Budapest History Timeline

• 1787-08-17 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups

• 1901-04-29 Antisemitic riot in Budapest

• 1910-11-19 Ferenc Molnàr's play "Tester" premieres in Budapest
• 1912-11-09 Ferenc Molnàr's play "Farkas" premieres in Budapest

• 1919-08-06 Romanian forces bring down Hungarian Soviet Republic in Budapest
• 1919-11-16 Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
• 1928-08-16 Belgian cyclist Georges Ronsse wins men's road race at UCI Road World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
• 1944-12-26 Budapest surrounded by the Soviet army
• 1945-02-13 Soviet forces capture Budapest after a 49-day battle with Nazi Germany that killed 159,000 people
• 1945-05-01 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
• 1956-11-04 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Soviet movement in Budapest, Hungary
• 1957-04-01 Trial begins in Budapest against participants of the Hungarian Uprising of October 1956
• 1958-08-06 American athlete Glenn Davis breaks his own world record by 0.3 (49.2) in 400m hurdles in Budapest, Hungary
• 1964-05-15 Sporting Portugal win 4th European Cup Winner's Cup against MTK Budapest of Hungry 1-0 at Antwerp (replay)
• 1971-09-28 Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty after 15 years refuge in US Embassy in Budapest is allowed to leave the country
• 1977-04-28 The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed

• 1988-03-27 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
• 1988-03-27 Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
• 1988-03-27 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR)

• 1988-07-07 Hungary holds a state funeral for composer Béla Bartók, 42 years after his death; his remains are relocated from Hartsdale, New York to Budapest's Farkasréti Cemetery for interment next his wife Ditta, who died in 1982
• 2001-11-23 Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
• 2006-09-18 Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
• 2015-09-01 EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary closes Keleti Railway Station in Budapest to try and stop migrants travelling
• 2019-05-29 Tourist boat sinks after colliding with another boat on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, killing 28 people

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 229

• 1795-02-08 Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, Austrian satirical writer and journalist, born in Lovasbereny, near Budapest (d. 1858)
• 1818-07-01 Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician who discovered the cause of puerperal (childbed) fever and introduced antisepsis into medical practice, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1865)
• 1836-08-23 Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians, born in Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary (d. 1902)
• 1858-09-15 Jenő Hubay [Huber], Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (Budapest Conservatory, 1886-1934), born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1937)

• 1862-11-26 Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1943)
• 1868-01-01 Snitz Edwards [Edward Neumann], Hungarian-American stage and silent film actor ("Phantom of the Opera"; "College"), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)

• 1873-12-15 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1923)
• 1874-03-17 Stephen Samuel Wise, American Rabbi and President of Zionist Org of America, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1949)

• 1877-09-06 Petar Stojanovic, Serbian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1957)
• 1878-01-12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian American playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) and novelist (The Paul Street Boys), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1952)
• 1878-06-26 Albert Siklós, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1942)
• 1879-11-01 Pal Teleki-von Szek, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1941)
• 1879-11-06 Eugen Varga, Hungarian-Russian economist and politician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1964)
• 1880-07-02 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
• 1881-05-13 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1943)
• 1883-02-02 S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)
• 1883-10-22 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1921)
• 1884-02-29 Alfred Sendrey, American composer and musicologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1976)
• 1885-04-13 Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and literary critic, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
• 1885-04-16 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Fasching), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
• 1885-08-01 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry -1943), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966) [1]
• 1885-09-10 (Theodora) "Dora" Pejačević, Croatian countess and composer (Symphony in F-sharp minor, Op. 41), born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1923)
• 1885-10-11 Alfred Haar, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1933)
• 1886-04-01 Casimir von Pászthory, Austrian composer, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966)
• 1886-12-24 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born American film director, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1962)
• 1887-12-13 George Pólya, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1985)
• 1888-12-19 (Frederick) "Fritz" Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1922-31; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1938-48; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1953-63), and educator (Curtis Institute), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1963) [1]
• 1888-12-28 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
• 1890-08-09 Sándor Jemnitz, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1963)
• 1891-01-22 Franz Alexander, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst (pioneered psychosomatic medicine), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
• 1891-03-12 Michael Polanyi, Hungarian-English chemist, economist and philosopher (claimed all knowledge relied on personal judgments), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
• 1892-06-30 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1963)
• 1892-09-05 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1973)
• 1893-01-05 Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. unknown)
• 1893-03-27 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and writer (Ideology and Utopia; Diagnosis of Our Time), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1947)
• 1893-09-16 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986)

