Claim: Budapest was the focal point of the American Civil War of 1848.
Evidence: It also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , a great power that dissolved in 1918 , following World War I. Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , the Hungarian Republic of Councils in 1919 , the Battle of Budapest in 1945 , and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 -LRB- , `` 1848 -- 49 Revolution and War '' -RRB- was one of the many European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.