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| 1919, Jan. 11 |
| | | Károlyi appointed president of the republic. The government at once proceeded to the work of dividing the large estates among the peasants. | 1 |
| | | March 21 |
| | | Károlyi resigned in protest of the Allied decision to assign Transylvania to Romania. | 2 |
| | | March 21 |
| | | Formation of a Socialist-Communist government under Alexander Garbai (president) and Béla Kun (foreign affairs). The Socialists were soon crowded out and a Communist dictatorship established under Béla Kun. | 3 |
| | | March 28 |
| | | Hungary declared war on Czechoslovakia and proceeded to the reconquest of Slovakia. | 4 |
| | | April 10 |
| | | Romanian troops began to invade Hungary to forestall reconquest of Transylvania. A provisional government was set up by Count Julius Károlyi (brother of Mihaly), Count István Bethlen, Adm. Miklós Horthy, and Archduke Joseph at Szeged (under French occupation). Beginning of the counterrevolution. | 5 |
| | | June 24 |
| | | Communist constitution. | 6 |
| | | Aug. 1 |
| | | Béla Kun fled to Vienna in the face of the Romanian advance. The Revolutionary Governing Council resigned. | 7 |
| | | Aug. 4 |
| | | The Romanians occupied Budapest (until Nov. 14). | 8 |
| | | Aug. 6 |
| | | Archduke Joseph took control as state governor but was forced by Allied protests to resign. A new government was formed under the industrialist István Friedrich. But chaos reigned. This was a period of “white terror” in which roving gangs of counterrevolutionary officers targeted socialists, radical democrats, and Jews. | 9 |
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edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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