wanted a separate state and status equal to Austrians and Hungarians in the monarchy since the beginning of the union in 1867 and 1868. After many attempts which were always vetoed by the Hungarian side, the Hungarian Council of Ministers led by Hungarian prime minister Sándor Wekerle and Count Istvan Tisza finally signed the trialist manifest on 22 October 1918, a day after King Charles did. Since it was too late to reform the KuK monarchy, on 29 October 1918 the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) in Zagreb unified Croatian lands and ended the union and all ties with Austria and Hungary (particularly Article 1 of the Nagodba of 1868) and decided to join the National Council of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (on 1 December 1918 it united with the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). The city of Fiume became short lived Free State of Fiume until 1924 when it was ceded to Italy. Territories of south-Hungarian counties in Banat, Bácska and Baranya (the west of Temes County, Torontál County, Bács-Bodrog County and Baranya County) as a Province of Banat, Bačka and Baranja became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Out of desperation, Charles appointed Mihály Károlyi, who advocated looser ties between Austria and Hungary, as prime minister. Under Károlyi's prodding, the Hungarian parliament terminated the Austro-Hungarian Compromise as of 31 October 1918. On 13 November, Charles announced that he accepted Hungary's right to determine the form of the state and relinquished his right to take part in Hungary's politics. He also released the officials in the Hungarian half of the monarchy from their oath of loyalty to him. Although it is sometimes reckoned as an abdication, Charles deliberately avoided using the term in the event the Hungarian people recalled him. However, Károlyi and his government were unwilling to wait; they proclaimed the Hungarian Democratic Republic on 16 November. King Charles IV however never abdicated and from 1920 until 1944 the restored Kingdom of Hungary was governed by Miklós Horthy as a regent. See also Lands of the Crown of Saint Wenceslaus Stephen I of Hungary References External links Lands of the Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918) Modern history of Hungary History of Austria-Hungary Historical regions in the Kingdom of Hungary Geographic history of Croatia 1867 establishments in Austria-Hungary 1918 disestablishments in Austria-Hungary 1867 establishments in Hungary 1918 disestablishments in