Hungarian Diet restores 1848 Constitution

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.2: Hungarian Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: John Cox (University of North Dakota), Virginia L. Lewis ()

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Regulation of government and electoral processes

Dates

Date of occurrence 1867-02-17

Places

Hungary (Location)

The Hungarian Diet opens, and some of its members call for complete independence and separation from Austria. However, a group led by Ferenc Deak supports what becomes known as the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (Ausgleich). This allows for a Dual Monarchy, whereby the Magyars dominate Hungary and Germans dominate the rest of the Austrian territories, but the two parts of the state hold a single foreign policy.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Hungarian Diet restores 1848 Constitution". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=18529, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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