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Mercurius Hungaricus

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Mercurius Hungaricus
May 1705 issue
TypePeriodical newspaper
FormatOctavo
Owner(s)Francis II Rákóczi's chancellery
Founded5 June 1705
LanguageLatin
CountryHungary

Mercurius Hungaricus (Hungarian: Magyar Merkúr), later Mercurius Veridicus ex Hungaria was the first periodical newspaper in the Kingdom of Hungary,[1] published between 1705 and 1710 (only seven issues). It was a semiofficial news release for the Rákóczi's War of Independence, the articles were written in mostly Latin language.

References

  1. ^ Molnár, Miklós: A Coincise History of Hungary. p. 154.