first appeared after the death of Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary Joseph II (1780-1790). As part of the Habsburg Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary did not have an independent army, although the Imperial Army had regiments with Hungarian personnel. The training and preparation of the officers took place either in the regiments or at the academies in Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, in German language. One of the important stages in the growth of Hungarian national self-awareness is the resolution passed by the National Assembly in 1790 – 91 on the need to establish a “national military school”. The initial resistance of the Imperial Court was so weakened by the war period beginning in 1792 that Emperor Francis I eventually approved Act VII of 1808 thus accepting the “establishment of a national military academy and the development of military sciences in the country.” Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, the spouse of the ruler, also contributed to the donation funds, thanks to which the academy planned for Vác was renamed Ludovika. “The objective of the training is to make young people “fit and able to serve the country usefully”.
