[3][4] At 13 June 1849, during the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848 and 1849, in the Battle of Csorna the Hungarian division led by Colonel György Kmety defeated the Austrian troops led by Major General Franz Wyss, who died in the battle.

[6] Jews first settled in the town in the second half of the 18th century, at the invitation of the estate owner, count Eszterhazy.

In April 1945 Jewish workers from a forced labour unit at the extermination camp at Balf were brought to the municipal hospital in csorna.

They were wounded, having been shot by members of the S.S. and men of Szalasi's "Arrow Cross" fascist party.

[7] The association football Csornai SE, competing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, are based in the town.