Hungary: 1526-1918

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Collection of degrees from Hungarian National Archives Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County Archives.
(1422-1667; Hungarian facsimiles)
From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1463 - 1706; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1491 - 1534; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
Downloadable facsimiles
(1526-1790; Hungarian and English)
From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
(1530 - 1786; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
  • Urkunden und Actenstücke zur Geschichte der Verhältnisse zwischen Österreich, Ungern und der Pforte im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderte
Documents and Reports on the History of Relations between Austria, Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th Century
1527
1528
1529
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1531-1532
1532-1533
1534
1536
1536-1537
1539-1540
(Print facsimiles with entries variously in Latin, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Spanish and Greek)
Additional facsimiles found in gallery
(1526-1711; Hungarian facsimiles)
Documents from history of Lutheran Church in Hungary.
Ordination records (1610-1940)
Church Visitation Records (1713-1931)
Parish records (1823-1952)
Meeting minutes (3 September 1843 - 10 November 1961)
(1610 - 10 November 1961; Hungarian facsimiles)
Written by Friedrich Schiller.
Available in multiple formats from Project Gutenberg.
(1618-1648; English translation)
Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years War.
(24 October 1648, English translation)
Description of 17th century Hungary.
(1664; English)
War declared against Austrian princes.
(1682; English)
Read about the collection here.
From Budapest City Archives.
(1696-1919; Hungarian facsimiles)
Online Hungarian books of the 18th - 21st centuries.
(18th-21st century; facsimiles)
The "Rákóczi Manifesto of the Christian world in the War of the reasons and purpose" established the Rákóczi Freedom in Hungary of 1703.
Manifesto authored by Rákóczi Ferenc II.
Available in various formats here.
From Hungarian Electronic Library (MEK).
(1703; Hungarian trascnription)
Proclaimed by Emperor Charles VI to underscore the indivisibility of the Habsburg lands.
(19 April 1713; German-language transcription)
List of digitized newspapers.
(1766-1832; Hungarian facsimiles)
Digitized book relating court decisions and other affairs regarding Maria Theresa Empress and Queen of Hungary
Compiled by Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
(1769; Latin and Hungarian facsimiles with German interface)
Downloadable facsimiles
(1790-1867; Hungarian and English)
Romanian and Hungarian periodicals from Transylvania.
(1795-1950; Facsimiles)
Documents an expedition in 1837 through southeastern Europe and the southern parts of the Russian Empire.
Information about the geography, history, archaeology, and peoples and cultures of the region.
(19th century; French facsimile)
Searchable book-length travel reports digitized at the University of Michigan.
(19th-20th century; hundreds of facsimiles in multiple languages)
Collection of documents and photos from Jewish culture in Hungary.
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Includes items from Holocaust and before the Holocaust.
(19th and 20th century; photos, Hungarian interface, Hungarian and Yiddish facsimiles)
Austro-Hungarian literature collection from the Munich City Library
In cooperation with Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
(18th-19th century; facsimiles; German, Hungarian and Latin)
Speeches of this Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician. Called the Father of Hungarian Democracy.
(1802-1894; English)
Records from city council meetings in Budapest, including records from Buda and Pest city council meetings minutes before they merged.
Read about the collection here.
From the Budapest City Archives.
(1804-1891 ; Hungarian, German, and Latin facsimiles)
Personal account of the travels of French geologist F.S. Beudant.
(1818; English translation)
Works of one of the leaders of the 1849 revolution.
(1823-1849; Hungarian)
National Anthem of Hungary. Adopted in 1844.
(1823; Hungarian text, English translation)
From the Avalon Project
(1829-1909; English translations and transcriptions)
Book. Travel to Southern Russia and Crimea, through Hungary, Wallachia and Moldova.
(1840; French facsimile)
Selected documentary material of the Archbishop of Kalocsa.
Digital copies from the Hungarian Electronic Library
(1848-1851; Hungarian facsimiles)
Digital copies from the Hungarian Electronic Library
(1848-1890; Hungarian facsimiles)
(April 1849; English translation)
List of the digitized newspaper "Sunday News".
(1854-1921; Hungarian facsimiles and transcriptions)
Supplement to Issue No. 883 of the Neue Freie Presse.
