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Sándor Petőfi (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈpɛtøːfi] [listen ⓘ]; né Petrovics; [2] [3] Slovak: Alexander Petrovič; [2] Serbian: Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) [1] was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary.
On the morning of March 15, 1848, revolutionaries marched around the city of Pest, reading Sándor Petőfi's Nemzeti dal (National Song) and the 12 points to the crowd (which swelled to thousands).
Sándor Petőfi reading the Nemzeti dal. The Nemzeti dal ("National Song") is a Hungarian patriotic poem written by Sándor Petőfi that is said to have inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 [citation needed].
Petofi recited his new poem the National Song. From here – according to a preliminary agreement – they went first to the University of Law on University Street. A group of students was already waiting for them in the yard and they immediately brought a chair for Petőfi and Jókai, here Petőfi recited his poem written the night before, the ...
The original cover to János vitéz by Soma Orlai Petrich. János vitéz ("John the Valiant") is an epic poem written in Hungarian by Sándor Petőfi.It was written in 1844, and is notable for its length, 370 quatrains divided into 27 chapters, and for its wordplay.
The Battle of Segesvár (Transylvania, now Sighișoara, Romania), also called the Battle of Fehéregyháza, was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 31 July 1849 between the Hungarian revolutionary army under the command of Lieutenant General Józef Bem and the Russian V Corps under General Alexander von Lüders.
Dem Andenken Petőfis (Hungarian: Petőfi szellemének, "In Petofi's Memory"), a piece for piano by Ferenc Liszt; Petőfi '73, a 1973 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Kardos; 4483 Petöfi, a main belt asteroid; National Peasant Party (Hungary), a short-lived 1956 revival of a Hungarian political party under the name Petőfi Party
Petőfi Bridge, seen from the Csepel HÉV terminus. Petőfi híd (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛtøːfi ˈhiːd]) or Petőfi Bridge (named after Sándor Petőfi, old name is Horthy Miklós Bridge, named after governor Miklós Horthy) is a bridge in Budapest, connecting Pest and Buda across the Danube.