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5 interesting facts about the Hungarian National Day, March 15
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March 15 is one of the three greatest Hungarian national days. On August 20, the nation celebrates the foundation of the state, while on October 23, the successful revolution of 1956 is commemorated. March 15 also marks a successful revolution, but in the Springtime of the Peoples in 1848. Thanks to tortenelmi.blog.hu, below you can find 5 interesting facts about what exactly happened on that rainy day.
Weather
Weather is a factor that has always affected history, and it has to be said that on March 15, 1848, it rained all day. Sándor Petőfi, the greatest Hungarian poet of that time, wrote in his diary that they first went to the medical students, and the rain seemed like it never intended to stop. But he also adds that their enthusiasm was like Greek fire: it could not be extinguished by water, Árpád Harmat, the author of the article on tortenelmi.blog.hu, writes.
Despite the bad weather, the crowd grew hour by hour, and by the time they arrived at the Castle of Buda, there were already more than 20 thousand people in their ranks.
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The story of the 12 points of the Hungarian Revolutionaries
Hungarians read the 12 points almost every time during March 15 celebrations, but nobody knows exactly how it started. We know that one of the revolutionaries, Dániel Irányi, was entrusted by Lajos Kossuth to sum up the demands of the opposition in 12 points 10 days before the events. These were in accordance with Kossuth’s initiative he handed in to the diet (the parliament’s name those days). However, the final draft was written by József Irinyi and became the program of the Young Hungary group (which consisted of Petőfi, Mór Jókiai, János Arany, Pál Vasvári, and others).
They modified it a bit, and