• 1896-09-30 Jolie Gabor [Janka Tilleman], Hungarian-American jeweler and mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997) [birth date disputed]
• 1897-04-24 György Kósa, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1984)
• 1897-06-07 George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)

• 1899-01-27 Béla Guttmann, Hungarian soccer midfielder (4 caps; MTK Hungária, Hakoah Wien) and coach (Benfica, AC Milan, FC Porto; Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1981)
• 1899-06-03 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physioloy or Medicine 1961 for work on the inner ear), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1972)
• 1899-09-16 Hans Swarowsky, Austrian pianist, conductor (Graz Opera, 1947-50), and educator (Vienna Music Academy, 1949-75), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1975)
• 1899-09-29 Lásló Jósef Bíró, Hungarian inventor (ballpoint pen), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1985)
• 1899-10-01 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)

• 1900-07-27 Charles Vidor, Hungarian director (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1959)
• 1900-12-12 Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist ('the Sun Queen' who invented solar energy technologies), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995) [1]
• 1901-01-26 Ervin Major, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1967)
• 1901-02-22 Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist, filmmaker, born in Budapest (d. 1997)
• 1901-05-01 Antal Szerb, Hungarian author (The Pendragon Legend; Journey by Moonlight), and literary scholar (History of World Literature), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1945) [1]
• 1901-08-28 Paul Henry Lang, Hungarian-American critic and musicologist (NY Herald Tribune), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1991)
• 1902-04-10 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
• 1902-10-23 Otto J. Gombosi, Hungarian-American musicologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1955)
• 1902-11-17 Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1963 Nobel Prize for Physics), worked on the Manhattan Project, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
• 1902-12-27 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)

• 1904-10-22 Paul Arma, Hungarian-French composer, born in Budapest (d. 1987)
• 1904-10-27 Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer forward (2 caps Hungary; Ferencváros, NY Giants, NY Americans) and coach (United States [men] 1953-56), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
• 1905-04-11 József Attila, Hungarian poet, born in Ferencváros, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
• 1905-05-04 Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
• 1905-09-05 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Arrow in Blue), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1983)
• 1905-09-23 Jenö Kenessey, Hungarian conductor and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1976)
• 1905-10-22 Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The Grand Illusion), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
• 1906-01-15 Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1962)
• 1906-04-09 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-1960; National Symphony, 1970-77), and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1988)
• 1906-04-25 Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
• 1906-11-13 Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2011)

• 1907-01-18 Janos Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (Budapest Opera), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1984)
• 1907-04-18 Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American classical and film music composer (Spellbound; A Double Life; Ben-Hur), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
• 1907-05-17 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1988)
• 1907-07-26 István Pelle, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold pommel horse & floor exercise 1932), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
• 1907-09-28 Ida Turay, Hungarian actress (Deryne; Ida Regenye), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997)
• 1907-10-01 Oedoen Partos, Hungarian-Israeli violist (Israel Philharmonic, 1938-56), composer, and teacher, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1977)
• 1907-11-30 Gyorgy Ranki, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1992)

• 1908-10-21 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1993)
• 1908-12-14 Mária Szepes, Hungarian author (The Red Lion), born in Budapest (d. 2007)
• 1909-05-05 Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet (Clouded Sky), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1944)
• 1910-03-16 Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (7 Olympic gold 1932, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1991)
• 1910-06-16 Ilona Massey [Hajmássy], Hungarian-American film, stage, and radio actress and singer (Ilona Massey Show), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
• 1910-06-21 Béla Tardos, Hungarian composer (A beke napja alatt (Under the Sun of Peace), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1966)
• 1911-12-27 Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian composer (Dark Heaven Requiem), born in Budatétény, Budapest, Hungary (d. 1977)
• 1912-04-12 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn; 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
• 1912-04-16 John Halas, Hungarian-American cartoonist and animator (Animal Farm), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
• 1912-08-02 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, born in Budapest (d. 1996)
• 1912-09-21 György Sándor, Hungarian pianist, born in Budapest (d. 2005)
• 1912-10-21 Georg Solti [György Stern], Hungarian-British conductor, winner of 31 Grammy awards (Chicago Symphony, 1969-91), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997)
• 1913-01-30 Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter described as the "Indian Frida Kahlo" and "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century", born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1941)
• 1913-03-26 Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1996)
• 1913-05-06 Gyula David, Hungarian composer (Viola Concerto) and violinist, born in Budapest (d. 1977)

• 1914-05-24 George Tabori, Hungarian writer, born in Budapest (d. 2007)
• 1914-08-09 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor, born in Budapest (d. 1963)

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