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Selected Passages from Hungarian History
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  • Castles in the “Hungaries”
    • Transylvania
      • Abafája
      • Adorjánvár
      • Alvinc
      • Arad
      • Aranyosmeggyes
      • Bálványos
      • Barcarozsnyó castle
      • Barcaföldvár
      • Bethlenszentmiklós
      • Bihar
      • Bonchida
      • Borosjenő
      • Brassó
      • Bözödújfalu
      • Bún
      • Csehi
      • Csicsó
      • Csíkszereda
      • Déva
      • Doboka
      • Élesd, Sólyomkővár
      • Erdőd (Ardud)
      • Fogaras
      • Görgényszentimre
      • Gyalu
      • Gyergyószárhegy
      • Gyimesbükk
      • Gyulafehérvár
      • Hadad
      • Hunyad
      • Kankó / Ugocsa vár
      • Karánsebes
      • Keresd
      • Keresztelőszentpál / Kerelőszentpál
      • Királyházai Nyalábvár
      • Kolcvár
      • Kolozsvár
      • Kovászó
      • Kőhalom
      • Körösszeg
      • Küküllővár
      • Léta
      • Lugos
      • Magyarózd
      • Marosillye
      • Marosvásárhely
      • Marosvécs
      • Munkács
      • Nagybánya / Asszonypataka
      • Nagyszalonta
      • Nagyvárad
      • Nyírbátor
      • Radnót
      • Radna and Óradna
      • Regéc
      • Sárospatak
      • Sebesvár
      • Segesvár
      • Szatmár / Szatmárnémeti
      • Szeben and the Abbey of Kerc
      • Székelyzsombor
      • Szelindek
      • Szentbenedek
      • Szentjobb Castle and Abbey
      • Szerednye
      • Szilágysomlyó
      • Törcsvár
      • Ungvár
      • Almás / Váralmás castle
      • Várasfenes (Fenes) Bélavár
      • Világos
    • Ottoman Occupied Lands
      • Atya
      • Bács
      • Baglyaskő
      • Berzence
      • Boksánbánya, Boksa / Kövesd Castle
      • Buda
      • Buják
      • Bussa
      • Cegléd
      • Csanád
      • Csókakő
      • Csővár
      • Dédes castle
      • Dunaföldvár
      • Döbrönte, Szarvaskő
      • Dombóvár
      • Erdőd (Erdut)
      • Eger
      • Eszék
      • Esztergom
      • Fonyód
      • Galambóc
      • Gyula
      • Hatvan
      • Hollókő
      • Hont
      • Ipolyság
      • Ipolydamásd
      • Jajca
      • Kanizsa
      • Kaposvár
      • Kecskemét
      • Komlóska, Solymos castle
      • Lippa and Solymos
      • Nándorfehérvár
      • Ozora
      • Pécsvárad
      • Pest
      • Pétervárad
      • Pilisszentlélek and Klastrompuszta
      • Pécs
      • Pozsega
      • Újlak
      • Salgó
      • Rednek
      • Simontornya
      • Sirok
      • Siklós
      • Somoskő
      • Szabács
      • Szalánkemén
      • Szarvas
      • Szarvaskői castle
      • Szászvár
      • Szeged
      • Székesfehérvár
      • Szendrő
      • Szentlászlóvár / Lászlóvára
      • Szigetvár
      • Szolnok Castle
      • Szörényvár
      • Temesvár
      • Vác
      • Vál
      • Valpó
      • Visegrád
      • Zimony
      • Zsámbék
    • Kingdom of Hungary
      • North
        • Bacskó
        • Bajmóc
        • Appony
        • Árva
        • Abaújvár
        • Ajnácskő
        • Alsóhunkóc
        • Alsómattyasóc
        • Alsómicsinye
        • Bakabánya
        • Balassagyarmat
        • Balogvár
        • Barkó
        • Bártfa
        • Bazin
        • Beckó, Bolondóc
        • Beregszentmiklós
        • Berencsváralja
        • Besztercebánya
        • Betlenfalva
        • Blatnica
        • Boldogkőváralja
        • Borsi
        • Borostyánkő (Ballenstein, Paistun)
        • Borostyánkő (Bernstein)
        • Bozók
        • Budatin
        • Csábrág
        • Csejte
        • Cserény
        • Cseklész
        • Csetnek
        • Csicsva
        • Dévény
        • Divény
        • Diósgyőr
        • Detrekő castle and the Pálffy palace
        • Drégely
        • Éleskő
        • Eperjes
        • Érsekújvár
        • Felsőkubin
        • Felsővály
        • Frics
        • Fülek
        • Füzér
        • Gács
        • Garamszeg
        • Garamszentbenedek
        • Gímes
        • Golop
        • Gombaszög
        • Hajdúdorog
        • Hajdúnánás
        • (Hajdú)Szoboszló
        • Haraszt
        • Holics
        • Hollólomnic
        • Homonna
        • Hricsó (Ricsóváralja)
        • Huszt
        • Illava
        • Jeszenő
        • Jókő
        • Kálló
        • Kapi
        • Kassa
        • Kékkő
        • Keselőkő
        • Késmárk
        • Kisnána
        • Kisvárda
        • Komárom
        • Korlátkő
        • Korpona
        • Körmöcbánya
        • Krasznahorka and Betlér
        • Lakács
        • Lednic
        • Léva
        • Likava
        • Liptótújvár
        • Lőcse
        • Marcellvár
        • Márkusfalva
        • Murány
        • Nagybiccse
        • Nagyida
        • Nagyszombat
        • Nagykövesd
        • Nagytapolcsány
        • Nedec / Dunajec
        • Nevicke
        • Nógrád
        • Nyitra
        • Ólubló / Lubló
        • Ónod
        • Osgyán
        • Oroszlánkő
        • Óvár (Várna / Varin)
        • Pácin
        • Palocsa
        • Putnok
        • Revistye
        • Sáros
        • Saskő
        • Selmecbánya
        • Sóvár Castle and the fortified church of Tótsóvár
        • Szalánc
        • Szanda
        • Szabatkapuszta
        • Szádvár
        • Szécsény
        • Szendrő (in north Hungary)
        • Szentgyörgy
        • Szentgyörgy-Fehérkő
        • Szepesi vár
        • Szepeshely
        • Szerencs
        • Szikszó
        • Szilice
        • Szitnya
        • Szklabinya
        • Szomolány
        • Sztrecsnó
        • Sztropkó
        • Tarkő
        • Tar
        • Tiszolc
        • Temetvény
        • Tokaj
        • Trencsén
        • Torna
        • Zayugróc
        • Zboró (Makovica)
        • Zemplén
        • Zolna
        • Zsolnalitva
        • Zólyom
        • Zólyomlipcse
        • Zsarnóca
        • Vágsziklás
        • Vágbeszterce
        • Vaja
        • Végles
        • Vinna
      • South
        • Babócsa
        • Csáktornya
        • Csányó
        • Dobóc
        • Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
        • Felsőlendva
        • Hídvég
        • Kereki, Fehérkő castle
        • Komár
        • Lendva
        • Sziszek
        • Zalaszentgrót
      • West
        • Alsórámóc
        • Bakonyújvár / Bakonybél
        • Bátorkő
        • Bozsok
        • Csesznek
        • Csobánc
        • Devecser
        • Egervár
        • Fertőrákos
        • Fraknó
        • Győr Castle
        • Kabold
        • Kapuvár
        • Keszthely
        • Körmend
        • Köpcsény
        • Kőszeg
        • Lakompak
        • Lánzsér
        • Léka
        • Mosonmagyaróvár
        • Nagyvázsony
        • Németújvár
        • Palota (Várpalota)
        • Pannonhalma
        • Pápa
        • Pozsony
        • Ugod
        • Rezi
        • Sárfenék / Scharfeneck / Élesszeg
        • Sárvár
        • Somló
        • Sopron
        • Sümeg
        • Szalónak
        • Szarvaskő (at Döbrönte)
        • Szigliget
        • Tátika
        • Tata
        • Tihany
        • Várgesztes
        • Veszprém
        • Vitány
        • Vöröskő
    • Saxon and Székely fortified churches
      • Zágor
      • Visk
      • Vermes
      • Ugra
      • Torockószentgyörgy
      • Torda
      • Szentágota
      • Székelyszentlélek
      • Székelykeresztúr
      • Szászszentlászló
      • Székelyderzs
      • Szásznagyvesszős
      • Szászsebes
      • Szászhermány
      • Szászkézd
      • Szászfehéregyháza
      • Szászbuda
      • Szászbogács
      • Szászalmád
      • Sepsiszentgyörgy
      • Sepsiárkos
      • Prázsmár
      • Miklósvár
      • Medgyes
      • Mártonhegy
      • Lesses
      • Kisdisznód
      • Kelnek
      • Kisselyk
      • Kereszténysziget
      • Kaca
      • Homoróddaróc
      • Hégen
      • Gyergyószentmiklós
      • Gelence
      • Sárd
      • Mese
      • Jakabfalva
      • Homoródkarácsonyfalva
      • Holcmány
      • Gidófalva
      • Fületelke
      • Felmér
      • Feketehalom
      • Enyed / Nagyenyed
      • Csíkrákos
      • Csíkszenttamás
      • Csíkszentgyörgy
      • Csíkménaság
      • Csíkkarcfalva
      • Csíkdelne
      • Csicsóholdvilág
      • Bögöz
      • Bázna / Felsőbajom
      • Baráthely, fortified church
      • Berethalom
      • Asszonyfalva
      • Apold
      • Alsórákos
      • Alsóbajom
      • Almakerék
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  • Essays
    • Members of the Valiant Order
      • Ozorai Pipo (Pippo Spano) 1368/69 – 1426
