Zrínyi 400

The Memory of the Soldier and Military Scientist Miklós Zrínyiin the Hungarian Defence Forces

Abstract

On 11th December 2019, the National Assembly unanimously approved Parliament Resolution 51/2019 on declaring 2020 a commemorative year of warlord and military scientist Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664) on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth. Although the emergency caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic did not allow for much of the planned events and commemorations to be held, or they were delayed until 2021, the anniversary did not pass unnoticed. This study briefly outlines the main directions and key points of the current scientific discourse on Zrínyi, the relating initiatives of the civil-professional society, and then presents in detail the projects organized and supported by the Hungarian Defence Forces, the Ministry of Defence, the Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training of the National University of Public Service, and the Hungarian Association of Military Science.