October 1849 : Retribution

October 1849: Retribution.

Komárom's evacuation begins. ( Oct 2 - see September 27 agreement ). Some30,000 defenders leave over a three day period. Haynau orders the execution of militaryleaders in other areas, thus violating the spirit, if not the letter, of the agreementwith Gen. György Klapka, who goes into exile..

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Batthyány execution
By order of an Austrian imperial military court, Prime Minister Batthyány executed at Pest. ( Oct 6 ) His sentence based largely on trumped-upcharges, e.g., promoting the October 3, 1848 Vienna revolt, and thus causing the death ofLambert and Latour. He attempts to take his own life, but is stopped to make room for thefiring squad, so it can be deemed the cause of death. Haynau was furious: he had orderedBatthyány hanged, as firing squad considered too honorable a way to die.

In Arad Hungary, (Arad - Romania today) thirteen military officers executed :12 generals, one colonel. ( Oct 6 )

See :

The Martyrs of Arad

Arad remembered

László Csányi
Through military court sentence, László Csányi (former minister of transportation)and Baron János Jeszenák (former commissioner) were executed at Pest. ( Oct 10 )Csányi had been a close associate of Kossuth in Transylvania; he often clashed with Bem,especially on policy towards the local nationalities.

Haynau promulgates temporary administrative regulations, including jurisdictionalchanges. (Oct 24) Croatia (including the Muraköz) and Transylvania are separatedfrom Hungary, and become independent entitites. The country is divided into 15districts, all Counties dissolved. All administration to come under the authority ofcommissioner Baron Karl Geringer, who in turn reports to the Austrian cabinet.

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Per military tribunal sentence Zsigmond Perényi (president of the Upper House when thedeclaration of independence was promulgated) and Imre Szacsvay (at that time secretary of thediet) are executed. Honvéd general Lajos Kazinczy executed at Arad .(Oct 25)

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