      • A Hero of the Valiant Order: Varkocs György
      • General Schwendi in Royal Hungary, a German Hero
      • Prince Bocskai István
      • Thorny Tamás, a Hungarian hero
      • Pálffy Tamás (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
      • Balassi Bálint (1554-1594)
      • Berenhidai Huszár Péter, a Hungarian Hero
      • Hans Rueber von Püchsendorf (1529-1584)
      • Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
      • Balassi Ferenc
      • Batthyány Ferenc (1497-1566)
      • Perényi Péter (1502–1548)
      • Petár Berislavić / Beriszlói Péter (1475-1520)
      • Némethi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
      • Werbőczi Imre (1510s-1548)
      • Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of Várad
      • General Tomori Pál (1475-1526)
      • Petar Kruzic / Krusics Péter (1491-1537)
      • János Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
      • Peter Roussel of Burgundy (?-1577, Kassa)
      • Magyar Bálint of Palona
      • Báthory István, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
      • Gyulaffy László (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
      • Nyáry Ferenc, Lőrinc and his son, Nyáry Pál
      • Gregoróczy Vince
      • Pasha Arszlán (Oroszlán) of Buda castle
      • Baron Nádasdy Tamás (1498-1562)
      • Mekcsey István (?-1553)
      • Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén (cc1510-1556)
      • Zay Ferenc (1498-1570)
      • Captain Thury György (cc1520-1571)
      • Baron Ruszkai Dobó István (1502-1572)
      • Baron Balassa Menyhárt of Balassagyarmat (1511-1568)
      • Thengöldi Bornemisza János (1520/30-1589)
      • Batthyány Boldizsár (cc1537-1590)
      • Ormándy Péter (died after 1593)
      • Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547-1600)
      • Count Nádasdy Ferenc, the Strong Black Bey (1555-1604)
      • Eörsy Péter (? – 1602)
      • Maróthy Mihály of Loós (?-1600)
      • General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
      • Pogrányi Benedek (?-1614)
      • Zrínyi György / Juraj Zrinski (1549-1603)
      • Palatine Illésházy István (1541-1609)
      • Kádár István and his Hajdú soldiers, 1658
      • Batthyány II Ferenc (1573-1625)
      • Batthyány Ádám (1610-1659)
      • Wathay Ferenc (1568- after 1609)
      • Zrínyi Ádám (1662-1691)
      • Zrínyi Miklós, the poet and general (1620-1664)
      • Rákóczi László (1633-1664)
      • A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
      • Koháry István (1616-1664)
      • Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
      • Palatine Pálffy János (1664-1751)
      • Petneházy Dávid (1645?-1686)
      • Draskovits Miklós alias Nikola II. Drašković (cc1630-1687)
      • Forgách Simon (1669-1729)
    • King Matthias Corvinus Series (1443-1490)
      • The beginning of King Matthias’ Reign
      • The Origin and Childhood of King Matthias Corvinus
      • Was King Matthias related to Sultan Mohamed II ?
      • Firearms in the Black Army
      • King Matthias at Boroszló (Wroclaw, Breslau)
      • The wealth of King Matthias
      • King Matthias` duel with Holubar
      • Why is the Hungarian Renaissance not so well-known?
      • „Delirant Reges, plectunur Achivi” – The people pay for the foolishness of the kings
      • “this king loved his country”
      • “Non licet in bello bis peccare”: You mustn`t commit the same fault twice in the war
      • Kinizsi Pál, general of King Matthias
      • Archbishop Beckensloer János (1427-1489)
      • The size of King Matthias` army
      • The fleet of King Matthias
      • King Matthias Corvinus and England
    • Economy
      • The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
      • The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
      • Salt: the white gold of Hungary
      • Hungarian Grey Cattle
      • The Value of Money
    • Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
      • Who were the Turks?
      • The Crimean Tatars
      • Who were the Germans?
      • Who were the Hungarians?
      • Who are the Székelys?
      • Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
      • Who were the Habáns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
      • Who are the Magyarabs?
      • The Wallachians (Romanians) in Transylvania
      • The Jász People
    • Mercenaries, Western soldiers
      • Italians in the 15-Year-War in Hungary
      • Foreign mercenaries in Hungary
      • Scots on the battlefields of the „Hungaries”
    • The Hungarian Hajdú warriors
    • Cavalry
      • Dragoons in Hungary
      • Horses of Battle
      • Hungarian Horse archers in the 17th century
      • The Hussar tournaments of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
    • Famous and Infamous People
      • King Zsigmond / Sigismund (1368-1437) of Hungary
      • King Habsburg Albert of Hungary (1397-1439)
      • The peril of Demeter Jaksith – a legend from Szerémi`s Chronicle
      • Zrednai Vitéz János (c.1408-1472)
      • Hunyadi János (1407-1456)
      • Prince Corvin János, son of King Matthias (1473-1504)
      • Szilágyi Mihály, the kingmaker
      • Palatine Báthory István (c 1480-1530)
      • Mayláth István, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
      • Baron Forgách Ferenc
      • Zsámboki János (Johannes Sambucus Pannonius) 1531-1584
      • Albrecht Dürer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
      • Cardinal Bakócz Tamás (1442-1521)
      • King Ulászló II (Władysław II Jagiellończyk; Vladislav II Jagellonský)
      • King Szapolyai János (1487-1540)
      • King Habsburg Ferdinand I of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
      • Who was Oláh Miklós? (1493-1568)
      • Fráter György (Utišinović / Martinuzzi György) 1482-1551
      • King Habsburg Miksa I of Hungary aka Emperor Maximilian II of the HRE (r.1563-1576)
      • King János Zsigmond of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania (1540-1571)
      • Dávid Ferenc (1520-1579), the founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania
      • Prince Báthory Kristóf of Transylvania (r. 1530-1581)
      • Bey Sásvár, the renegade
      • Prince Rákóczi Zsigmond (1555-08/12/1608)
      • Prince Báthory Gábor of Transylvania (1589-1613)
      • King Habsburg Matthias II of Hungary (1557-1619)
      • Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania
      • Palatine Esterházy Miklós (1582-1645)
      • Prince Rákóczi I György of Transylvania (ruled from 1630 to 1648)
      • Baranyai Decsi János (1560-1601), a Transylvanian Historian
      • Rákóczi Zsigmond (1622-1652), the son of Prince Rákóczi György I
      • Prince Barcsay Ákos of Transylvania (1610-1661)
      • The Zrínyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
      • Prince Kemény János of Transylvania (1607-1662)
      • Prince Rhédey Ferenc of Transylvania (1610-1667)
      • Prince Apafi Mihály (1632-1690)
      • Sultan Mehmed III (reigned between 1595 and 1603)
      • Prince Rákóczi I Ferenc (1645-1676)
      • Nádasdy III Ferenc (1623-1671)
      • Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705)
      • King Habsburg Rudolf of Hungary, Emperor of the HRE (1552-1612)
      • Szenci Kertész Ábrahám (Szenc ?-Szeben 1667)
      • Bél Mátyás / Matej Bel (1684-1749)
      • King Leopold (Lipót) I of Hungary (1640-1705)
      • Bercsényi Miklós (1665-1725)
    • Famous Ladies
      • Anjou Mária, Queen of Hungary (reigned 1382-1395)
      • Borbála, the true love of King Matthias
      • Queen Beatrice of Aragon (1457-1508)
      • The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
      • Fáncsy Borbála
      • Queen Isabella Jagiellon / Jagelló Izabella (1519-1559)
      • Kanizsai Orsolya (1521-1571)
      • Nádasdy Anna (cc1510-?)
      • Lady Báthory Erzsébet (1560-1614)
      • Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
      • Bornemisza Anna, Princess Consort of Transylvania (1630-1688)
      • Zrínyi Ilona (1649-1703)
    • Why don’t we like Sultan Suleiman?
    • Types of soldiers in the “Hungaries” around 1600
    • Hungarian and other proverbs born during the Turk wars
    • The Ottoman concept of „Kizil Elma”, the „Golden / Red Apple”
    • The Hungarian Knights of the Golden Spur
    • Ethnic changes in Hungary due to the Ottoman wars
    • What if King Matthias had allied with the Ottomans?
