Event of 1849: Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Lajos Batthyány is executed in Pest.

Background. Born in Pozsony in 1807, Batthyány became the first President of the Maverick Party in 1847. He created the first Diet of Hungary in March 1848 and in May 1848 began organising the Hungarian Revolutionary Army, recruiting men into it. His hurried efforts saw the new army defeat the Croatians at the Battle of Pákozd on 29 September 1848, though he later served as an ordinary soldier and broke his arm in a fall from his horse. He was captured in Pest in January 1849.

Execution. Following his imprisonment in the Budai barracks, Batthyány was sentenced by a Military Court in Olmütz in August 1849. He was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, coinciding with the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.