Budapest


 * Capital of Hungary
 * Unified from the cities of Buda and Pest opposite on the Danube
 * Under the policy of Ausgleich, it became the secondary capital of the dual monarchy in 1867
 * Became a national capital after the 1920 Treaty of Trianon
 * A government here was granted expanded autonomy thanks to the "passive resistance" championed in the Easter Article by Ferenc Deak
 * Destroyed by the Mongols in 1241
 * Resettled on orders from Bela IV
 * During WWII, Rodion Malinovsky led a one hundred day siege of Axis troops in Castle Hill
 * Known as Aquincum in Roman times
 * The Eravisci founded the sttlement of Ak-Ink here