<P> The Magyar tribes led by Árpád , forced out of their original homeland north of Bulgaria by Tsar Simeon after the Battle of Southern Buh , settled in the territory at the end of the 9th century displacing the founding Bulgarian settlers of the towns of Buda and Pest , and a century later officially founded the Kingdom of Hungary . Research places the probable residence of the Árpáds as an early place of central power near what became Budapest . The Tatar invasion in the 13th century quickly proved that it is difficult to mount a defence on a plain . King Béla IV of Hungary therefore ordered the construction of reinforced stone walls around the towns and set his own royal palace on the top of the protecting hills of Buda . In 1361 it became the capital of Hungary . </P>
<P> The Magyar tribes led by Árpád , forced out of their original homeland north of Bulgaria by Tsar Simeon after the Battle of Southern Buh , settled in the territory at the end of the 9th century displacing the founding Bulgarian settlers of the towns of Buda and Pest , and a century later officially founded the Kingdom of Hungary . Research places the probable residence of the Árpáds as an early place of central power near what became Budapest . The Tatar invasion in the 13th century quickly proved that it is difficult to mount a defence on a plain . King Béla IV of Hungary therefore ordered the construction of reinforced stone walls around the towns and set his own royal palace on the top of the protecting hills of Buda . In 1361 it became the capital of Hungary . </P>
when did budapest became the capital of hungary
when did budapest became the capital of hungary
1361
1361