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Events on Tuesday 20 March 1894 1
1802 – 1894Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894)Died 20 March 1894, aged 91Kossuth led Hungary's 1848-49 struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire and served as its regent-president before its defeat. He spent his final decades in exile, mainly in Italy, remaining a symbol of Hungarian nationalism. His death in Turin prompted mass mourning and a huge funeral procession in Budapest.