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895-96
 * Prince Arpad leads Magyar conquest of Hungary.

1000
 * King (Saint) Stephen is converted to Christianity.

1241-50
 * Tatars invade.

1458-90
 * Reign of Matyas Corvinus: Hungarian Renaissance is at its apex and domination of the area is at its widest geographically.

1526
 * August
 * Turks defeat Hungarians at Mohacs; Turkish conquest of Hungary ensues.

Late 17th century
 * Combined efforts of Austrians and Hungarians drive Turks from Hungary. Habsburg domination of Hungary begins.

1703-11
 * "War of Independence"; the first effort to evict the Habsburgs fails.

1848 March to 1849 August
 * National revolt against Habsburgs almost succeeds. Hungarian armies are crushed by the intervention of the Russian Imperial Army.

1867
 * Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy—the "Great Compromise"—is formed.

1914
 * July
 * Hungary enters World War I as an ally of Austria and Germany.

1918
 * November
 * Hungarian Communist Party is founded.

1919
 * March-July
 * Hungarian Socialist Republic, a short-lived Communist dictatorship led by Bela Kun, is established.

1920
 * March
 * Admiral Miklos Horthy is elected Regent of Hungary.
 * June
 * Hungarian Peace Treaty, also known as the Trianon settlement, is signed at Versailles; Hungary cedes three-fourths of its territory and over one-third of its population to neighboring states.

1940
 * November
 * Hungary signs Axis Pact.

1941
 * June
 * Hungary declares war on U.S.S.R.

1944
 * March
 * Germany occupies Hungary.
 * October
 * Regent Horthy is arrested by Germans.
 * December
 * Provisional government is established in Debrecen under Soviet auspices.

1945
 * January
 * Armistice agreement is signed in Moscow.
 * April
 * Hungary is liberated from Nazi rule.
 * November
 * Only free election in Hungarian history is held; Smallholders get absolute majority; Communists receive 17% of vote.

1946
 * February
 * Republic is proclaimed; Ferenc Nagy of Smallholders Party becomes Premier.

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