Sándor Petőfi
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary (1823-1849) · Hungary · On the map · Writers · Died at 26
He wrote the poem that lit the fuse. Petőfi's "National Song" is credited with sparking Hungary's 1848 revolution against Austria - rare case of verse launching actual war.
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Born Petrovics on New Year's Day 1823, Petőfi became Hungary's national poet by his mid-twenties. A liberal revolutionary, he emerged as a key figure when the Hungarian Revolution erupted in 1848, his words galvanizing a movement that escalated into a full war for independence from the Austrian Empire. He likely died at the Battle of Segesvár on 31 July 1849, one of the conflict's final engagements - though his fate was never confirmed. He was twenty-six.
