Declaration of Hungarian independence (1849)

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The Declaration of Hungarian independence (1849) was the proclamation by Lajos Kossuth and the Hungarian revolutionary government that formally severed ties with the Habsburg Monarchy and asserted Hungary’s status as a sovereign state during the 1848–1849 revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political proclamation ⓘ
approvedBy Hungarian Diet ⓘ
conflict Hungarian Revolution of 1848 ⓘ
Revolutions of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: 1848 revolutions
constitutionalContext rejection of the April Laws’ limitation under Habsburg authority ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
date 1849-04-14 ⓘ
declaredBy Hungarian National Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Országgyűlés

Hungarian revolutionary government ⓘ
Lajos Kossuth ⓘ
followedBy continued war against Austrian and Russian forces ⓘ
governmentForm revolutionary government ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century European revolutions ⓘ
Springtime of Nations ⓘ
ideology Hungarian nationalism ⓘ
liberal nationalism ⓘ
language Hungarian ⓘ
legalEffectClaimed asserted Hungary as a sovereign state ⓘ
severed ties with the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
legalStatusInEmpire considered illegal and rebellious by the Habsburg authorities ⓘ
opposedEntity Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
House of Habsburg-Lorraine ⓘ
place Debrecen ⓘ
politicalGoal establishment of an independent Hungarian state ⓘ
rejection of Habsburg rule ⓘ
precededBy Austrian court’s attempt to roll back Hungarian reforms ⓘ
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 outbreak ⓘ
readBy Lajos Kossuth ⓘ
relatedDocument April Laws (Hungary) ⓘ
linked to: April Laws
relatedEvent Austrian–Hungarian War (1848–1849) ⓘ
Russian intervention in Hungary (1849) ⓘ
relatedPlace Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
result escalation of conflict with the Habsburg Empire ⓘ
temporary assertion of Hungarian statehood ⓘ
roleOfLajosKossuth Governor-President of Hungary ⓘ
significance key document of the Hungarian national movement ⓘ
symbol of Hungarian struggle for independence ⓘ
status not internationally recognized at the time ⓘ
subject Hungarian sovereignty ⓘ
dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty in Hungary ⓘ
secession from the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
temporalContext late phase of the 1848–1849 Hungarian War of Independence ⓘ
typeOfIndependence unilateral declaration of independence ⓘ
year 1849 ⓘ

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Revolution of 1848 in Hungary → involves → Declaration of Hungarian independence (1849) ⓘ
Battle of Isaszeg → relatedEvent → Hungarian Declaration of Independence (1849) ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Hungarian independence (1849)