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Kossuth’s father came from Slovak, and his mother was of local German stock. The family was noble and of ancient creation but not wealthy, and Kossuth’s father earned his living as an attorney for local landowning families. -
He became the Commissioner of the Cholera and did notable work -
He was first sent to Pozsony as an substitute delegate. He started writing reports about the events in the Diet, which spread widely in Hungary. He was arrested for subversion and sentenced for 3 years. -
He was then released under an amnesty and the proprietor of a biweekly journal, the Pesti Hirlap, made him its editor
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On 3 March 1848, shortly after the news of the revolution in Paris had arrived, in a speech of surpassing power he demanded parliamentary government for Hungary and constitutional government for the rest of Austria. He became the minister of finance of Hungary. The April laws were declared and passed. -
Until the fall of the revolution, he made himself the Governor of Hungary -
After the failure of the revolution, Kossuth firstly went to Great Britain, then went to the US, and spent his final years in Italy.
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Tsar Nicholas I of Russia acted as the protector of ruling legitimism and as a guardian against revolution. Kossuth gave dictatorial power to Görgey, on the ground that in the last extremity, the general alone could save the nation. Görgey surrendered at Világos to the Russians -
Kossuth died in Turin, but his body was taken to Pest, where he was buried amid the mourning of the whole nation.