    • Demographic Losses in Croatian-Ottoman Wars
    • The military education of Hunyadi János
    • The Road To The Battle of Mohács 1526
    • Military regulations
  • 1372-1490
    • The Hungarian-Venetian War between 1372 and 1381
    • The Battle of Nicopolis (Nikápoly) 1396
    • The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of Szendrő castle in 1439
    • Hunyadi at Szendrő, 1439
    • 21 February 1440: The Holy Crown of Hungary was stolen
    • The rise of Hunyadi János to power, 1440-41
    • Hunyadi’s first large battle against the Turks, 1441
    • Hunyadi defeated two Ottoman armies, 1442
    • Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44
    • The Battle of Várna 1444
    • On 6 June 1446, Hunyadi became Governor of Hungary
    • Battle of Kosovo Polje (Rigómező), 1448
    • 1456, the heroic Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)
    • Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
    • 15 December 1467 The Battle of Moldvabánya (Baia)
    • 22 December 1476 The wedding of Matthias and Beatrix
    • The Battle of Kenyérmező (Breadfield), 13 October 1479
    • General Magyar Balázs saves Otranto in 1481
    • 1 June 1485 King Matthias Corvinus takes Vienna
    • 6 April 1490 The death of King Matthias Corvinus
    • The Doom of the Black Army after 1490
  • 1490-1541
    • Báthory István defeats the Ottomans at Illádia, 12 October 1512
    • 26 February 1514: The Duel between Dózsa György and Ali of Epeiros
    • The Peasant War of Dózsa György in 1514
    • 1521: the fall of Szabács, Zimony, and Nándorfehérvár castles
    • After 16 October 1522 Szapolyai, Voivode of Transylvania defeats the Turks in Wallachia
    • 29 May 1522 The Bosnian Bey takes Knin
    • The Battle of Szávaszentdemeter, 1523
    • 29 August 1526: The Battle of Mohács
    • 13-15 September 1526, the Battle of Pusztamarót
    • 1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) Jován’s uprising
    • 1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
    • 20 March 1528 The Battle of Szina
    • 4 October 1528: the battle of János Karlovics against the Turks
    • The sieges of Buda and Vienna in 1529
    • A scene from the last days of Kőszeg’ s siege in 1532
    • 19 September 1532, Pasha Kászim’s black day
    • 14 April 1533 Hieronym Laszky besieges Palota Castle
    • 29 September 1534 Lodovico Gritti was murdered
    • 9 October 1537 The Austrians’ Mohács
    • 21 October 1540: Leonhard von Fels besieges Buda
    • 20 July 1541 The fall of Fogaras castle
    • Spring 1541 Roggendorf besieges Buda but Suleiman takes it
  • 1541-1606
    • 26 September 1542 The Siege of Pest began
    • 1543 A Turk-Hungarian clash at the Kapos River, and at Somlóvásárhely
    • 25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
    • 19 June 1547 the first Peace of Edirne / Drinápoly
    • 1550 Brother György defeats his enemies in Transylvania
    • 1551 “Virtus vulnere viret” – a bloody fight at Lippa castle
    • 1 September 1551 The Transdanubian armies defeat the Turks at Veszprém
    • 1 March 1552 the Peril of Szeged and the Battle of Dorozsma
    • 1 June 1552 The fall of Veszprém castle
    • A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
    • 1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and Csobánc
    • 1555: Pápa castle was attacked
    • An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
    • The miracle at Görösgál, 1555
    • The siege of Szigetvár in 1556
    • 1556: The fight between “David and Goliath”
    • 25 November 1556 The Diet of Transylvania made Isabella Governor
    • When Ottomans attacked each other in Hungary, 1558
    • 1558 A concentrated Turkish attack around Lake Balaton
    • The adolescent murderers of Bey Ibrahim, 1559
    • 1561 The defeat of Bey Hamza near Szentgrót, and the Turkish raids in October
    • 27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of Fülek
    • 4 March 1562 The Battle of Hadad
    • 5 June 1566 The heroic defense of Palota castle
    • 1566 King János Zsigmond’s victory over the Crimean Tatars
    • 1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
    • 1567: the heroic defenders of Felsővadász castle
    • 13 January 1568: Freedom of religion was declared at the Diet of Torda
    • 17 February 1568 The Treaty of Edirne / Drinápoly
    • October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
    • Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
    • 1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
    • 1572 The unlucky raid at Zimánd
    • 6 February 1573: Attack on Szentgyörgyvár castle
    • 1575: the clash at Böszörmény, and the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
    • 1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of Fonyód castle
    • 1575 The Battle of Kerelőszentpál
    • 1577, a Christian defeat at Győr castle
    • 27 June 1578 A Hungarian defeat at Bicske
    • The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
    • 19 July 1580 The victory at Nádudvar
    • The warriors of Léva castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
    • 1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack Koppány Castle
    • 1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at Komárom Castle
    • 1586 The duel between Deli Hassan and Csegley Ferenc
    • 25 February 1587: The destruction of Koppány castle and the victory at Kacorlak
    • 1588: the destruction of Endréd Palisade Castle
    • 29 October 1588: the Hungarian warriors ambush Kékkő castle
    • A shameful duel in 1590
    • 18 November 1593; The armies of the Upper Land take Szabatka
    • November 21, 1593, The Hungarians defeated the Turks at Romhány
    • The adventure of a few Hajdú warriors at Vác, 1594
    • 1598: Captain András Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha Szulejmán of Temesvár
    • Prince Bocskai had his Hajdús settled on 12/12/1605, and the COA of the “Green Riflemen” (1648)
  • 1606-1699
    • 27 November 1619 Prince Bethlen at Vienna
    • 8 November 1620 The Hungarians in the Battle of White Mountain
    • The destruction of Csepreg, January 9-12, 1621
    • 20 December 1626: Prince Bethlen signed a truce with King Ferdinand II
    • Bethlen defeats the usurper Homonnai-Drugeth at Dés, 1616
    • 6 October 1636 Prince Rákóczi scatters the army of the Pasha of Temesvár at Nagyszalonta
    • 2 February 1642: The Raid at Igal
    • 26 June 1644 The Battle of Somos: Hungarian Transylvanians vs. Hungarians of Royal Hungary
    • 16 December 1645 Peace treaty in Linz between Rákóczi and Ferdinand
    • 1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
    • 25-26 August 1652 The Battle of Vezekény
    • 30 April 1657 Batthyány Ádám’s raid at Zsámbék
    • 1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince Rákóczi György II
    • 1658: Prince György Rákóczi II defeated the Ottoman army
    • The Battle of Szárhegy, 1658
    • 27 August 1660: The fall of Várad castle
    • 1660 The punishing war of Pasha Szejdi
    • 1660 The Battle of Szászfenes, the death of Prince Rákóczi György II
    • Zrínyi’s reply to Montecuccoli 1661
    • 23 January 1662 The Battle of Nagyszőlős, the Death of Prince Kemény
    • 1662: the adventure of 12 Hajdú warriors
    • 1663: The victories of Zrínyi Miklós, and Zrínyi Péter’s
    • The famous Winter Campaign of Zrínyi, 1664
    • The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
    • The Hajdú warriors in Zrínyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
    • The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
    • The letter of Zrínyi Miklós in 1664
    • 1 August 1664 The battle of Szentgotthárd / Saint Gotthard, and the peace of Vasvár
    • 18 November 1664: the death of Zrínyi Miklós (Nikola Zrínski)
    • The regulations of Regéc castle 1678
    • 23 April 1670 The Battle of Gombás and the Wesselényi Conspiration
    • 22 December 1671 Emperor Leopold dismissed his Hungarian soldiers
    • 14 September 1672 The “Kuruc” rebels beat the Imperials at Enyicke and the fight at Györke in October
    • 12 September 1683 The Battle of Kahlenberg at Vienna
    • 7-9 October 1683 The Battle of Párkány
    • 10 July 1684 the Triumph at Szentendre
    • The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684 
    • The Battle of Tát, 16 August 1685
    • 2 September 1686 Buda Eliberata!
    • The First Battle of Zenta and Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
    • 1687: the Battle of Nagyharsány
    • 17 January 1688 The fall of Munkács castle
    • 5 September 1688: The victory of Türkenluis at Derventa, and the Battle of Nis in 1689
    • The Battle of Zernyest: Thököly’s victory, 1690
    • 13 April 1690 The retaking of Kanizsa castle
    • The Triumph of Szalánkemén, the bloodiest battle of the century, 1691
    • The Battle of Lugos, 1695
    • 26 August 1696: the battle at Hetény
    • 11 September 1697 The Battle of Zenta
    • 26 January 1699 the Peace of Karlóca
  • Dramatized historical writings
    • The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
    • Interview with Count Zrínyi Miklós
    • Interview with Cardinal Pázmány Péter
    • Interview with Lord Báthory István
    • Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
    • Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
    • Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
    • The Siege of Drégely Castle (1552)
    • The Battle of Palást, 1552
    • The Gypsy warriors of Nagyida Castle (1556)
    • 11 October 1583 The Battle on the Danube
    • The Duel at Korpona’s Haversack Castle (1588)
    • The Battle of Szikszó (08 October 1588)
    • The White Geese of Léva Castle (1664)
    • Mikszáth Kálmán: Hunyák Pál
    • The Heavenly Advocate By Kosztolányi Dezső (1920)
    • The legend of Margit and the brave warriors
  • Spreading Hungarian history
    • Fighting Misconceptions
    • The Hungarians’ role before 1526
    • “Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
    • How I’m rated by the AI in January 2025
    • Modern Ottoman propaganda
    • The thoughts of István Käfer about Hungarians and Slovaks
    • Bell and crescent moon – the St. Clement Bell Tower
    • Social media and Hungarian history in English
    • The Hun is at the gate!
