Event

Surrender at Világos

1849 · 19th century

The Surrender at Világos took place on 13 August 1849, when the Hungarian army under Artúr Görgei laid down its arms to the Russian forces that had intervened on the Austrian side. It effectively ended the Hungarian war of independence of 1848-1849. Világos is now Șiria in Romania.

Surrender at Világos
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Hungarian State (1849)

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Surrender at Világos. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/surrender-at-vilagos
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