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Mongol campaigns in Northern China, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East caused extensive destruction, but there are no exact figures available for that time. The cities of Balkh , Bamiyan , Herat , Kiev , Baghdad , Nishapur , Merv , Konye-Urgench , Lahore , Ryazan , Chernigov , Vladimir and Samarkand suffered serious devastation by ...
The invaders stayed in the city for ten days, and their stay resulted in the almost complete destruction of Kraków. The Mongols failed to capture the Wawel Hill or St. Andrew’s Church, the only church in Kraków to withstand the attack. On 31 March 1241 the Mongols set Kraków on fire; the next day they left the city, heading towards Silesia.
The Battle of Muhi (11 April 1241) was a pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe.The battle took place at Muhi (then Mohi), a town located in present-day Hungary, southwest of the Sajó River.
Some Mongol troops reaches the outskirts of Vienna and Udine. Death of Ögedei Khan; Retreat of Mongol-Tatar army. [citation needed] spring 1241 – early 1242: Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire (including Austria and northeast Italy) 1241–1242: Mongol invasion of Croatia and Dalmatia [1] 1258–1259: Mongol invasions of Lithuania ...
Devastation of the populations, cultures, and political structures in most of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe. Eventual Mongol withdrawal from Central Europe (1242). Territorial changes: Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, Alania, and the Kievan Rus' principalities conquered and become vassals of the Mongol Empire. The Kingdom of Georgia ...
The Mongols massacred almost all residents. Gdańsk massacre: 13 November 1308 Gdańsk: Teutonic Knights: 60–1,000 Polish civilians Gołańcz massacre 3 May 1656 Gołańcz Swedish Empire: 25+ Poles Remains of 22 adults (incl. six women) and three children were discovered during an archaeological survey in 2014. [1] Kościan massacre of 1656
The Battle of Grobnik field is a legendary battle that supposedly occurred in 1242 between the Croats and the Mongols (also called "Tatars") of the Golden Horde in the area below the Grobnik Castle in the present-day Čavle municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, western Croatia.
The Mongols under Jani Beg besieged Caffa in 1343 and the Venetian territory of Tana, the cause of which was a brawl between Italians and Muslims in Tana. [7] The siege of Caffa lasted until February 1344, when it was lifted after an Italian relief force killed 15,000 Mongol troops and destroyed their siege machines.