A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO BUDAPEST'S HISTORY

A Central European Capital

The phrase 'Central European' is not a merely a geographical definition. It refers to the fact that the Hungarian capital is more than just the capital of a small country with 10.5 million inhabitants: it is also the product of a larger area, of a particular Eoropean region: Central Europe.

Its history :

• First Town
• Occupation by the Romans
• Huns in Pannonia
• The Great Migration Era
• Appearance of the Hungarian (10th-13th c.)
• After the Tatar invasion
• The Hungarian expansion (13th-15th c.)
• Budapest, a big city in Central Europe (15th-16th c.)
• The economic growth of Budapest (15th-16th c.)
• The strengthening of crafts in Budapest (15th-16th c.)
• The culture role of Budapest (15th-16th c.)
• The Turkish occupation
• The eighteenth century
• Struggle for indepence in 19th century
• Struggle for modernization in 19th century
• Growth of the population (1875-1900)
• Industrial revolution
• Establishing the railway network in 19th century
• Development of the economy in 19th century
• The urban growth in 19th century
• Development of the today face of Budapest (1870-1900)
• The intellectual boom at the turn of the 19th century
• The modern infrastructural development in 19th century
• At the end of the 19th century
• Between the two World Wars
• From the Second World War to now