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14 BC: the Romans create the province of Pannonia (region of Transdanubia).
End of the 4th century: barbaric invasions (including of the famous Huns).
896: conquering of the country by the Magyar tribes, who make numerous incursions in the West up until 955.
1001: the crowning of Etienne I, the first Christian king of Hungary.
1241: Mongolian invasion.
1386: Turkish invasion (who occupy Budapest in 1541).
1669: Hungary in the Austrian bosom.
1740: Marie-Thérčse from Habsbourg becomes the queen of Hungary.
1848-1849: Hungarian Revolutioon for independence.
1920: Admiral Horthy becomes a regent.
1944: occupied by the Nazis, Budapest is surrounded by the Red Army in December.
1946: proclamation of the Republic.
1949: Rakosi proclaims the popular Republic.
1956: rebellion against the Soviets.
1968: economic reform and liberalisation.
1990: first free elections.
1996: Hungary celebrates its 1100th Birthday.
1 May 2004: Hungary joins the European Union. Ferenc Madl has been the president since 2000 and Ferenc Gyurcsany the prime minister.
5 August 2005: the jurist Laszlo Solyom takes up the post of president of Hungary. He replaces the conservative Ferenc Madl.