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  Lajos Kossuth Summary
The son of an impoverished Lutheran nobleman, Louis Kossuth was born at Monok in northern Hungary on Sept. 19, 1802.
Lajos "Louis" Kossuth (Ľudovít Košút in Slovak) (Monok, September 19, 1802–Turin, March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1849.
Lajos Kossuth was born at Monok, a small town in the county of Zemplén as the oldest of four children.
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  Lajos Kossuth: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth (September 19, 1802 - March 20, 1894), was a Hungarian (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) lawyer, journalist, one of the most significant politicians, and for a time was regent.
Kossuth was born at Monok, a small town in the county of Zemplén (additional info and facts about Zemplén), the eldest of four children.
Kossuth, undaunted, did not stop at the publicly reasoned reforms demanded by all Liberals: the abolition of entail, the abolition of feudal burdens and taxation of the nobles.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lajos_kossuth.htm   (2689 words)

  
 Lajos Kossuth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth (Ľudovít Košút in Slovakian) (Monok, September 19, 1802 Turin, March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician, and for a time was regent.
Kossuth was born at Monok, a small town in the county of Zemplén (Zemplín in Slovakian), the eldest of four children.
Lajos Kossuth is the earliest born person in the world who has his voice preserved.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lajos_Kossuth   (2656 words)

  
 FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS KOSSUTH - LoveToKnow Article on FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS KOSSUTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
(1841-), Hungarian statesman, the son of Lajos Kossuth, was born on the i6th of November 1841, and educated at the Paris Polytechnic and the London University, where in 1859 he won a prize for political economy.
Kossuth continued the agitation by reporting in letter form the debates of the county assemblies, to which he thereby gave a political KOSSUTH, L. importance which they had not had when each was ignorant of the proceedings of the others.
Kossuth, indeed, was not content with advocating those reformsthe abolition of entail, the abolition of feudal burdens, taxation of the nobleswhich were demanded by all the Liberals.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KO/KOSSUTH_FERENCZ_LAJOS_AKOS.htm   (3436 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Louis Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894), Hungarian patriot and statesman, who tried unsuccessfully to establish an independent Hungarian republic in the middle of the 19th century.
Kossuth was born on September 19, 1802, in Monok, Hungary (then part of Austria), and educated at Sárospatak and Budapest.
Kossuth reported his observations of political activities in the form of a parliamentary gazette.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561434/Louis_Kossuth.html   (337 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Lajos Kossuth Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kossuth was born at Monok, a small town in the county of Zemplin, the eldest of four children.
Kossuth completed his education at the Calvinist college of Sarospatak and the university of Budapest.
Due to the support of Lajos Batthyany during a keenly fought campaign, he was elected to the new Diet as member for Pest.
www.ipedia.com /lajos_kossuth.html   (2499 words)

  
 The Inkwell Gallery, Historical Figures, Miscellaneous, Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894), the "Father of Hungarian Democracy," was elected governor of Hungary when Austria refused to accede to demands for far-reaching political, social and economic reforms.
Queen Victoria, who was very uneasy with the adulation given to Kossuth, said that the national movements in Italy and Hungary were nothing but the expression of the "inherent rawness and bad breeding" of the masses.
Ultimately Kossuth became a victim of the slavery question: extremists in both sections of the United States were prepared to judge the Hungarian cause only in terms of their own domestic struggle.
www.inkwellgallery.com /historical/misc/kossuthl-1.htm   (400 words)

  
 Kossuth County EDC
Lajos Kossuth, the Hungarian political reformer and leader of the 1848-1849 revolution for Hungarian independence, was one of the greatest statesmen and orators of the mid 19th century.
Kossuth was born in modest circumstances, although his father was a member of the gentry.
In 1847 Kossuth was elected to the Diet as a representative of the county of Pest.
www.kossuth-edc.com /community/kossuthbio.htm   (970 words)

  
 Kossuth: 1802-1894
The Hungarian Lajos Kossuth, who had dedicated his life to freedom and liberty of his country, fought the Austrians to end serfdom and aristocratic rule and to establish the independence of Hungary.
Lajos Kossuth, also known as Louis Kossuth, was born on September 19, 1802 in Monok, Hungary.
Kossuth practiced law and served as a junior official in his country from 1824 to 1832.
www.thenagain.info /WebChron/EastEurope/Kossuth.html   (667 words)

  
 DCist: Daily Kossuth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The word refers to Lajos Kossuth, one of several Eastern European champions of liberty and democracy celebrated within a few city blocks northwest of Dupont Circle, and arguably the most quarrelsome and conflicted of them all.
Kossuth lobbied for Hungarian autonomy, successfully positioned himself as the go-to guy in the situation, and soon enough consolidated control as leader of the Hugarian counties (comparisons to Senator-cum-Emperor Palpatine are acknowledged by DCist, but not endorsed).
But that is not the only memorial to Kossuth in the District, either; there is an assumedly bronze representation of him in the crypt beneath the Capitol Rotunda, arranged for in 2002 by Rep. Tom Lantos, a native of Hungary and Holocaust survivor.
www.dcist.com /archives/2005/06/13/daily_kossuth.php   (1431 words)

