of August Dembinski suffered defeat from the enemy in Temesvár. Görgei tried to prevent the two armies from joining but couldn't manage and surrendered to the Russians in the 13th of August, which ended the Freedom fight. Klapka György was the last to give up the castle of Komárom in 2nd of October. -
Martyrs of Arad
On the 6th of October 13 officers and Batthányi Lajos was executed as retaliation and as a political gesture, on the anniversary of the second revolution in Vienna.
