Hungarian émigré Peter Lorre — who had starred in Lang's M — was top-billed, though he did not play the lead.

For Hungary, this is a history of more than 400 years of domination by great powers — the Ottomans, the Habsburg dynasty, the Germans during World War II, and the Soviets during the Cold War -- and a geography of regional instability and separation from Hungarian minorities living in neighboring countries.

Hans Hugo Bruno Selye, CC () ( January 26, 1907 — October 16, 1982 ) was a pioneering Hungarian endocrinologist.

Among the most cherished of these lighter works by Brahms are his sets of popular dances — the Hungarian Dances, the Waltzes, Op.

* 1222 — Andrew II of Hungary signs the Golden Bull which affirms the privileges of Hungarian nobility.

On the other hand, such systems are in practice less flexible than Hungarian notation, typically defining only a few different types — the lack of adequate easy-to-remember symbols obstructs more extensive use.

* Linus Torvalds ( against Systems Hungarian ): " Encoding the type of a function into the name ( so-called Hungarian notation ) is brain damaged — the compiler knows the types anyway and can check those, and it only confuses the programmer.

I regard ' Hungarian ' ( embedding an abbreviated version of a type in a variable name ) a technique that can be useful in untyped languages, but is completely unsuitable for a language that supports generic programming and object-oriented programming — both of which emphasize selection of operations based on the type an arguments ( known to the language or to the run-time support ).

* c. 1000 BC — Hungarian separates from its closest linguistic relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages.

* Hungarian — Vecsey, Franz von: " Pierrot's Grief " ( 1933 ; violin and piano ).

* Hungarian — Lehár, Franz: " Pierrot and Pierrette " ( 1911 ; waltz ).

* Hungarian — Papp, Lajos: Pierrot Dreams: Four Pieces for Accordian ( 1993 ).

In addition, Harry uses his Quidditch skills to capture a golden egg from a dragon called the Hungarian Horntail ( in the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament ), to capture a flying key in Philosopher's Stone, and on two key occasions in Deathly Hallows — getting hold of Ravenclaw's Diadem, and during the final fight with Voldemort — the " unerring skill of the Seeker " is vitally useful to him in snatching the Elder Wand out of the air.

Most schools are taught in Romanian ; nonetheless, there are some Hungarian-language schools ( Báthory István, Apáczai Csere János and Brassai Sámuel high schools ), as well as mixed schools — e. g. George Coşbuc and Onisifor Ghibu high schools with Romanian / German classes and Romanian / Hungarian classes, respectively.

János Bolyai ( pronounced ) ( December 15, 1802 – January 27, 1860 ) was a Hungarian mathematician, one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry — a geometry that differs from Euclidean geometry in its definition of parallel lines.

According to Hungarian writer Miklos Vamos — who visited Lardner several times before his death — Lardner won an Academy Award for a movie he wrote under a pseudonym.

The remaining work needed to complete the film — thirty percent of the total — was finished by a Hungarian studio, and Bluth and Goldman took their names off the film.

These include the Uralic languages of western Siberia ( better known for Hungarian and Finnish in Europe ), the Yeniseian languages ( linked to the Athabaskan languages of North America ), Yukaghir, Nivkh of Sakhalin, Ainu of northern Japan, Chukotko-Kamchatkan in easternmost Siberia, and — just barely — Eskimo – Aleut.

* 1930 – Cosima Wagner, Hungarian daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner ( b. 1837 )

The classic example is Franz Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, which he based on popular art songs performed by Romani bands of the time.

Franz Schmidt ( 22 December 187411 February 1939 ) was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.

* October 24 – Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer ( b. 1870 )

* July 31 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer ( b. 1811 )

* October 22 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist ( d. 1886 )

Competing with the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, Balzac visited her in St. Petersburg in 1843 and impressed himself on her heart.

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German:, Hungarian:, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916 ) was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.

Franz Joseph, sensing a need to secure his right to rule sought help from Russia, requesting the intervention of Tsar Nicholas I, in order " to prevent the Hungarian insurrection developing into a European calamity.

* Franz Liszt ( 1811 – 1886 ), Hungarian composer and pianist

There is also a memorable scene at the Hollywood Bowl, where Sinatra sings " I Fall in Love Too Easily ", after Iturbi and a group of young pianists have performed an arrangement of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.

The only predictions that successfully allowed Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach to relocate Ceres were those performed by the 24-year-old Gauss using least-squares analysis.

The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein.

The Hungarian composer Franz Liszt desired to expand single-movement works beyond the concert overture form.

It was " the first time that Elisabeth had met with men of character in Franz Joseph's realm, and she became acquainted with an aristocratic independence that scorned to hide its sentiments behind courtly forms of speech ... She felt her innermost soul reach out in sympathy to the proud, steadfast people of this land ..." Unlike the archduchess, who despised the Magyars, Elisabeth felt such an affinity for them that she began to learn Hungarian ; the country reciprocated in its adoration of her.

Andrassy was made the first Hungarian prime minister and in return, he saw that Franz Joseph and Elisabeth were officially crowned King and Queen of Hungary in June.

