The Hungarian kings' struggles against the Turks

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  • 1389

    Kosovo

    Murad I. defeated the Serbs
  • 1396

    Nicapolis

    Knights vs Ottomans
    Defeat, because of the weak chivalry.
  • 1402

    Ottoman Empire was crushed

  • 1439

    Albert

    Died in a military camp, fighting against the Turks.
  • 1442

    Marosszentimre

    Hunyadi János defeated the Turks. "The Turks can be defeated."
  • 1444

    Orinapolis

    The Turks evakuated Serbia and part of Bosnia.
  • Period: 1448 to 1452

    Battle of Kosovo

    Hunyadi lost the battle and the Turks regained their territories.
  • 1453

    Constantinople was conquered

  • 1456

    Siege of Belgrad

    (Mehmed II.)
    Besides the army of Hunyadi and Szilágyi Mihály, Giovanni led on insurrection in the South. Hunyadi broke the Turkish blockade on the Danube. -> Victory, Hunyadi secured the southern defense and prevented further Turkish expansion.
  • 1463

    Fight against the Turks

    Matthias lost Szendrő, but secure Jajca and North Bosnia and had border castles built.