Person

Lajos Kossuth

1802–1894 · 19th century

Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist and statesman, the leading figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. As finance minister and head of the National Defence Committee he organised resistance to the Habsburgs, and after the Declaration of Independence of April 1849 he was elected governor-president. After defeat by Austrian and Russian armies he went into exile, where he died in Turin.

Lajos Kossuth
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Mentioned in 1 state history

Hungarian State (1849)

Great speeches

Kossuth's Welcome to New YorkDecember 1851

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lajos Kossuth. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lajos-kossuth
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