In some of his other roles during the 1960s and 1970s, Bogarde played opposite renowned stars, yet several of the films were of uneven quality, down to demands or limitations set by the studio or their scripts: The Angel Wore Red ( 1960 ), playing an unfrocked priest who falls in love with cabaret entertainer Ava Gardner during the Spanish Civil War ; Song Without End ( 1960 ), as Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt, a flawed film made under the initial direction of Charles Vidor ( who died during shooting ), and completed by Bogarde's friend George Cukor, the actor's only disappointing foray into Hollywood ; the campy The Singer Not the Song ( 1961 ), as a Mexican bandit co-starring John Mills as a priest ; H. M. S.

The idea that the title was chosen to hint at the Transcendental Études written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt-which were considered some of the most technical musical pieces of their time-has been denied by the band.

Next in the line of succession after Rudolf to the Austrian, Bohemian, and Hungarian thrones was Archduke Karl Ludwig, Franz Joseph's younger brother.

Franz Liszt, prominent Hungarian composer

In the 19th century, Roma orchestras became very well known throughout Europe, and were frequently thought of as the primary musical heritage of Hungary, as in Franz Liszt's Hungarian Dances and Rhapsodies, which used Hungarian Roma music as representative of Hungarian folk music Hungarian Roma music is often represented as the only music of the Roma, though multiple forms of Roma music are common throughout Europe and are often dissimilar to Hungarian forms.

Gyula Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka ( 3 March 1823 – 18 February 1890 ) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary ( 1867 – 1871 ) and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary ( 1871 – 1879 ).

The two main financial contributors were Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek ( 1837 – 1922 ) and Hungarian Count Ödön Zichy ( 1811 – 1894 )

Impressed by the beautiful scenery, Agoston Haraszthy, a charismatic Hungarian sometimes called " Count " Haraszthy, purchased a small plot of land along the Wisconsin River in 1840.

During the Second World War, Taylor served in the Home Guard and befriended émigré statesmen from Eastern Europe, such as the former Hungarian President Count Mihály Károlyi and the Czechoslovak President Dr. Edvard Beneš.

Elizabeth was a personal advocate for Hungarian Count Gyula Andrássy, who also was rumored to be her lover.

Its builder, Count Antal Grassalkovich I ( 1694 – 1771 ) was a typical figure of the regrouping Hungarian aristocracy of the 18th century.

The marriage lasted three months ( they divorced in 1935 and the marriage was annulled in 1944 ), and she returned to Europe where she met Hungarian Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd ( 1890 – 1968 ) and became his fourth of eight eventual wives in late 1935.

Formerly the " Hussards de Bercheny ", after the founder, Count Bercheny, who was a Hungarian noble.

The original " Song of the Count " was written by Jeff Moss as a traditional Hungarian Csárdás.

Princess Michael is the only daughter of Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz ( of German descent ) and his Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walpurga Bernadette Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár, a daughter of Count Friedrich Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár, an Austro-Hungarian diplomat, who served as an ambassador in Saint Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I.

On 22 March 1900 at Miramare, Italy ( then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ), to the disgust of her father, Stéphanie married Count Elemér Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény ( Bodrogolaszi, 24 August 1863-Budapest, 20 July 1946 ), a Hungarian count of low rank who, in 1917, was elevated by the Emperor of Austria to the rank of Fürst.

In 1900 Stéphanie renounced her title of Crown Princess to marry the younger – and Protestant – Hungarian Count Elemer Lonyay.

In 1363, Count von Landau was betrayed by his Hungarian soldiers, and defeated in combat, by the White Company ’ s more advanced tactics under commanders Albert Sterz and John Hawkwood.

It was established in 1892 by Hungarian Count István Ambrózy-Migazzi.

Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk ( Thököly / Tököly / Tökölli Imre in Hungarian, Mirko Thököly in Croatian, Imrich Tököli in Slovak ; April 25, 1657 – September 13, 1705 ) was a Hungarian statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania, and ( briefly ) vassal king of Upper Hungary.

After war was declared, Lady Listowel urged both Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law, and her kinsman, the Hungarian prime minister Paul Telecki, not to side with Hitler.

The Apponyi Palace was built by Count Juraj Apponyi, a Hungarian nobleman and King's advisor, in place of two older townhouses in 1761-1762.

The Székely territories came under the leadership of the Count of the Székelys ( Latin: Comes Siculorum ), initially a royal appointee from the non-Székely Hungarian nobility who was de-facto a margrave ; from the fifteenth century onward, the voivodes of Transylvania held the office themselves.

Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék ( pronounced ; September 21, 1791 – April 8, 1860 ) was a Hungarian politician, theorist and writer, one of the greatest statesmen of Hungarian history.

The Count quickly became aware of the growing gap between modern world and his native Hungarian land.

Her second husband was Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd ( 1890 – 1968 ), a much-married Austrian-born Hungarian playboy, who had been second husband to the Hungarian countess better known as Etti Plesch, owner of two Epsom Derby winners.