    • My Report on Spreading Hungarian History between 2016 and 2025
  • Weapons
    • Armors and shields
      • Armors in Topkapi Seray Museum
      • Armors and weapons in the Styrian Armory of Graz
      • The armors of Emperor and King Maximilian I and II, and King Louis II of Hungary
      • Hussar Helmets on Display in 1896
      • Turk shields, helmets
      • Chainmails from the 16th and 17th centuries
      • The Hungarian Hussar regiments of Cardinal Richelieu, 1635
      • A tombstone of an unknown knight
      • Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
      • The tombstone of Swabowszky György
      • Hussar armor, masks, and shields
      • The Hussars’ lance: the “kopja”
    • Swords and sabers
      • Pallos
      • The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
      • Ceremonial swords
      • Hungarian sabers, 15th-17th century
      • Eastern-style sabers from the 16th-17th centuries
      • Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
      • Hegyestőr / estoc / koncerz
      • a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
      • Swords made by Thomas Kapustran
      • The saber of General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
      • Longswords
    • Firearms
      • Strange firearms
      • Saint Borbála and the cannons
      • Pistols, 16th century
      • Pistols, 17th century (Vienna)
      • Bayonets in the Hungarian fights
      • Crossbows, bows, quivers, and arrows
    • War hammers, maces, and battle axes
  • Maps and Regions
    • The First Printed Map of Hungary: the Tabula Hungarie 1528
    • The First Military Survey of Hungary (1780-84)
    • Map 1750
    • Szepesség
    • The Borderland
    • Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
    • Fortified Churches in Transylvania
    • Subcarpathia / Kárpátalja
    • Máramaros Region in Transylvania
    • The History of Csíksomlyó Pentecost Pilgrimage
  • Masterpieces of Art
    • Chalices, goblets between the 15th and the 17th century
    • A few pieces of ornamented items and jewellery
    • Ceramics from the 15-17th centuries
    • The Renaissance bronze candlesticks in Hagia Sophia
    • Hungarian Medieval Saddles
    • Hidden treasure found at Likava Castle
    • The destruction of King Saint László’s statue
    • Toy Knights of King Louis II
    • Drinking vessels, 16th-18th century
    • Renaissance Tiles
    • Prince Bethlen’s gift to King Gustav Adolphus 
  • Reenacting History
    • Reenactor clubs
      • The Nádasdy Ferenc Banderium in Sárvár
      • The Matthias Rex Association / Mathias Rex Történelmi Hagyományőrző Egyesület
    • HEMA
      • Interview with Schunder László
    • Clothes and attire
      • Skirt and attached bodice, 17th century
      • The embroidery of Hungarian Lady dresses
      • Hungarian Men’s Attire: Mente, Dolman, and Boots
      • Corolla
  • Chronologies
    • A very short summary of Hungarian-Ottoman wars
    • General Chronology of Hungarian-Ottoman wars between 1552 and 1699
    • General chronologies 1366-1552
  • The Fifteen-Year-War Series (1591-1606)
    • The War of Pasha Sinan until 1596
      • The Long War – Part One / the new Borderland
      • The Long War, Part Two / the radius of the war
      • The Long War, Part Three / how it broke out
      • The Long War, Part Four / the military targets
      • The Long War, Part Five / October-November 1593
      • The Long War, Part Six / November-December 1593
      • The Long War, Part Seven / the Battle of Tura, 1594
      • The Long War, Part Eight / Summer 1594, the death of Balassi
      • The Long War, Part Nine / August-October 1594, the sieges of Győr and Komárom
      • The Long War, Part Ten / 1594, Transylvania breaks up with the Sublime Port
      • The Long War, Part 11 / the first clashes in 1595
      • The Long War, Part 12 / the second siege of Esztergom
      • The Long War, Part 13 / Upper Lands, and Transylvania 1595
      • The Long War, Part 14 / Spring-summer, 1596
    • 1596-1600
      • The Long War, Part 15 / 1596: the Fall of Eger
      • The Long War, Part 16 / 1596, The Battle of Mezőkeresztes
      • The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
      • The Long War, Part 18 / Taking Pápa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of Győr
      • The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of Vác-Verőce, November 1597
      • The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of Győr castle, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and Várad castles, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 22; a great Hajdú victory in 1599
      • The Long War, Part 23 / Christian ambushes, 1599
      • The Long War, Part 24/ Troubles in Transylvania, 1596-1599
      • The Long War, Part 25/ The Battle of Miriszló, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in Pápa castle, 1600
    • 1601-1606
      • The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around Fehérvár, 1601
      • The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
      • The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of Székesfehérvár castle in 1602
      • The Long War, Part 31; 1602: Basta’s victory in Transylvania and the Siege of Buda
      • The Long War, Part 32; military actions in the first part of 1603
      • The Long War, Part 33; the third siege of Buda, 1603
      • The Long War, Part 34 / The Siege of Esztergom, 1604
      • The Long War, Part 35; Internal war in Transylvania 1600-1604
      • The Long War, Part 36 / The Bocskai Uprising, 1604
      • The Long War, Part 39 / Conclusion
      • The Long War, Part 37 / The heydays of Bocskai, 1605
      • The Long War, Part 38; 1606 – The creation of a Double Treaty of Peace
  • Videos
    • The Siege of Nándorfehérvár / Belgrade, 1456
    • Visegrád, royal palace
    • The Battle of Mohács, 1526
    • The reconquest wars of Hungary
    • The Ottoman conquest in Europe
    • The Battle of Zenta, 1697
  • Sources and recommended readings
    • Review: Lord of the Eyrie (by Katerina Dunne)
    • Review: Return to the Eyrie (by Katerina Dunne)
    • Review: “As Only True Men Can: Nikola Zrinski’s Last Stand at Sziget”
  • History before 1368
    • Grand Duke Géza (reigned 972?-997)
    • King Saint László (cc 1040-1095)
    • The Battle of Mogyoród, 14 March, 1074
    • King Géza II of Hungary (1130-1162)
    • King István II of Hungary (1101-1131)
    • Legends about King Saint László
    • King Béla the Blind (about 1108-1141)
    • King Béla III ( about 1146-1196)
    • 24 April 1222 The Golden Bull was issued
    • King Béla IV (reigned 1235-1270)
    • The Battle of Muhi, 11 April 1241
    • Zách Felicián’s attempt to kill the king (1330)
    • 19 November 1335 The Congress of Visegrád
    • Count Lackfi András (1310s-1359) and the Mongols
    • King Lajos I the Great (r.1342-1382)
    • Toldi Miklós (cc1320-1390)
    • The Virgin Mary of Mariazell and King Lajos I
  • History after 1699
    • Kuruc fights in Bihar in January, 1704
    • 1703 Kuruc victory at Zólyom, and the Ocskay vs. Bottyán duel
    • Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II of Hungary and Transylvania (1676-1735)
    • 1703 The fights at Tiszabecs and Rajec
    • Serbs attacked the Kuruc rebels in 1703
    • 13 June 1704 The Battle of Koroncó
    • 25 November 1704 The Imperials’ defeat at Jakabfalva
    • 26 December 1704 The Battle of Nagyszombat
    • 1705 The Diet of Szécsény
    • 2 November 1705 The Transdanubian Campaign of Bottyán János began
    • 11 November 1705 The defeat at Zsibó
    • 16 September 1706 The taking of Esztergom; 11 October: the siege of Kassa ends
    • 6-7 November 1706 Kuruc victory at Győrvár
    • Kuruc-Labanc Fights in 1708
    • 1708 The Kuruc Diet of Sárospatak and the execution of Bezerédj
    • The Battle of Romhány, 22 January 1710
    • Fights in February 1710 at Tavarnok and Egerszeg
    • 30 November 1710 The castle of Eger surrenders to the Imperial troops
    • 30 April 1711 The End of the Hungarian War of Independence
    • 24 August 1717 The massacre in Szék, Transylvania
    • General Károlyi Sándor (1669-1743)
    • Bottyán János, the “Blind” (around 1643-1709)
    • Esze Tamás (1666-1708)
    • 1772 The 16 towns of the Szepesség are returned to the Hungarians
    • Hungarian military deeds abroad in the 18th century
    • Gábor Áron, a Hungarian Székely artillery officer (1814-1849)
    • The Battle at the Pass of Tömös, 20 June 1849
    • Avram Iancu, a National Hero or War Criminal?
