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Year 1241 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Pope Gregory IX
- Battle of Mohi
The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241), also known as Battle of...
- AD 1241
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- Battle of Mohi
The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241), also known as Battle of the Sajó River [13] or Battle of the Tisza River, was the main battle between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe.
- 11 April 1241 [1]
- Mongol victory
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- The Mongols Are Coming
- Hungary in Peril
- The Battle of Mohi
- The Mongol Withdrawal from Hungary
- Further Reading
During the first half of the thirteenth century things began to change on the Eurasian Steppe. Genghis Khan had been able to unite the Mongolian people under his rule, conquer the other tribes and add them to his empire. United, the peoples of the steppe became a major military force, able to exploit their mastery of mounted warfare tactics to stri...
King Bela received the letter, and now realizing the seriousness of this threat to Hungary, he rushed to his eastern border to make sure that his fortifications there were strengthened and well manned. He then returned to the city of Pest, where he summoned his nobles and the Qipchaqs to come with their armies, so that plans could be developed to d...
While the Hungarians were fighting their allies, Batu led his army very slowly into the country. Perhaps he was waiting for the flanking armies in Poland and Bulgaria to join up with him, or believed that the Hungarians would continue to weaken themselves with time. In the end, the Hungarians had to initiate the fight themselves. Once the fighting ...
With the arrival of spring in 1242, the Austrians and Germans thought that the Mongol armies would soon reach them. As the Europeans prepared for the invasion, messengers arrived reporting that Mongol troops were already in these countries. But these forces were merely diversions to keep the Germans and Austrians occupied while the rest of the Mong...
Archdeacon Thomas of Split, History of the Bishops of Salona and Split, translated by Damir Karbić, Mirjana Sokol, James Ross Sweeney (Central European University Press, 2006) Master Roger’s Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tatars, translated by János M. Bak and Martyn Rady (Central European Un...
1241 ( MCCXLI ) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1241st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 241st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 13th century, and the 2nd year of the 1240s decade.
Year 1241 (MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Under Ögedei, the Mongol Empire conquered Eastern Europe. Various tactical errors and unexpected cultural and environmental factors stopped the Mongol forces from moving into Western Europe in 1241.
