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Francis II Rákóczi

leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711

8 dated entries naming Francis II Rákóczi, drawn from 8 separate years between 1676 CE and 1735 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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17th century

  • 1676March 27 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian rebel against the Habsburgs (d. 1735)source
  • 1700April 18 – Hungarian freedom activist Ferenc Rákóczi is arrested by Austrian authorities and charged with sedition. Imprisoned near Vienna and facing a death sentence, he escapes and later leads the overthrow of the Habsburg control of Hungary.source

18th century

  • 1703June 15 – Rákóczi's War of Independence: Hungarians rebel under Prince Francis II Rákóczi.source
  • 1704October 24 – A peace treaty is signed between Prince Ferenc Rákóczi of Transylvania, and representatives of the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I at Schemnitz (now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)source
  • 1705September 20 – Francis II Rákóczi is proclaimed as the ruler of Hungary by independence activists in Szécsény who are opposed to the rule of the Habsburg successor to Leopold I, the Holy Roman emperor Joseph I.source
  • 1707June 13 – On Francis II Rákóczi's recommendation, and with Count Miklos Bercsényi's support, a meeting of the Hungarian independence activists, held at the village of Ónod declares the deposing of the House of Habsburg (and Joseph I, King of Hungary) from the Hungarian throne.source
  • 1708August 3 – In the Battle of Trenčín, 8,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army of the Habsburgs are victorious over the 15,000 Hungarian Kuruc forces of Francis II Rákóczi.source
  • 1735April 8 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian rebel against the Habsburgs (b. 1676)source

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