    • The 13 Martyrs of Arad – October 6, 1849
    • Számwald Gyula (1827-1912), the Hero of Two Nations
    • 31 October 1918 The murder of Tisza István
    • Apponyi’s speech on 16 January 1920
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  • Castles in the “Hungaries”
    • Transylvania
      • Abafája
      • Adorjánvár
      • Alvinc
      • Arad
      • Aranyosmeggyes
      • Bálványos
      • Barcarozsnyó castle
      • Barcaföldvár
      • Bethlenszentmiklós
      • Bihar
      • Bonchida
      • Borosjenő
      • Brassó
      • Bözödújfalu
      • Bún
      • Csehi
      • Csicsó
      • Csíkszereda
      • Déva
      • Doboka
      • Élesd, Sólyomkővár
      • Erdőd (Ardud)
      • Fogaras
      • Görgényszentimre
      • Gyalu
      • Gyergyószárhegy
      • Gyimesbükk
      • Gyulafehérvár
      • Hadad
      • Hunyad
      • Kankó / Ugocsa vár
      • Karánsebes
      • Keresd
      • Keresztelőszentpál / Kerelőszentpál
      • Királyházai Nyalábvár
      • Kolcvár
      • Kolozsvár
      • Kovászó
      • Kőhalom
      • Körösszeg
      • Küküllővár
      • Léta
      • Lugos
      • Magyarózd
      • Marosillye
      • Marosvásárhely
      • Marosvécs
      • Munkács
      • Nagybánya / Asszonypataka
      • Nagyszalonta
      • Nagyvárad
      • Nyírbátor
      • Radnót
      • Radna and Óradna
      • Regéc
      • Sárospatak
      • Sebesvár
      • Segesvár
      • Szatmár / Szatmárnémeti
      • Szeben and the Abbey of Kerc
      • Székelyzsombor
      • Szelindek
      • Szentbenedek
      • Szentjobb Castle and Abbey
      • Szerednye
      • Szilágysomlyó
      • Törcsvár
      • Ungvár
      • Almás / Váralmás castle
      • Várasfenes (Fenes) Bélavár
      • Világos
    • Ottoman Occupied Lands
      • Atya
      • Bács
      • Baglyaskő
      • Berzence
      • Boksánbánya, Boksa / Kövesd Castle
      • Buda
      • Buják
      • Bussa
      • Cegléd
      • Csanád
      • Csókakő
      • Csővár
      • Dédes castle
      • Dunaföldvár
      • Döbrönte, Szarvaskő
      • Dombóvár
      • Erdőd (Erdut)
      • Eger
      • Eszék
      • Esztergom
      • Fonyód
      • Galambóc
      • Gyula
      • Hatvan
      • Hollókő
      • Hont
      • Ipolyság
      • Ipolydamásd
      • Jajca
      • Kanizsa
      • Kaposvár
      • Kecskemét
      • Komlóska, Solymos castle
      • Lippa and Solymos
      • Nándorfehérvár
      • Ozora
      • Pécsvárad
      • Pest
      • Pétervárad
      • Pilisszentlélek and Klastrompuszta
      • Pécs
      • Pozsega
      • Újlak
      • Salgó
      • Rednek
      • Simontornya
      • Sirok
      • Siklós
      • Somoskő
      • Szabács
      • Szalánkemén
      • Szarvas
      • Szarvaskői castle
      • Szászvár
      • Szeged
      • Székesfehérvár
      • Szendrő
      • Szentlászlóvár / Lászlóvára
      • Szigetvár
      • Szolnok Castle
      • Szörényvár
      • Temesvár
      • Vác
      • Vál
      • Valpó
      • Visegrád
      • Zimony
      • Zsámbék
    • Kingdom of Hungary
      • North
        • Bacskó
        • Bajmóc
        • Appony
        • Árva
        • Abaújvár
        • Ajnácskő
        • Alsóhunkóc
        • Alsómattyasóc
        • Alsómicsinye
        • Bakabánya
        • Balassagyarmat
        • Balogvár
        • Barkó
        • Bártfa
        • Bazin
        • Beckó, Bolondóc
        • Beregszentmiklós
        • Berencsváralja
        • Besztercebánya
        • Betlenfalva
        • Blatnica
        • Boldogkőváralja
        • Borsi
        • Borostyánkő (Ballenstein, Paistun)
        • Borostyánkő (Bernstein)
        • Bozók
        • Budatin
        • Csábrág
        • Csejte
        • Cserény
        • Cseklész
        • Csetnek
        • Csicsva
        • Dévény
        • Divény
        • Diósgyőr
        • Detrekő castle and the Pálffy palace
        • Drégely
        • Éleskő
        • Eperjes
        • Érsekújvár
        • Felsőkubin
        • Felsővály
        • Frics
        • Fülek
        • Füzér
        • Gács
        • Garamszeg
        • Garamszentbenedek
        • Gímes
        • Golop
        • Gombaszög
        • Hajdúdorog
        • Hajdúnánás
        • (Hajdú)Szoboszló
        • Haraszt
        • Holics
        • Hollólomnic
        • Homonna
        • Hricsó (Ricsóváralja)
        • Huszt
        • Illava
        • Jeszenő
        • Jókő
        • Kálló
        • Kapi
        • Kassa
        • Kékkő
        • Keselőkő
        • Késmárk
        • Kisnána
        • Kisvárda
        • Komárom
        • Korlátkő
        • Korpona
        • Körmöcbánya
        • Krasznahorka and Betlér
        • Lakács
        • Lednic
        • Léva
        • Likava
        • Liptótújvár
        • Lőcse
        • Marcellvár
        • Márkusfalva
        • Murány
        • Nagybiccse
        • Nagyida
        • Nagyszombat
        • Nagykövesd
        • Nagytapolcsány
        • Nedec / Dunajec
        • Nevicke
        • Nógrád
        • Nyitra
        • Ólubló / Lubló
        • Ónod
        • Osgyán
        • Oroszlánkő
        • Óvár (Várna / Varin)
        • Pácin
        • Palocsa
        • Putnok
        • Revistye
        • Sáros
        • Saskő
        • Selmecbánya
        • Sóvár Castle and the fortified church of Tótsóvár
        • Szalánc
        • Szanda
        • Szabatkapuszta
        • Szádvár
        • Szécsény
        • Szendrő (in north Hungary)
        • Szentgyörgy
        • Szentgyörgy-Fehérkő
        • Szepesi vár
        • Szepeshely
        • Szerencs
        • Szikszó
        • Szilice
        • Szitnya
        • Szklabinya
        • Szomolány
        • Sztrecsnó
        • Sztropkó
        • Tarkő
        • Tar
        • Tiszolc
        • Temetvény
        • Tokaj
        • Trencsén
        • Torna
        • Zayugróc
        • Zboró (Makovica)
        • Zemplén
        • Zolna
        • Zsolnalitva
        • Zólyom
        • Zólyomlipcse
        • Zsarnóca
        • Vágsziklás
        • Vágbeszterce
        • Vaja
        • Végles
        • Vinna
      • South
        • Babócsa
        • Csáktornya
        • Csányó
        • Dobóc
        • Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
        • Felsőlendva
        • Hídvég
        • Kereki, Fehérkő castle
        • Komár
        • Lendva
        • Sziszek
        • Zalaszentgrót
      • West
        • Alsórámóc
        • Bakonyújvár / Bakonybél
        • Bátorkő
        • Bozsok
        • Csesznek
        • Csobánc
        • Devecser
        • Egervár
        • Fertőrákos
        • Fraknó
        • Győr Castle
        • Kabold
        • Kapuvár
        • Keszthely
        • Körmend
        • Köpcsény
        • Kőszeg
        • Lakompak
        • Lánzsér
        • Léka
        • Mosonmagyaróvár
        • Nagyvázsony
        • Németújvár
        • Palota (Várpalota)
        • Pannonhalma
        • Pápa
        • Pozsony
        • Ugod
        • Rezi
        • Sárfenék / Scharfeneck / Élesszeg
        • Sárvár
        • Somló
        • Sopron
        • Sümeg
        • Szalónak
        • Szarvaskő (at Döbrönte)
        • Szigliget
        • Tátika
        • Tata
        • Tihany
        • Várgesztes
        • Veszprém
        • Vitány
        • Vöröskő
    • Saxon and Székely fortified churches
      • Zágor
      • Visk
      • Vermes
      • Ugra
      • Torockószentgyörgy
      • Torda
      • Szentágota
      • Székelyszentlélek
      • Székelykeresztúr
      • Szászszentlászló
      • Székelyderzs
      • Szásznagyvesszős
      • Szászsebes
      • Szászhermány
      • Szászkézd
      • Szászfehéregyháza
      • Szászbuda
      • Szászbogács
      • Szászalmád
      • Sepsiszentgyörgy
      • Sepsiárkos
      • Prázsmár
      • Miklósvár
      • Medgyes
      • Mártonhegy
      • Lesses
      • Kisdisznód
      • Kelnek
      • Kisselyk
      • Kereszténysziget
      • Kaca
      • Homoróddaróc
      • Hégen
      • Gyergyószentmiklós
      • Gelence
      • Sárd
      • Mese
      • Jakabfalva
      • Homoródkarácsonyfalva
      • Holcmány
      • Gidófalva
      • Fületelke
      • Felmér
      • Feketehalom
      • Enyed / Nagyenyed
      • Csíkrákos
      • Csíkszenttamás
      • Csíkszentgyörgy
      • Csíkménaság
      • Csíkkarcfalva
      • Csíkdelne
      • Csicsóholdvilág
      • Bögöz
      • Bázna / Felsőbajom
      • Baráthely, fortified church
      • Berethalom
      • Asszonyfalva
      • Apold
      • Alsórákos
      • Alsóbajom
      • Almakerék
  • The QR Code Project: Adopt a Castle
  • Our Castles on the Map
  • Essays
