Page 32 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Budapest

30  introducing bud apest

Habsburg Rule

in order to gain control of Hungary, the Habsburgs
encouraged foreign settlers, particularly germans, to move
into the country. this policy led to a national uprising in
1703–11, led by the prince of transylvania, Ferenc ii rákóczi.
only in the second half of the 18th cen tury, particularly under
empress Maria theresa, did the reconstruction of buda,
Óbuda and pest begin in earnest. this was accompanied Extent of the City
by economic development and a further increase in the 1770 Today
country’s population. the university at nagyszombat
(now trnava in the slovak republic) moved to buda in 1777,
and subsequently to pest in 1784, and was an important Maria Theresa holds
factor in their expansion. the infant Joseph, the
successor to her throne.

The Return of the Crown to Buda (1790)
A vast ceremonial procession of commis-
sioners marked the arrival in Hungary of royal
insignias from Vienna, a sign of peace
between the two countries.

Ferenc II Rákóczi
This fine portrait by Ádám “Vitam et Sanguinem”
Mányoki depicts Ferenc
II Rákóczi, the leader of In 1741, the Hungarian states swore
the national uprising of on “life and blood” their loyalty to the
1703–11 and a figure Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. This
much loved by the copperplate print by Joseph Szentpétery
Hungarian people. depicts the scene of the oath-taking.

1687 Under Austrian pressure, 1702 The Jesuits open a college and theological seminary 1745–71 Building of the
the Hungarian parliament gives Habsburg Royal Palace
up its right to elect a king and 1703 The Prince of Transylvania, Ferenc II 1729 The start of
accedes to the inheritance of the Rákóczi, leads a rebellion by the the reconstruction
throne by the Habsburgs Hungarians against the Habsburgs of Pest’s suburbs
1690 1705 1720 1735
1689 Bubonic plague devastates 1711 Suppression of 1724 The population of
the population of Buda and Pest Rákóczi’s rebellion; a Buda and Pest reaches
second bubonic plague 12,000 people
1705 First Hungarian news- decimates the city
paper, Mercurius Hungaricus, 1723 Great Fire of Buda 1746–57 Construction of the Zichy
is printed in Latin Palace in Óbuda (see p175)

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