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The Republic of Hungary, or Hungary (Magyarország), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars. Since May 2004 it has been part of the European Union. The capital of the country is Budapest. |
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Zoltán Kodály (IPA: [ˈzoltaːn ˈkodaːj]) (born December 16, 1882 in Kecskemét; died March 6, 1967 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music educator, linguist and philosopher.
After gaining his PhD in philosophy and linguistics, Kodály went to Paris where he studied with Charles Widor. There he discovered, and absorbed influences from, the music of Claude Debussy. He continued his folk music-collecting expeditions through World War I without interruption....
- Musicians
Béla Bartók – János Bihari – Ernő Dohnányi – Béni Egressy - Ferenc Erkel – Zoltán Kocsis – Zoltán Kodály – Franz Liszt -
- Painters
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka – Árpád Feszty – Mihály Munkácsy – Pál Szinyei Merse – Victor Vasarely
- Scientists
Georg von Békésy – János Bolyai – Károly Bund – George de Hevesy – Dennis Gabor – John von Neumann – George Andrew Olah – Ernő Rubik – Hans Selye – Ignaz Semmelweis – Charles Simonyi – Albert Szent-Györgyi – Leó Szilárd – Edward Teller – Eugene Wigner
- Writers and poets
Endre Ady – János Arany - József Eötvös – György Faludy – Béla Hamvas – Mór Jókai – Ferenc Kazinczy - Imre Kertész – János Kodolányi - Ferenc Kölcsey - Imre Madách – Sándor Márai – Ferenc Molnár - Sándor Petőfi – Miklós Radnóti – Magda Szabó – Antal Szerb - Mihály Vörösmarty
- Statesmen
Gyula Andrássy – Ferenc Deák – Miklós Horthy – Lajos Kossuth – Imre Nagy - István Széchenyi – Miklós Wesselényi
- Sportspeople
Krisztina Egerszegi - Zoltán Gera – Ágnes Keleti – Péter Lékó – László Papp – Judit Polgár – Zsuzsa Polgár – Ferenc Puskás - Csaba Mérő
- Film & Stage
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Sándor Petőfi reads the Nemzeti dal on March 15, 1848, and sparks the Hungarian War for Independence. |
- February 8, 1957 - John von Neumann, Hungarian mathematician died.
…that the Hungarian Wikipedia has reached 90 000 articles on March 20, 2008?
…that a new Hungary-related portal, Wikiportal Miskolc was started on December 2, 2006?
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