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| 1875, Feb |
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| Formation of the Liberal Party by Kálmán Tisza, which was composed of the larger part of the Independence Party. Elections (Aug.) gave the Liberals a majority. | 1 |
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| 1894, March 20 |
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| Death of Louis Kossuth. | 2 |
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| 1903 |
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| Growing discontent over the unified Austro-Hungarian army. The Independence Party opposed the increase in the number of recruits. The party insisted on the use of the Magyar insignia in the Hungarian regiments and the substitution of Magyar for German as the language of command. Francis Joseph declared he would maintain the army, common and unified, at all costs. | 3 |
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| 1903–14 |
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| Rise of tensions with Croat, Serb, and Romanian minorities. | 4 |
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| 1905 |
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| The Independents, with 163 seats to the Liberals' 152, renewed demands for the use of Magyar language and refused to recognize the nonparliamentary government established under Baron Géza Fejerváry. | 5 |
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| 1906, July |
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| A bill stipulating universal male suffrage was brought before the Hungarian Parliament but was rejected. The suffrage bill would have broken the strong Magyar and aristocratic influence in the Parliament. | 6 |
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| 1907 |
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| An education bill required extension of the use of Magyar in schools of other nationalities in order for those schools to continue to receive government subsidies. | 7 |
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| 1912 |
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| Labor strife developed, including attempts at a general strike in order to gain universal male suffrage. | 8 |
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| 1913 |
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| New defense law passed. (See Austria) (See Czechoslovakia) (See Hungary) | 9 |
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