    • Members of the Valiant Order
      • Ozorai Pipo (Pippo Spano) 1368/69 – 1426
      • A Hero of the Valiant Order: Varkocs György
      • General Schwendi in Royal Hungary, a German Hero
      • Prince Bocskai István
      • Thorny Tamás, a Hungarian hero
      • Pálffy Tamás (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
      • Balassi Bálint (1554-1594)
      • Berenhidai Huszár Péter, a Hungarian Hero
      • Hans Rueber von Püchsendorf (1529-1584)
      • Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
      • Balassi Ferenc
      • Batthyány Ferenc (1497-1566)
      • Perényi Péter (1502–1548)
      • Petár Berislavić / Beriszlói Péter (1475-1520)
      • Némethi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
      • Werbőczi Imre (1510s-1548)
      • Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of Várad
      • General Tomori Pál (1475-1526)
      • Petar Kruzic / Krusics Péter (1491-1537)
      • János Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
      • Peter Roussel of Burgundy (?-1577, Kassa)
      • Magyar Bálint of Palona
      • Báthory István, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
      • Gyulaffy László (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
      • Nyáry Ferenc, Lőrinc and his son, Nyáry Pál
      • Gregoróczy Vince
      • Pasha Arszlán (Oroszlán) of Buda castle
      • Baron Nádasdy Tamás (1498-1562)
      • Mekcsey István (?-1553)
      • Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén (cc1510-1556)
      • Zay Ferenc (1498-1570)
      • Captain Thury György (cc1520-1571)
      • Baron Ruszkai Dobó István (1502-1572)
      • Baron Balassa Menyhárt of Balassagyarmat (1511-1568)
      • Thengöldi Bornemisza János (1520/30-1589)
      • Batthyány Boldizsár (cc1537-1590)
      • Ormándy Péter (died after 1593)
      • Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547-1600)
      • Count Nádasdy Ferenc, the Strong Black Bey (1555-1604)
      • Eörsy Péter (? – 1602)
      • Maróthy Mihály of Loós (?-1600)
      • General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
      • Pogrányi Benedek (?-1614)
      • Zrínyi György / Juraj Zrinski (1549-1603)
      • Palatine Illésházy István (1541-1609)
      • Kádár István and his Hajdú soldiers, 1658
      • Batthyány II Ferenc (1573-1625)
      • Batthyány Ádám (1610-1659)
      • Wathay Ferenc (1568- after 1609)
      • Zrínyi Ádám (1662-1691)
      • Zrínyi Miklós, the poet and general (1620-1664)
      • Rákóczi László (1633-1664)
      • A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
      • Koháry István (1616-1664)
      • Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
      • Palatine Pálffy János (1664-1751)
      • Petneházy Dávid (1645?-1686)
      • Draskovits Miklós alias Nikola II. Drašković (cc1630-1687)
      • Forgách Simon (1669-1729)
    • King Matthias Corvinus Series (1443-1490)
      • The beginning of King Matthias’ Reign
      • The Origin and Childhood of King Matthias Corvinus
      • Was King Matthias related to Sultan Mohamed II ?
      • Firearms in the Black Army
      • King Matthias at Boroszló (Wroclaw, Breslau)
      • The wealth of King Matthias
      • King Matthias` duel with Holubar
      • Why is the Hungarian Renaissance not so well-known?
      • „Delirant Reges, plectunur Achivi” – The people pay for the foolishness of the kings
      • “this king loved his country”
      • “Non licet in bello bis peccare”: You mustn`t commit the same fault twice in the war
      • Kinizsi Pál, general of King Matthias
      • Archbishop Beckensloer János (1427-1489)
      • The size of King Matthias` army
      • The fleet of King Matthias
      • King Matthias Corvinus and England
    • Economy
      • The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
      • The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
      • Salt: the white gold of Hungary
      • Hungarian Grey Cattle
      • The Value of Money
    • Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
      • Who were the Turks?
      • The Crimean Tatars
      • Who were the Germans?
      • Who were the Hungarians?
      • Who are the Székelys?
      • Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
      • Who were the Habáns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
      • Who are the Magyarabs?
      • The Wallachians (Romanians) in Transylvania
      • The Jász People
    • Mercenaries, Western soldiers
      • Italians in the 15-Year-War in Hungary
      • Foreign mercenaries in Hungary
      • Scots on the battlefields of the „Hungaries”
    • The Hungarian Hajdú warriors
    • Cavalry
      • Dragoons in Hungary
      • Horses of Battle
      • Hungarian Horse archers in the 17th century
      • The Hussar tournaments of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
    • Famous and Infamous People
      • King Zsigmond / Sigismund (1368-1437) of Hungary
      • King Habsburg Albert of Hungary (1397-1439)
      • The peril of Demeter Jaksith – a legend from Szerémi`s Chronicle
      • Zrednai Vitéz János (c.1408-1472)
      • Hunyadi János (1407-1456)
      • Prince Corvin János, son of King Matthias (1473-1504)
      • Szilágyi Mihály, the kingmaker
      • Palatine Báthory István (c 1480-1530)
      • Mayláth István, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
      • Baron Forgách Ferenc
      • Zsámboki János (Johannes Sambucus Pannonius) 1531-1584
      • Albrecht Dürer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
      • Cardinal Bakócz Tamás (1442-1521)
      • King Ulászló II (Władysław II Jagiellończyk; Vladislav II Jagellonský)
      • King Szapolyai János (1487-1540)
      • King Habsburg Ferdinand I of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
      • Who was Oláh Miklós? (1493-1568)
      • Fráter György (Utišinović / Martinuzzi György) 1482-1551
      • King Habsburg Miksa I of Hungary aka Emperor Maximilian II of the HRE (r.1563-1576)
      • King János Zsigmond of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania (1540-1571)
      • Dávid Ferenc (1520-1579), the founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania
      • Prince Báthory Kristóf of Transylvania (r. 1530-1581)
      • Bey Sásvár, the renegade
      • Prince Rákóczi Zsigmond (1555-08/12/1608)
      • Prince Báthory Gábor of Transylvania (1589-1613)
      • King Habsburg Matthias II of Hungary (1557-1619)
      • Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania
      • Palatine Esterházy Miklós (1582-1645)
      • Prince Rákóczi I György of Transylvania (ruled from 1630 to 1648)
      • Baranyai Decsi János (1560-1601), a Transylvanian Historian
      • Rákóczi Zsigmond (1622-1652), the son of Prince Rákóczi György I
      • Prince Barcsay Ákos of Transylvania (1610-1661)
      • The Zrínyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
      • Prince Kemény János of Transylvania (1607-1662)
      • Prince Rhédey Ferenc of Transylvania (1610-1667)
      • Prince Apafi Mihály (1632-1690)
      • Sultan Mehmed III (reigned between 1595 and 1603)
      • Prince Rákóczi I Ferenc (1645-1676)
      • Nádasdy III Ferenc (1623-1671)
      • Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705)
      • King Habsburg Rudolf of Hungary, Emperor of the HRE (1552-1612)
      • Szenci Kertész Ábrahám (Szenc ?-Szeben 1667)
      • Bél Mátyás / Matej Bel (1684-1749)
      • King Leopold (Lipót) I of Hungary (1640-1705)
      • Bercsényi Miklós (1665-1725)
    • Famous Ladies
      • Anjou Mária, Queen of Hungary (reigned 1382-1395)
      • Borbála, the true love of King Matthias
      • Queen Beatrice of Aragon (1457-1508)
      • The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
      • Fáncsy Borbála
      • Queen Isabella Jagiellon / Jagelló Izabella (1519-1559)
      • Kanizsai Orsolya (1521-1571)
      • Nádasdy Anna (cc1510-?)
      • Lady Báthory Erzsébet (1560-1614)
      • Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
      • Bornemisza Anna, Princess Consort of Transylvania (1630-1688)
      • Zrínyi Ilona (1649-1703)
    • Why don’t we like Sultan Suleiman?
    • Types of soldiers in the “Hungaries” around 1600
    • Hungarian and other proverbs born during the Turk wars
    • The Ottoman concept of „Kizil Elma”, the „Golden / Red Apple”
    • The Hungarian Knights of the Golden Spur
    • Ethnic changes in Hungary due to the Ottoman wars
    • What if King Matthias had allied with the Ottomans?