  
 Louis Kossuth: Father of Hungarian Democracy - the American Hungarian Federation, Founded 1906
Kossuth envisioned a federation in the Kingdom of Hungary in which all nationalties participated in a vibrant democratic system based on fundamental democratic principles such as equality and parliamentary representation.
Kossuth learned English while in prison and exile and spoke to half the population of the US who enthusiastically greeted and flocked to hear him.
In North America, there is a Kossuth County in the state of Iowa, a town with his name in Indiana, Ohio and Mississippi, a settlement with a Kossuth Post Office is in Pennsylvania.
www.americanhungarianfederation.org /news_kossuth.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Kossuth County EDC
"Kossuth on State" is a life-sized bronze sculpture of the Hungarian Patriot, Lajos Kossuth, which has been placed on the front lawn of the Kossuth County Courthouse on State Street in Algona, Iowa.
A bronze plaque with a brief history of Lajos Kossuth was placed on the base of the statue.
The "Kossuth on State" project was sanctioned by the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors who accepted the sculpture for placement on the grounds of the Kossuth County Courthouse.
www.kossuth-edc.com /community/Kossuth.htm   (402 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Louis Kossuth (Austria And Hungary, History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Kossuth, a fiery orator, was one of the principal figures of the Hungarian revolution of Mar., 1848.
The Hungarians won several victories, but in 1849, Russian troops intervened in favor of Austria, and Kossuth was obliged to resign the government to General GOrgey.
Kossuth lived in exile in England and (after 1865) in Italy.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kossuth.html   (414 words)

  
 THE NATION'S GUEST: LAJOS KOSSUTH IN AMERICA December 1851-July 1852
According to Kossuth's interpretation of the non-intervention policy of the United States, Washington's advice in his farewell address was appropriate in the early days of the republic, but not presently inasmuch America had matured into a giant, and, in any case, Washington did not intend the principle of non-interference to be a constitutional doctrine.
Ultimately Kossuth became a victim of the slavery question: extremists in both sections of the United States were prepared to judge the Hungarian cause only in terms of their own domestic struggle.
Kossuth wanted to maintain a strict neutrality on this explosive issue, repeatedly asserting that he did not wish to address himself to the slavery issue, since as a foreigner, he did not want to get involved in the internal affairs of the United States.
www.hccc.org /A2e/A20224a.shtml   (3180 words)

  
 Kossuth Lajos - Hungarian Online Resources (Magyar Online Forrás)
Kossuth, Lajos, Hungarian patriot and statesman, who tried unsuccessfully to re-gain full independence for Hungarian republic in the mid-1800s.
Kossuth was born in Monok, Hungary (then part of Austria).
Kossuth and the Hungarian War: Comprising a Complete History of the Late Struggle of the Hungarians For Liberty:.
hungaria.org /projects.php?projectid=7   (619 words)

  
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In September of 1802, Lajos Kossuth was born in the village of Monok in Upper Hungary, the only son of László Kossuth, an impoverished nobleman and lawyer.
Kossuth was perfectly willing to let the minorities develop their own languages and customs as long as they recognized that there was only one nation under the Holy Crown: the Hungarian nation.
Kossuth's wildly enthusiastic reception in New York was only the prelude to his triumphal tour throughout the States where he was feted by banquets, torchlight parades, and celebrations of every sort.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/hunspir/hsp33.htm   (9068 words)

  
 LAJOS KOSSUTH MONUMENT - Historical Sign
Kossuth was born to a family of noble heritage in Monok in northeastern Hungary.
Kossuth was elected to the Hungarian Diet (national assembly) in 1847, and a year later he led the revolution that created a new national government for Hungary.
Kossuth visited New York in December 1851 at the start of a seven-month tour of the United States.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6398   (623 words)

  
 Danubian Confederation and Lajos Kossuth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kossuth 's discussion of a confederation in his letter of June 15, 1850 to L‡szl— Teleki, included his arguments opposing autonomous territorial concessions to the nationalities that were included in the Kiutahia Constitution of 1851.
Kossuth rejected the Romanian plan and the demands of the Serbian Minister of the Interior, Ilija Garasa nin, which requested Hungarian territory in exchange for Romanian and Serbian participation in the confederation.
Kossuth's rejection of a compromise with the Habsburgs assisted both parties--the Francis Joseph and the Hungarian Diet--in reaching a final settlement in 1867.
www.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/dh/DANUBE.HTM   (864 words)