Polemic published by Franz Freiherr von Sommaruga. (Vienna: C. Gerold's Sohn, 1867)
Summarizes concerns for Austria about recommendations of the Hungarian Parliament regarding the imminent Double Monarchy.
(February 14, 1867; German transcriptions)
from: Landesgesetz-Sammlung für 1865-1867. 2nd improved official ed. (Pest, 1872).
(12 June 1867; transcription)
  • Die Dezemberverfassung (The December Constitution) consists of the following six parts, together establishing legal parameters for the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy within the non-Hungarian lands:
Constitution amending the earlier constitution of 1861 and setting up the parameters of the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy in force for the non-Hungarian lands. (R.G.Bl. 141/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section for the rights of citizens in the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 142/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section setting up a supreme court mechanism for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 143/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section establishing judicial powers for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 144/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional sub-section establishing parliamentary and executive powers for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 145/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Also known as: Delegationengesetz (R.G.Bl. 146/1867)
The operational law (until 1918) for all lands of the Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Constitutional epilogue establishing the point in time at which the above six laws forming the December Constitution should go into effect for for the non-Hungarian lands of the double monarchy. (R.G.Bl. 147/1867)
(21 December 1867; German-language transcription with annotations)
Downloadable facsimiles
(1867-1918; Hungarian and English)
This document is reprinted from Seton-Watson, R.W. The Southern Slav Question and the Habsburg Monarchy.
London: Constable and Co., 1911. The translation is by Seton-Watson.
(1868; English translation)
Memoirs of Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya, Hungarian admiral and statesman (nagybányai Horthy Miklós).
Annotations by Andrew L. Simon.
(1868-1957; English translation)
Includes Budapest housing plans with reactions and critiques from primary sources.
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(1870-1945; facsimiles, Hungarian transcriptions)
Facsimiles of prison records from multiple collections.
Read about the collection here.
From the Budapest City Archives.
(1873-1951; Hungarian facsimiles)
Plans, photos, and documents from the life of Béla Lajta, a Hungarian architect.
(23 January 1873 - 12 October 1920; Hungarian facsimiles)
Documents from private and public notaries of Budapest.
Collection of documents from multiple collections.
From Budapest City Archives.
(1875-1975; Hungarian facsimiles)
Russia and Austria-Hungary agreed to this treaty in Budapest.
Both parties agree not to expand military operations and pledge mutual support in the case that the Ottoman Empire collapsed. Austria-Hungary agrees to be neutral in the case that Russia has another war with the Ottoman Empire.
(15 January 1877; Russian transcription)
Book with texts of the treaties and their translations
(1879-1914; English facsimile)
Treaty between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.
Includes additional declarations from each country.
(May 20-28, 1882; English transcription)
List of digitized newspapers.
(1891-1904, 1908-1922; Hungarian facsimiles and transcriptions)
Map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1906, just over a decade before its dissolution.
(1906; zoomable map)
Petitions, diaries, newspaper articles, letters, and records related to Hungarian Jewish Boy Scouts.
(1906-1945; Hungarian facsimiles)
(pre-1914 - post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
Footage of royals, including the funeral of Franz Joseph
Compiled by British Pathe
(1914-1922; videos; English interface)
  • Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
    Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War
Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)
2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in full-text searchable transcriptions)
Erster Teil - 28. Juni bis 23. Juli 1914
Zweiter Teil - 24. Juli bis 28. Juli 1914
Dritter Teil - 29. Juli bis 27. August 1914
Sub-title: Diplomatische Aktenstücke zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges 1914 (Diplomatic Documents on the Prehistory of the 1914 War)
2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German and French originals in print-format transcriptions)
Diplomatic Documents leading to World War I.
Section I, Nos 1-19, Appendices 1 and 2.
(1914; English translations)
("Diplomatic Correspondence on the Relations of Austria-Hungary to Italy from 20 July 1914 to 23 May 1915")
(20 July 1914 - 23 May, 1915; facsimiles of correspondence in German and French)
Treaty between Central Powers and Soviet Russia ending Russia's involvement in WWI.
(March 3, 1918; English)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, for the one part, and Russia, for the other part, declare that the state of war between them has ceased.
From the Avalon Project
(1918; English)

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