2017 in Hungary
The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with 16 people dead and 26 injured.
- 7 February The town of Ásotthalom led by László Toroczkai bans the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslim clothing,
- 13 March – János Áder is elected head of state of Hungary for a second term by the National Assembly.
- May – The World Congress of Families holds it 11th World Conferences in Budapest, Hungary with PM Viktor Orbán host.
- May – Former Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin who was trying to emigrate, was banned from Hungary as he was perceived to be a "national security threat", according to security sources cited in the Hungarian weekly newspaper Magyar Narancs.
- 13 June – The Hungarian Parliament Passes a Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs. The law requires civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad.
- 14 July–30 July – 2017 World Aquatics Championships are held in Budapest
- 7 August–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest
- 4 November – Renovation of Metro Line 3 begins in the northern section between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations.
Deaths
January
- January 2 — István Tatár, sprinter
- January 19 — Paul Ornstein, psychoanalyst
- January 22 – József Torgyán, politician
February
- February 5 – Kálmán Katona, politician
- February 26 — Katalin Berek, actress
March
- March 4 — Péter Kozma, politician
- March 5 — Antal Hajba, canoeist
- March 8 – George Andrew Olah, chemist, Nobel laureate
- March 15 — Imre Dimény, politician
- March 18 — Alfred Tibor, sculptor
- March 19 — József Szécsényi, track and field athlete
- March 22 — Piroska Oszoli, painter
April
- April 13 — Imre Tóth, boxer
- April 23 — Imre Földi, weightlifter
- April 29 – Mátyás Usztics, actor
May
- May 3 — Attila Császár, kayaker
- May 31 – István Szondy, modern pentathlete
June
- June 5 — Anna Jókai, author
- June 6 — Márta Rudas, javelin thrower
- June 21 — György Rubovszky, politician
- June 30 — László Kovács, football goalkeeper
July
- July 11 – Éva Schubert, actress
- July 23 — József Szendi, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- July 25 — Erzsébet Bognár, handball player
August
- August 10 — Katalin Csőke, discus thrower
- August 18 — Lívia Mossóczy, table tennis player
- August 30 – Károly Makk, film director and screenwriter
October
- October 1 — István Mészáros, Marxist philosopher
- October 8 — László Aradszky, pop singer
- October 9 — József Tóth, football player
- October 27 — Katalin Szőke, Olympic swimmer
- October 30 — János Halász, basketball player
November
- November 12 — Miklós Holop, water polo player
- November 20 — István Almási, teacher, and politician
- November 20 — István Konkoly, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- November 21 — László Pál, politician
- November 22 — Imre Hollai, diplomat and politician
- November 28 — Alice Lok Cahana, artist, holocaust survivor
- November 29 — László Szabó, Handballer
December
- December 8 — Pál Dárdai, football player and manager
- December 8 — Magda Fedor, sports shooter
- December 13 — Charles Zentai, war criminal
- December 14 — Ákos Császár, Mathematician
- December 24 — Mária Littomeritzky, swimmer
- December 30 — Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, fencer