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The age of Dualism in Hungary

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    Andrássy Government

    Under this government, Austria-Hungary was created. Certain important laws were passed as well, including the law on nationalities, giving them rights regarding their languages, and the law on education, making attending school compulsory between age 6 and 12. Andrássy later bacame the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • Compromise ratification

    Compromise ratification
    On this day, the political and economic compromise, consisting of 5 laws was ratified by the Hungarian diet, creating Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
  • Franz Joseph

    Franz Joseph
    Franz Joseph was crowned as the King of Hungary in the Matthias church in Budapest, making him simultaneously Hungaruan king and Austrian Emperor.
  • Croatian-Hungarian Compromise

    Croatian-Hungarian Compromise
    Croatia stayed part of the kingdom of Hungary, but was recognized as a distinct political unit with certain degree of authonomy, for example Serbo-Croatian became the official language of it
  • Law of Nationalities

    Nationalities living in Hungary recieved individual, but not collective rights. Neither Hungarian elite, nor nationalities were not satisfied with it
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    Tisza Kálmán Government

    Tisza Kálmán got support of the whole Hungarian Governmentafter his reform of the Upper House. He in order to increase his influence narrowed the suffrage, decreased the authonomy of the counties, and demanded unconditional support
  • Code Csemegi accepted

    Code Csemegi accepted
    New, modern military code was accepted, tortures and certain executions were prohibited
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    Szapáry Government

  • Transylvania Memorandum

    Transylvania Memorandum
    Leaders of Romanians of Transylvania sent a petition to the Emperor asking for equal rights with Hungarians, and were later imprisoned for nationalist agitation
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    Wekerle Government

    Wekerle was the first PM of Hungary coming from a bourgeois family
  • Church and State saparations

    Church and State saparations
    With Civil Marriage Act, marriage stopped being a church ritualm divorce became possible. Judaism became an accepted religion. These changes faced opposition in shape of newly-formed Catholic Party
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    Bánffy Government

    Was characterized by millitarism and chuavinism
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    Széll Government

    Under this government new economic compromise was achieved
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    1st Tisza István Government

    Tisza was talanted but confrontational leader, who saw social, economic, and political problems of Dualism clearly
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    Coalitional Government

    So-called "rainbow coalition" was formed by multiple parties againt Tisza after the opposition won the elections in 1905, however Franz Joseph did not want to appoint a leader. This government failed to gain more independance
  • Černová massacre

    Černová massacre
    15 Slovakian people were killed by gendarmes after gathering for consecration of the local Catholic Church
  • Lex Apponyi

    Lex Apponyi
    New law according to which non-Hungarian students had to speak Hungarian by the end of the 4th grade, or the school could have been closed. This led to closure of near 2000 schools at the periphery
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    2d Tisza István Government

    During this term ruling party was reorganized into National Working Party. Am unsucessful assassination attempt agains Tisza took place
  • Sarajevo assassination

    Sarajevo assassination
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, leading to Austro-Hungary devlaring war on Serbia and the outbreak of the WW1
  • Aster Revolution success

    Aster Revolution success
    As the result of success of the Aster Revolution success First Hungarian Republic was founded, with Hungary declaring its independance, thereby the Empire was dissolved