  
 The Hungary Page - Louis (Lajos) Kossuth: Father of Hungarian Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kossuth (pronounced co-shoot) was Governor of Hungary during fight for independence and democracy which was eventually defeated by the union of the royalist Austrian Habsburg and Russian Czarist Armies (1848 - 1849).
There is a Kossuth County in the state of Iowa, a town with his name in Indiana, Ohio and Mississippi, and a settlement with a Kossuth Post Office is in Pennsylvania.
Visit "Lajos Kossuth in North America" for more on this remarkable man. This is an excellent site with numerous photos of Kossuth, as well as background of his life and work and accounts of his visit to North America.
www.webenetics.com /hungary/kossuth.htm   (461 words)

  
 Magyar Pavilon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
During the reform period in the 1840s, the leadership of the reform camp shifted from the hands of István Széchenyi to Kossuth, a member of the lesser nobility.
Kossuth played a decisive role in framing the hard-won laws of April, 1848.
On April 14, 1849, upon the initiative of Kossuth, the National Assembly proclaimed the abolishment of the Habsburg rule.
www.idg.hu /expo/hosok_tere/gero/Kossuth.html   (669 words)

  
 Reforming Family Exhibit; Lajos Kossuth Letter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Lajos “Louis” Kossuth (1802-1894) was a leader of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Austrian Empire.
With the assistance of a U.S. warship, Kossuth left the Ottoman Empire in the fall of 1851 and arrived in the United States on December 5, 1851, thirteen days before he sent this letter to Thomas M’Clintock, thanking him for raising funds for the cause.
This letter from Louis Kossuth to Thomas M’Clintock illustrates the global nature of reform in the late 1840s and the far-ranging reform activities of the M’Clintock’s and other Progressive Quakers in the Waterloo area.
www.nps.gov /wori/archives/refamletter.htm   (262 words)

  
 Lajos Kossuth's visit to Dunfermline, June and July 1856
Lajos Kossuth visited Dunfermline twice in 1856 to deliver lectures - on June 24th and July 11th.
Kossuth, of course, is often likened to Wallace.
The speech is notable for Kossuth's mention of Robert the Bruce, William Wallace and St. Margaret.
freespace.virgin.net /angus.indy/dunferm1.htm   (411 words)

  
 Kossuth Lajos --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
The family was noble and of ancient creation but not wealthy, and Kossuth's father earned his living as an attorney for local landowning families.
The Kossuths were Lutherans, and young Lajos studied at the Protestant academy of Sárospatak.
In 1847 the county of Pest elected Kossuth to represent it in the next Diet, in which he assumed leadership of the “national opposition,” which had agreed on an extensive program of political and social reform.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9369407   (733 words)

  
 IHRC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
To begin work they formed the Kossuth County Historical Society as a means of organizing the project as well as arranging for the unveiling ceremony.
Kossuth delivered his first major address in the Guildhall using the language of Shakespeare.
Beyond admiring Kossuth for his ideas and love for democracy, apparently his popularity could not avoid the attention of the deputies in the third Iowa General Assembly, who in January 1851 voted for Kossuth to name their County.
www1.minn.net /~graczar/ihrc_Kossuth.htm   (4666 words)

  
 Lajos Kossuth, Hungary (1802-1894) - Hall of Freedom - Politics - Liberal International
Lajos Kossuth, Hungary (1802-1894) - Hall of Freedom - Politics - Liberal International
Hungarian statesman, a leader of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, born in Monok, Hungary.
The Russians intervened in support of the Austrian government and the combination of the forces were too strong for the Hungarian army, and the short-lived republic was overcome.
www.liberal-international.org /editorial.asp?ia_id=956   (164 words)

  
 Selected Speeches of Kossuth: Chapter 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The occasion for this electronic publication is the 150th anniversary of Lajos Kossuth's visit to the United States in 1851-52.
Of course, the largest collection of books and articles in North America pertaining to Kossuth can be found at the Library of Congress.
That publication never came about, but as I had transcribed most of the text, it seemed appropriate to complete the work and give it to the world via the web, a technology that was only emerging in 1993 and nowhere on the horizon--save in the tapping of a telegraph key--in 1854.
www.hrfa.org /kossuth/speeches.html   (343 words)

  
 Picture Gallery (page 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The appearance of the State House and vicinity of Boston, MA, at Kossuth's reception and welcome to the Capitol, in 1852.
Statue of Lajos Kossuth at Magyarittabé (village lies on the historic Hungarian territory Hung.
This monument stands on the Square of the Székely Martyrs in Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, commemorating the death of székely János Török and his company, who were executed on this spot, on March 10, 1854, for their participation in a plot (known as the Makk-plot) to overthrow the Habsburg rule in Transylvania.
hungary.ciw.edu /kossuth/gallery2.html   (334 words)

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