List of massacres in Hungary

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Hungary (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationDeathsVictimsNotes
Battle of Mohács 31 August 1526 Mohács 2,000Hungarian prisoners
Siege of Buda (1686) 1686 Buda 3,000Muslims and Jews
Red Terror (Hungary) April - August 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic 370-590 Anti-Communist groups, counter-revolutionaries, and dissidents
White Terror (Hungary) 1919–1921Hungary1,5004,000 [1] Jews and communists
Derailment of the Vienna Express 13 September 1931 Biatorbágy bridge near Budapest 22Hungarian civilians
Massacre of VárpalotaFebruary 1945 Lake Grabler, Várpalota 123 Gypsies [2] [3]
Kunmadaras pogrom May 22, 1946 Kunmadaras 4Jews
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 1956Hungary3,000Hungarian civilians
Bloody ThursdayOctober 25, 1956 Kossuth Square 22-1,000Pro-democracy protesters [4] [5] [6]
Mór massacre May 9, 2002 Mór 8Hungarian civilians
2008–2009 neo-Nazi murders of Roma in Hungary 2008-2009Hungary6Romani

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