1921 in Hungary
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Incumbents
- Regent: Miklós Horthy
- Prime Minister: Pál Teleki (to 14 April), István Bethlen (from 14 April)
- Speaker of the National Assembly: István Rakovszky (to 30 July), Gaszton Gaál (from 12 August)
Events
March
- 14 March - Act III of 1921 passed by the National Assembly. The so-called "order law" invests powers in the government to protect the social order against communists and other radicals[1]
- 27 March - Easter Crisis: Charles IV returns to Hungary at Szombathely
- 28 March - Easter Crisis: Charles IV negotiates with Horthy in Budapest. Horthy refuses to resign power. Charles IV returns to Szombathely.[2]
April
- 1 April - Easter Crisis: People's Assembly supports Horthy against Charles IV[3]
- 5 April - Easter Crisis: Charles IV leaves Hungary[4]
- 6 April - Act III of 1921 comes into effect
- 14 April - István Bethlen replaces Pál Teleki in government[5]
- 23 April - Romania signs alliance with Czechoslovakia[6]
May
- 4 May - Land swap agreement between Romania and Czechoslovakia[7]
June
- 7 June - Romania signs alliance with Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes[6]
August
- 6 August - Inter-Allied General Committee publishes the plan for the transfer of Burgenland from Hungary to Austria in 3 stages (A, B and C Zone).[8]
- 9-10 August - Pact between Czechoslovakia and Austria. Czechoslovakia would support Austrian territorial claims and LoN loan, Austria denounces Habsburg restoration attempts.[1]
- 14 August - SerbianâHungarian BaranyaâBaja Republic declared
- 21 August - SerbianâHungarian BaranyaâBaja Republic dissolved
- 22 August - Hungarian forces enter Pécs[9]
- 26 August - Scheduled date of evacuation of Zone A, delayed by 48 hours[8]
- 27-28 August - Uprising in West Hungary begins[10]
September
- 7-8 September - Second Battle of Ãgfalva[10]
- 15 September - Italian foreign minister Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta begins to mediate between Austria and Hungary[11]
- 16 September - Prónay briefly arrests Antal Lehár[12]
- 23 September - Entente demands Hungary evacuate Zone B and C[11]
- 29 September -
October
- 3 October - Hungarian forces leave Zone B and C.[15]
- 4 October - Pál Prónay declares the independent state of Lajtabánság in Burgenland
- 7 October - Austro-Hungarian negotiations begin in Venice with Italian mediation[16]
- 13 October - Venice Agreement between Hungary and Austria
- 17-18 October - Legitimists plot a coup against Horthy in west Hungary[14]
- 20 October - Charles IV returns to Hungary for the second time via airplane landing at Dénesfa at the Cziráky estates[17]
- 22 October - 04:30 - Telegraph notifies the Government about Charles IV's return[18]
- 23-24 October - Battle of Budaörs, Charles IV halted before entering Budapest
- 24 October - Czechoslovakia and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes issue an ultimatum to Hungary to resist and overthrow the Habsburgs, threaten military intervention.[19]
- 25 October - II. Army of Lajtabánság under Miklós Budaházy enters the Sopron plebiscite zone with 400 men and overthrows the legitimist government.[20]
- 27 October - 6/II Infantry Battalion replaces paramilitaries in Sopron[20]
- 31 October - Prónay and his officers summoned to Horthy in person, ordered the evacuation of Lajtabánság by 5 November[21]
November
- 1 November - Charles IV leaves Hungary for the last time
- 5 November - Rongyos Gárda leaves Burgenland, Lajtabánság dissolved
- 6 November - The People's Assembly dethrones the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1921:XLVII Act)[22]
- 11 November - Inter-Allied General Committee, after notified by Hungary that the paramilitaries were evacuated, orders Austria to take control of Burgenland, except for the Sopron plebiscite zone.[23]
- 13-15 November - Austria takes over North Burgenland (north of Sopron)
- 19 November - Charles IV arrives to Madeira
- 25-29 November - Austria takes over Central and South Burgenland (south of Sopron)
December
- 2 December - Austrian, Hungarian and Entente authorities sign a protocol on the completed handover of Burgenland.[24]
- 14-16 December - Sopron Plebiscite: Sopron votes to stay in Hungary[25]
- 15-16 December - Czechoslovakia and Austria sign a pact of friendship and co-operation[1]
- 20 December - Council of Ambassadors accepts the result of the plebiscite[26]
- 22 December -
- 23 December - Amnesty for political prisoners sentenced below 5 years[28]
Deaths
- 7 March - Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas
- 8 August - Károly Haggenmacher
- 26 August - Sándor Wekerle
- 18 October - Ludwig III of Bavaria
- 31 December - József Kiss
