Budapest

City · c. 1867 CE · in Europe

Capital of Hungarian Nationalists (1867–1918), Austria-Hungary (1868–1918), Hungarian Republic (1919–1943), and 1 more.

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• Adolf Hitler (1889 CE – 1945 CE): Austrian-born dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He started World War II in Europe and bears chief responsibility for the Holocaust. He died by suicide in Berlin.
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• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 CE – 1827 CE): Composer born in Bonn who worked in Vienna from 1792. Despite growing deafness he wrote works bridging the Classical and Romantic eras.
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