Opposition Party (Hungary)
The Opposition Party was a political party that came to prominence during the 1848–49 revolution in Hungary. By contemporary political standards, they represented the far-left in the Hungarian parliament. It's leading political figure was Lajos Kossuth.
Revolutionary crowd in front of the Hungarian National Museum on 15 March 1848
The first 'popular representational' National Assembly in Pest in 1848
The first government of Hungary, the Batthyány Government (1st row:Lajos Batthyány 2nd row:Bertalan Szemere, Pál Esterházy 3rd row:Gábor Klauzál, Lajos Kossuth, Lázár Mészáros, 4th row:István Széchenyi, József Eötvös 5th row:Ferenc Deák)
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848, also known in Hungary as Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. Although the revolution failed, it is one of the most significant events in Hungary's modern history, forming the cornerstone of modern Hungarian national identity—the anniversary of the Revolution's outbreak, 15 March, is one of Hungary's three national holidays.
Artist Mihály Zichy's painting of Sándor Petőfi reciting the National Song to a crowd on 15 March 1848
Photograph of the aged Emperor Ferdinand I dated c. 1870
The entrance room of the Pilvax coffee palace at Pest in the 1840s
The National Song being recited at the National Museum