    • Demographic Losses in Croatian-Ottoman Wars
    • The military education of Hunyadi János
    • The Road To The Battle of Mohács 1526
    • Military regulations
  • 1372-1490
    • The Hungarian-Venetian War between 1372 and 1381
    • The Battle of Nicopolis (Nikápoly) 1396
    • The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of Szendrő castle in 1439
    • Hunyadi at Szendrő, 1439
    • 21 February 1440: The Holy Crown of Hungary was stolen
    • The rise of Hunyadi János to power, 1440-41
    • Hunyadi’s first large battle against the Turks, 1441
    • Hunyadi defeated two Ottoman armies, 1442
    • Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44
    • The Battle of Várna 1444
    • On 6 June 1446, Hunyadi became Governor of Hungary
    • Battle of Kosovo Polje (Rigómező), 1448
    • 1456, the heroic Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)
    • Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
    • 15 December 1467 The Battle of Moldvabánya (Baia)
    • 22 December 1476 The wedding of Matthias and Beatrix
    • The Battle of Kenyérmező (Breadfield), 13 October 1479
    • General Magyar Balázs saves Otranto in 1481
    • 1 June 1485 King Matthias Corvinus takes Vienna
    • 6 April 1490 The death of King Matthias Corvinus
    • The Doom of the Black Army after 1490
  • 1490-1541
    • Báthory István defeats the Ottomans at Illádia, 12 October 1512
    • 26 February 1514: The Duel between Dózsa György and Ali of Epeiros
    • The Peasant War of Dózsa György in 1514
    • 1521: the fall of Szabács, Zimony, and Nándorfehérvár castles
    • After 16 October 1522 Szapolyai, Voivode of Transylvania defeats the Turks in Wallachia
    • 29 May 1522 The Bosnian Bey takes Knin
    • The Battle of Szávaszentdemeter, 1523
    • 29 August 1526: The Battle of Mohács
    • 13-15 September 1526, the Battle of Pusztamarót
    • 1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) Jován’s uprising
    • 1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
    • 20 March 1528 The Battle of Szina
    • 4 October 1528: the battle of János Karlovics against the Turks
    • The sieges of Buda and Vienna in 1529
    • A scene from the last days of Kőszeg’ s siege in 1532
    • 19 September 1532, Pasha Kászim’s black day
    • 14 April 1533 Hieronym Laszky besieges Palota Castle
    • 29 September 1534 Lodovico Gritti was murdered
    • 9 October 1537 The Austrians’ Mohács
    • 21 October 1540: Leonhard von Fels besieges Buda
    • 20 July 1541 The fall of Fogaras castle
    • Spring 1541 Roggendorf besieges Buda but Suleiman takes it
  • 1541-1606
    • 26 September 1542 The Siege of Pest began
    • 1543 A Turk-Hungarian clash at the Kapos River, and at Somlóvásárhely
    • 25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
    • 19 June 1547 the first Peace of Edirne / Drinápoly
    • 1550 Brother György defeats his enemies in Transylvania
    • 1551 “Virtus vulnere viret” – a bloody fight at Lippa castle
    • 1 September 1551 The Transdanubian armies defeat the Turks at Veszprém
    • 1 March 1552 the Peril of Szeged and the Battle of Dorozsma
    • 1 June 1552 The fall of Veszprém castle
    • A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
    • 1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and Csobánc
    • 1555: Pápa castle was attacked
    • An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
    • The miracle at Görösgál, 1555
    • The siege of Szigetvár in 1556
    • 1556: The fight between “David and Goliath”
    • 25 November 1556 The Diet of Transylvania made Isabella Governor
    • When Ottomans attacked each other in Hungary, 1558
    • 1558 A concentrated Turkish attack around Lake Balaton
    • The adolescent murderers of Bey Ibrahim, 1559
    • 1561 The defeat of Bey Hamza near Szentgrót, and the Turkish raids in October
    • 27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of Fülek
    • 4 March 1562 The Battle of Hadad
    • 5 June 1566 The heroic defense of Palota castle
    • 1566 King János Zsigmond’s victory over the Crimean Tatars
    • 1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
    • 1567: the heroic defenders of Felsővadász castle
    • 13 January 1568: Freedom of religion was declared at the Diet of Torda
    • 17 February 1568 The Treaty of Edirne / Drinápoly
    • October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
    • Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
    • 1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
    • 1572 The unlucky raid at Zimánd
    • 6 February 1573: Attack on Szentgyörgyvár castle
    • 1575: the clash at Böszörmény, and the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
    • 1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of Fonyód castle
    • 1575 The Battle of Kerelőszentpál
    • 1577, a Christian defeat at Győr castle
    • 27 June 1578 A Hungarian defeat at Bicske
    • The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
    • 19 July 1580 The victory at Nádudvar
    • The warriors of Léva castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
    • 1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack Koppány Castle
    • 1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at Komárom Castle
    • 1586 The duel between Deli Hassan and Csegley Ferenc
    • 25 February 1587: The destruction of Koppány castle and the victory at Kacorlak
    • 1588: the destruction of Endréd Palisade Castle
    • 29 October 1588: the Hungarian warriors ambush Kékkő castle
    • A shameful duel in 1590
    • 18 November 1593; The armies of the Upper Land take Szabatka
    • November 21, 1593, The Hungarians defeated the Turks at Romhány
    • The adventure of a few Hajdú warriors at Vác, 1594
    • 1598: Captain András Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha Szulejmán of Temesvár
    • Prince Bocskai had his Hajdús settled on 12/12/1605, and the COA of the “Green Riflemen” (1648)
  • 1606-1699
    • 27 November 1619 Prince Bethlen at Vienna
    • 8 November 1620 The Hungarians in the Battle of White Mountain
    • The destruction of Csepreg, January 9-12, 1621
    • 20 December 1626: Prince Bethlen signed a truce with King Ferdinand II
    • Bethlen defeats the usurper Homonnai-Drugeth at Dés, 1616
    • 6 October 1636 Prince Rákóczi scatters the army of the Pasha of Temesvár at Nagyszalonta
    • 2 February 1642: The Raid at Igal
    • 26 June 1644 The Battle of Somos: Hungarian Transylvanians vs. Hungarians of Royal Hungary
    • 16 December 1645 Peace treaty in Linz between Rákóczi and Ferdinand
    • 1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
    • 25-26 August 1652 The Battle of Vezekény
    • 30 April 1657 Batthyány Ádám’s raid at Zsámbék
    • 1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince Rákóczi György II
    • 1658: Prince György Rákóczi II defeated the Ottoman army
    • The Battle of Szárhegy, 1658
    • 27 August 1660: The fall of Várad castle
    • 1660 The punishing war of Pasha Szejdi
    • 1660 The Battle of Szászfenes, the death of Prince Rákóczi György II
    • Zrínyi’s reply to Montecuccoli 1661
    • 23 January 1662 The Battle of Nagyszőlős, the Death of Prince Kemény
    • 1662: the adventure of 12 Hajdú warriors
    • 1663: The victories of Zrínyi Miklós, and Zrínyi Péter’s
    • The famous Winter Campaign of Zrínyi, 1664
    • The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
    • The Hajdú warriors in Zrínyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
    • The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
    • The letter of Zrínyi Miklós in 1664
    • 1 August 1664 The battle of Szentgotthárd / Saint Gotthard, and the peace of Vasvár
    • 18 November 1664: the death of Zrínyi Miklós (Nikola Zrínski)
    • The regulations of Regéc castle 1678
    • 23 April 1670 The Battle of Gombás and the Wesselényi Conspiration
    • 22 December 1671 Emperor Leopold dismissed his Hungarian soldiers
    • 14 September 1672 The “Kuruc” rebels beat the Imperials at Enyicke and the fight at Györke in October
    • 12 September 1683 The Battle of Kahlenberg at Vienna
    • 7-9 October 1683 The Battle of Párkány
    • 10 July 1684 the Triumph at Szentendre
    • The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684 
    • The Battle of Tát, 16 August 1685
    • 2 September 1686 Buda Eliberata!
    • The First Battle of Zenta and Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
    • 1687: the Battle of Nagyharsány
    • 17 January 1688 The fall of Munkács castle
    • 5 September 1688: The victory of Türkenluis at Derventa, and the Battle of Nis in 1689
    • The Battle of Zernyest: Thököly’s victory, 1690
    • 13 April 1690 The retaking of Kanizsa castle
    • The Triumph of Szalánkemén, the bloodiest battle of the century, 1691
    • The Battle of Lugos, 1695
    • 26 August 1696: the battle at Hetény
    • 11 September 1697 The Battle of Zenta
    • 26 January 1699 the Peace of Karlóca
  • Dramatized historical writings
    • The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
    • Interview with Count Zrínyi Miklós
    • Interview with Cardinal Pázmány Péter
    • Interview with Lord Báthory István
    • Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
    • Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
    • Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
    • The Siege of Drégely Castle (1552)
    • The Battle of Palást, 1552
    • The Gypsy warriors of Nagyida Castle (1556)
    • 11 October 1583 The Battle on the Danube
    • The Duel at Korpona’s Haversack Castle (1588)
    • The Battle of Szikszó (08 October 1588)
    • The White Geese of Léva Castle (1664)
    • Mikszáth Kálmán: Hunyák Pál
    • The Heavenly Advocate By Kosztolányi Dezső (1920)
    • The legend of Margit and the brave warriors
  • Spreading Hungarian history
    • Fighting Misconceptions
    • The Hungarians’ role before 1526
    • “Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
    • How I’m rated by the AI in January 2025
    • Modern Ottoman propaganda
    • The thoughts of István Käfer about Hungarians and Slovaks
    • Bell and crescent moon – the St. Clement Bell Tower
    • Social media and Hungarian history in English
    • The Hun is at the gate!
