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Timișoara in 1656, a map by Nicolas Sanson. Note the crescent moons on towers characteristic of cities during the Ottoman era. The fall of Belgrade in 1521 and the defeat at Mohács in 1526 caused the division of the Hungarian Kingdom in three parts, and Banat became the object of contention between the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Ottomans ...
1849 – Between April 26 and August 8, Timișoara is sieged by Hungarian revolutionary forces (the longest siege of the town). 1852 – Timișoara is linked with Vienna through the telegraph line. This is the first line in the territory of present-day Romania. 1855 – February 9: Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" opening night in Timișoara.
Map of captaincies of Royal Hungary in 1572. In 1547, Royal Hungary was divided for military and partly also administrative purposes in two captaincies-general (Hungarian: főkapitányságok, Slovak: hlavné kapitanáty): Cisdanubia (largely present-day Slovakia) Transdanubia (the remaining Royal Hungary).
A sign showing twin towns of Zalaegerszeg Map of Hungary. This is a list of municipalities in Hungary which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Elisabetin (Hungarian: Erzsébetváros; German: Elisabethstadt) [2] is a historic district of Timișoara.It is noted for the vast reserve of 1900s-style architecture and the multitude of parks. [3]
Freidorf (German for "free village"; Hungarian: Szabadfalu) [2] was one of the first German settlements in Temes County in the Banat, Kingdom of Hungary.In 1920, it became part of Romania; since 1950 it is a district of the city of Timișoara, located on the southwest outskirts of the city.
Timiș (Romanian pronunciation:) is a county of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area.
The siege of Temesvár (today: Timișoara, Romania) was a siege during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 between the Austrian Empire and Hungarian Revolutionary Army. The Hungarians unsuccessfully tried to capture the Timișoara Fortress. The siege ended with the Battle of Temesvár.