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The Century Cyclopedia of Names · 1904 · p. 81
In this sense it is a kingdom united with Austria ple in central Asia, near the Oxus. They were so in a personal union under the emperor, but having its own Reichstag at Budapest: this is composed of a Table of Magnates and a Chamber of Deputies (numbering 453), and legislates in general for the Transleithan division, and in particular for Hungary and Transylvania. In the Hungarian part of the empire le than one half are Magyar, the remainder being Rumanians, Germans, Slovaks, Serbo-Croatians, Ruthenians, etc. As regards religion, the Roman Catholics are more numerous than the Greek Church, Protestants, and Israeli tes. (For Croatia , Slavonia , Transylva nia , see these names; for the empire in general, see Aus tri a.) Area, 125,039 square miles. Population (1900), 19, 092,292. (6) Hungary proper and Transylvania (now incorporated with it). This is the main part of the Transleithan division just described. Area, 108,258 square miles. Population (1900), 16,656,904. (c) Hungary proper - that is, the main portion of the Transleithan division, le Transylvania. See Transylvania. In this sense, Hungary is bounded by Moravia (separated by the Car path i ans) on the northwest, Silesia (separated by the Car path i ans) on the north, Galicia (separated by the Car path i ans) on the north and northeast, Bukowina and Transylvania on the east, Servia (separated by the Danube) and Croatia-Slavonia (separated by the Drave) on the south, and Styria and Lower Austria (separated by the Leitha and March) on the west. The Car path i ans are in the north and east; the Bakony Wald and spurs of the Alps are west of the Danube. The leading physical called by the Greeks on account of their civilization. It is supposed that they became established in the region after the great emigration of the Huns. They were finally blended with the Turks. Hunt (hunt), James Henry Leigh. [The surname Hunt is from ME. hunte , AS. hunt a , a hunter.] Born at South gate, near London, Oct. 19, 1784: died at Putney, near London, Aug. 28, 1859. An English e ayist, poet, and miscellaneous author. His chief works are e ays, ays, the poem "Story of Rimini" (1816), "Recollections of Lord Byron' (1828), "Autobiography (1850) Hunt, Richard Morris. Born at Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 28, 1828: died July 31, 1895. An American architect, brother of W. M. Hunt. He designed the Lenox Library, the Tribune building (New York), and residences in Newport, Boston, etc. Hunt, Thomas Sterry. Born at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 5, 1826: died at New York city, Feb. 12, 1892. An American chemist, mineralogist, and geologist. He was chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey of Canada 1847-72, and was profe or of geology in the Ma achusetts Institute of Technology 1872-78. He wrote "Chemical and Geological E ays (1874), "The Domain of Physiology" (2d ed. 1882), "A New Basis for Chemistry" (1887), etc. Hunt, William Henry. Born at London, March 28, 1790: died Feb. 10, 1864. An English painter features are the great plains of the Danube and Thei . The country produces large quantities of wheat, barley, rye, Indian wine; the mineral products are coal, water-colors. iron, lead, copper, silver, gold, etc.; the exports are wheat, flour, barley, stock, etc. Including Transylvania, Hungary has 63 counties. The capital and principal city is Budapest. The dominant people in Hungary proper are the Magyars. Hungary proper was in part included in Pannonia and Dacia. The settlement of the Magyars un. der Árpád took place about 895. The Magyars made many attacks on neighboring lands, and were defeated by Henry the Fowler and by Otto the Great on the Lechfeld (955). Hungary was Christian i zed in the end of the 10th century, and became a kingdom under St. Stephen in 1000. During the next two centuries it increased its territories at the ex pense of the Slavs. The constitution of the "Golden Bull" was granted in 1222. The country was terribly ravaged by the Mongols in 1241. The Árpád dynasty came to an end in 1301, and was followed by the house of Anjou (1309), under which Hungary came to occupy a commanding position. Louis united the crowns of Hungary and Poland 1370-82; and they were again united under Ladislaus, who died in 1444. War against the Turks was carried on under the lead ership of Hunyady (1442-56). Matthias Corvinus reigned 1458-90. The crowns of Hungary and Bohemia were united 1490-1526. On the overthrow of the Hungarians by the Turks at the battle of Mohács in 1526, a great part of Hungary pa ed to the Turks, and Ferdinand of Hapsburg (later emperor) became king of the remainder (with Zá poly a as rival king). Buda was recovered from the Turks in 1686. The sovereignty was made hereditary in the Hapsburg family in 1687; and their Hungarian dominions were ceded by Turks in 1699 and 1718. An eight years' rebellion terminated in 1711. The revolution of 1848-49, under the leadership of Ko uth, was suppre ed with Ru ian a is- tance. The dual system of government was established under the leadership of Deák in 1867. Area of Hungary proper, 91,509 square miles. Population (1890), 12,995,110. Hunger ford (hung'ger-ford), Mrs. (Margaret Hamilton Argles). Died at Bandon, Ireland, Jan. 24, 1897. An Irish novelist. Most of her books have appeared under the pseudonym "The Duche ." The Hungu, or Mahungu (mä-hön gö). A Bantu tribe of Angola, west Africa, stretching in straggling settlements from the head waters of the Dande eastward to the Kuangu River. Mahungu grow coffee, which they sell at Dondo, Loanda, and Ambriz. They speak a dialect of Kongo closely related to Mbamba, and in a le er degree to Kimbundu. Hüningen (hü'ning-en), F. Huningue (iinan'g). A town and former fortre of Upper Alsace, on the Rhine 3 miles north of Basel. Huns (hunz). [LL. Hunni , LGr. Ούννοι , also LL. Chunni, Chuni, LGr. Χοῦννοι, Χοῦνοι; doubtfully identified with the Chinese Hiongnu or Heung noo , a people who, according to Chinese annals, constituted about the end of the 3d century B. c. a powerful empire in central Asia.] A Mongolian race which, having cro ed the Volga about 350 and totally defeated the Alani, united with them and then attacked the Goths, thus compelling the irruption of the Goths into the Roman Empire about 375. The Huns, with various subject tribes, invaded Gaul under the leadership of Attila, and were defeated near Châlons-sur-Marne in 451. (Compare Attila .) The fate of the Huns is uncertain. They were probably merged in the later invaders.
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