    • My Report on Spreading Hungarian History between 2016 and 2025
  • Weapons
    • Armors and shields
      • Armors in Topkapi Seray Museum
      • Armors and weapons in the Styrian Armory of Graz
      • The armors of Emperor and King Maximilian I and II, and King Louis II of Hungary
      • Hussar Helmets on Display in 1896
      • Turk shields, helmets
      • Chainmails from the 16th and 17th centuries
      • The Hungarian Hussar regiments of Cardinal Richelieu, 1635
      • A tombstone of an unknown knight
      • Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
      • The tombstone of Swabowszky György
      • Hussar armor, masks, and shields
      • The Hussars’ lance: the “kopja”
    • Swords and sabers
      • Pallos
      • The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
      • Ceremonial swords
      • Hungarian sabers, 15th-17th century
      • Eastern-style sabers from the 16th-17th centuries
      • Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
      • Hegyestőr / estoc / koncerz
      • a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
      • Swords made by Thomas Kapustran
      • The saber of General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
      • Longswords
    • Firearms
      • Strange firearms
      • Saint Borbála and the cannons
      • Pistols, 16th century
      • Pistols, 17th century (Vienna)
      • Bayonets in the Hungarian fights
      • Crossbows, bows, quivers, and arrows
    • War hammers, maces, and battle axes
  • Maps and Regions
    • The First Printed Map of Hungary: the Tabula Hungarie 1528
    • The First Military Survey of Hungary (1780-84)
    • Map 1750
    • Szepesség
    • The Borderland
    • Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
    • Fortified Churches in Transylvania
    • Subcarpathia / Kárpátalja
    • Máramaros Region in Transylvania
    • The History of Csíksomlyó Pentecost Pilgrimage
  • Masterpieces of Art
    • Chalices, goblets between the 15th and the 17th century
    • A few pieces of ornamented items and jewellery
    • Ceramics from the 15-17th centuries
    • The Renaissance bronze candlesticks in Hagia Sophia
    • Hungarian Medieval Saddles
    • Hidden treasure found at Likava Castle
    • The destruction of King Saint László’s statue
    • Toy Knights of King Louis II
    • Drinking vessels, 16th-18th century
    • Renaissance Tiles
    • Prince Bethlen’s gift to King Gustav Adolphus 
  • Reenacting History
    • Reenactor clubs
      • The Nádasdy Ferenc Banderium in Sárvár
      • The Matthias Rex Association / Mathias Rex Történelmi Hagyományőrző Egyesület
    • HEMA
      • Interview with Schunder László
    • Clothes and attire
      • Skirt and attached bodice, 17th century
      • The embroidery of Hungarian Lady dresses
      • Hungarian Men’s Attire: Mente, Dolman, and Boots
      • Corolla
  • Chronologies
    • A very short summary of Hungarian-Ottoman wars
    • General Chronology of Hungarian-Ottoman wars between 1552 and 1699
    • General chronologies 1366-1552
  • The Fifteen-Year-War Series (1591-1606)
    • The War of Pasha Sinan until 1596
      • The Long War – Part One / the new Borderland
      • The Long War, Part Two / the radius of the war
      • The Long War, Part Three / how it broke out
      • The Long War, Part Four / the military targets
      • The Long War, Part Five / October-November 1593
      • The Long War, Part Six / November-December 1593
      • The Long War, Part Seven / the Battle of Tura, 1594
      • The Long War, Part Eight / Summer 1594, the death of Balassi
      • The Long War, Part Nine / August-October 1594, the sieges of Győr and Komárom
      • The Long War, Part Ten / 1594, Transylvania breaks up with the Sublime Port
      • The Long War, Part 11 / the first clashes in 1595
      • The Long War, Part 12 / the second siege of Esztergom
      • The Long War, Part 13 / Upper Lands, and Transylvania 1595
      • The Long War, Part 14 / Spring-summer, 1596
    • 1596-1600
      • The Long War, Part 15 / 1596: the Fall of Eger
      • The Long War, Part 16 / 1596, The Battle of Mezőkeresztes
      • The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
      • The Long War, Part 18 / Taking Pápa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of Győr
      • The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of Vác-Verőce, November 1597
      • The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of Győr castle, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and Várad castles, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 22; a great Hajdú victory in 1599
      • The Long War, Part 23 / Christian ambushes, 1599
      • The Long War, Part 24/ Troubles in Transylvania, 1596-1599
      • The Long War, Part 25/ The Battle of Miriszló, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in Pápa castle, 1600
    • 1601-1606
      • The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around Fehérvár, 1601
      • The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
      • The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of Székesfehérvár castle in 1602
      • The Long War, Part 31; 1602: Basta’s victory in Transylvania and the Siege of Buda
      • The Long War, Part 32; military actions in the first part of 1603
      • The Long War, Part 33; the third siege of Buda, 1603
      • The Long War, Part 34 / The Siege of Esztergom, 1604
      • The Long War, Part 35; Internal war in Transylvania 1600-1604
      • The Long War, Part 36 / The Bocskai Uprising, 1604
      • The Long War, Part 39 / Conclusion
      • The Long War, Part 37 / The heydays of Bocskai, 1605
      • The Long War, Part 38; 1606 – The creation of a Double Treaty of Peace
  • Videos
    • The Siege of Nándorfehérvár / Belgrade, 1456
    • Visegrád, royal palace
    • The Battle of Mohács, 1526
    • The reconquest wars of Hungary
    • The Ottoman conquest in Europe
    • The Battle of Zenta, 1697
  • Sources and recommended readings
    • Review: Lord of the Eyrie (by Katerina Dunne)
    • Review: Return to the Eyrie (by Katerina Dunne)
    • Review: “As Only True Men Can: Nikola Zrinski’s Last Stand at Sziget”
  • History before 1368
    • Grand Duke Géza (reigned 972?-997)
    • King Saint László (cc 1040-1095)
    • The Battle of Mogyoród, 14 March, 1074
    • King Géza II of Hungary (1130-1162)
    • King István II of Hungary (1101-1131)
    • Legends about King Saint László
    • King Béla the Blind (about 1108-1141)
    • King Béla III ( about 1146-1196)
    • 24 April 1222 The Golden Bull was issued
    • King Béla IV (reigned 1235-1270)
    • The Battle of Muhi, 11 April 1241
    • Zách Felicián’s attempt to kill the king (1330)
    • 19 November 1335 The Congress of Visegrád
    • Count Lackfi András (1310s-1359) and the Mongols
    • King Lajos I the Great (r.1342-1382)
    • Toldi Miklós (cc1320-1390)
    • The Virgin Mary of Mariazell and King Lajos I
  • History after 1699
    • Kuruc fights in Bihar in January, 1704
    • 1703 Kuruc victory at Zólyom, and the Ocskay vs. Bottyán duel
    • Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II of Hungary and Transylvania (1676-1735)
    • 1703 The fights at Tiszabecs and Rajec
    • Serbs attacked the Kuruc rebels in 1703
    • 13 June 1704 The Battle of Koroncó
    • 25 November 1704 The Imperials’ defeat at Jakabfalva
    • 26 December 1704 The Battle of Nagyszombat
    • 1705 The Diet of Szécsény
    • 2 November 1705 The Transdanubian Campaign of Bottyán János began
    • 11 November 1705 The defeat at Zsibó
    • 16 September 1706 The taking of Esztergom; 11 October: the siege of Kassa ends
    • 6-7 November 1706 Kuruc victory at Győrvár
    • Kuruc-Labanc Fights in 1708
    • 1708 The Kuruc Diet of Sárospatak and the execution of Bezerédj
    • The Battle of Romhány, 22 January 1710
    • Fights in February 1710 at Tavarnok and Egerszeg
    • 30 November 1710 The castle of Eger surrenders to the Imperial troops
    • 30 April 1711 The End of the Hungarian War of Independence
    • 24 August 1717 The massacre in Szék, Transylvania
    • General Károlyi Sándor (1669-1743)
    • Bottyán János, the “Blind” (around 1643-1709)
    • Esze Tamás (1666-1708)
    • 1772 The 16 towns of the Szepesség are returned to the Hungarians
    • Hungarian military deeds abroad in the 18th century
    • Gábor Áron, a Hungarian Székely artillery officer (1814-1849)
    • The Battle at the Pass of Tömös, 20 June 1849
    • Avram Iancu, a National Hero or War Criminal?
    • The 13 Martyrs of Arad – October 6, 1849
    • Számwald Gyula (1827-1912), the Hero of Two Nations
    • 31 October 1918 The murder of Tisza István
    • Apponyi’s speech on 16 January 1920
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