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Bertalan Szemere

Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)

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Born
August 27, 1812
Died
January 18, 1869
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1812

About Bertalan Szemere

Bertalan Szemere was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was independent of rule by the Austrian Empire. In 1832 Szemere graduated as a jurist and started to work as an apprentice in Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and became a member of the Parliamentary Young Members' Group and advocated liberal principles. Szemere's diary made him famous and he became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Szemere became a congressman with László Palóczy in Pressburg. Szemere supported the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and because of this his relationship with Kossuth became worse.

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Bertalan Szemere timeline

  1. In 1832 Szemere graduated as a jurist and started to work as an apprentice in Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and became a member of the Parliamentary Young Members' Group and advocated liberal principles.
  2. Szemere supported the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and because of this his relationship with Kossuth became worse.

The world when Bertalan Szemere was born

Bertalan Szemere was born in 1812. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWar of 1812 — US declares war on Britain
  • Technology milestoneFirst canned food sold commercially
  • World population~960M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population7.7M

1812 versus 2026

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Measure18122026
Population7.7M341 million

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