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| | *[http://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/onkormanyzat-kajarpec_en.shtml National and Historical Symbols of Hungary] |
| | *[https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/hungarian-genealogy-it-all-goes-back-to-the-roman-catholic-church/ Importance of Catholic Church records in Hungarian genealogy] |
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| ==History == | | ==History == |
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| If your ancestor is said to be from Hungary it likely refers to the old historic kingdom of Hungary. Since 1918 the territory of Hungary has been distributed between modern Hungary and the new nations that surround it.
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| The Hungarian Kingdom was established in the year 1000. Most of Hungary fell under Turkish occupation in 1526. The remaining areas, along the western and northern edges became the domain of the Habsburg dynasty of Austria. At the end of the 1600s the Habsburgs drove the Turks out of Hungary. | | The Hungarian Kingdom was established in the year 1000. Most of Hungary fell under Turkish occupation in 1526. The remaining areas, along the western and northern edges became the domain of the Habsburg dynasty of Austria. At the end of the 1600s the Habsburgs drove the Turks out of Hungary. |
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| 1948 - 1956 Approximately 350,000 officials and intellectuals were imprisoned or executed during this time<br> | | 1948 - 1956 Approximately 350,000 officials and intellectuals were imprisoned or executed during this time<br> |
| 1956 - 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks entered the country from the Soviet Union and nearly 20,000 Hungarians were killed resisting the intervention, while an additional 21,600 were imprisoned afterwards for political reasons. Some 13,000 were interned and 230 brought to trial and executed. nearly a quarter of a million people fled the country by the time the revolution was suppressed<br> | | 1956 - 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks entered the country from the Soviet Union and nearly 20,000 Hungarians were killed resisting the intervention, while an additional 21,600 were imprisoned afterwards for political reasons. Some 13,000 were interned and 230 brought to trial and executed. nearly a quarter of a million people fled the country by the time the revolution was suppressed<br> |
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| *[https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/hungarian-genealogy-it-all-goes-back-to-the-roman-catholic-church/ Importance of Catholic Church records in Hungarian genealogy]
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