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Selected Passages from Hungarian History
  • About Me
  • Castles in the “Hungaries”
    • Transylvania
      • AbafĂĄja
      • AdorjĂĄnvĂĄr
      • Alvinc
      • Arad
      • Aranyosmeggyes
      • BĂĄlvĂĄnyos
      • BarcarozsnyĂł castle
      • BarcaföldvĂĄr
      • BethlenszentmiklĂłs
      • Bihar
      • Bonchida
      • BorosjenƑ
      • BrassĂł
      • BözödĂșjfalu
      • BĂșn
      • Csehi
      • CsicsĂł
      • CsĂ­kszereda
      • DĂ©va
      • Doboka
      • Élesd, SĂłlyomkƑvĂĄr
      • ErdƑd (Ardud)
      • Fogaras
      • GörgĂ©nyszentimre
      • Gyalu
      • GyergyĂłszĂĄrhegy
      • GyimesbĂŒkk
      • GyulafehĂ©rvĂĄr
      • Hadad
      • HöltövĂ©ny
      • Hunyad
      • Ika
      • KankĂł / Ugocsa vĂĄr
      • KarĂĄnsebes
      • Keresd
      • KeresztelƑszentpĂĄl / KerelƑszentpĂĄl
      • KirĂĄlyhĂĄzai NyalĂĄbvĂĄr
      • KolcvĂĄr
      • KolozsvĂĄr
      • KovĂĄszĂł
      • KƑhalom
      • Körösszeg
      • KĂŒkĂŒllƑvĂĄr
      • LĂ©ta
      • Lugos
      • MagyarĂłzd
      • Marosillye
      • MarosvĂĄsĂĄrhely
      • MarosvĂ©cs
      • MunkĂĄcs
      • NagybĂĄnya / Asszonypataka
      • Nagyszalonta
      • NagytalmĂĄcs
      • NagyvĂĄrad
      • NyĂ­rbĂĄtor
      • RadnĂłt
      • Radna and Óradna
      • RegĂ©c
      • SĂĄrospatak
      • SebesvĂĄr
      • SegesvĂĄr
      • SzatmĂĄr / SzatmĂĄrnĂ©meti
      • Szeben and the Abbey of Kerc
      • SzĂ©kelyhĂ­d
      • SzĂ©kelyzsombor
      • Szelindek
      • Szentbenedek
      • Szentjobb Castle and Abbey
      • Szerednye
      • SzilĂĄgysomlyĂł
      • TörcsvĂĄr
      • UngvĂĄr
      • AlmĂĄs / VĂĄralmĂĄs castle
      • VĂĄrasfenes (Fenes) BĂ©lavĂĄr
      • VilĂĄgos
    • Ottoman Occupied Lands
      • Atya
      • BĂĄcs
      • BaglyaskƑ
      • Berzence
      • BoksĂĄnbĂĄnya, Boksa / Kövesd Castle
      • Buda
      • BujĂĄk
      • Bussa
      • CeglĂ©d
      • CsanĂĄd
      • CsĂłkakƑ
      • CsƑvĂĄr
      • DĂ©des castle
      • DunaföldvĂĄr
      • Döbrönte, SzarvaskƑ
      • DombĂłvĂĄr
      • ErdƑd (Erdut)
      • Eger
      • EszĂ©k
      • Esztergom
      • FonyĂłd
      • GalambĂłc
      • Gyula
      • HĂĄromtorony
      • Hatvan
      • HollĂłkƑ
      • Hont
      • IpolysĂĄg
      • IpolydamĂĄsd
      • Jajca
      • Kanizsa
      • KaposvĂĄr
      • KecskemĂ©t
      • KomlĂłska, Solymos castle
      • Lippa and Solymos
      • NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr
      • Ozora
      • PĂ©csvĂĄrad
      • Pest
      • PĂ©tervĂĄrad
      • PilisszentlĂ©lek and Klastrompuszta
      • PĂ©cs
      • Pozsega
      • Újlak
      • SalgĂł
      • Rednek
      • Simontornya
      • Sirok
      • SiklĂłs
      • SomoskƑ
      • SzabĂĄcs
      • SzalĂĄnkemĂ©n
      • Szarvas
      • SzarvaskƑi castle
      • SzĂĄszvĂĄr
      • Szeged
      • SzĂ©kesfehĂ©rvĂĄr
      • SzendrƑ
      • SzentlĂĄszlĂłvĂĄr / LĂĄszlĂłvĂĄra
      • SzigetvĂĄr
      • Szolnok Castle
      • SzörĂ©nyvĂĄr
      • TemesvĂĄr
      • VĂĄc
      • VĂĄl
      • ValpĂł
      • VisegrĂĄd
      • Zimony
      • ZsĂĄmbĂ©k
    • Kingdom of Hungary
      • North
        • BacskĂł
        • BajmĂłc
        • Appony
        • Árva
        • AbaĂșjvĂĄr
        • AjnĂĄcskƑ
        • AlsĂłhunkĂłc
        • AlsĂłmattyasĂłc
        • AlsĂłmicsinye
        • BakabĂĄnya
        • Balassagyarmat
        • BalogvĂĄr
        • BarkĂł
        • BĂĄrtfa
        • Bazin
        • BeckĂł, BolondĂłc
        • BeregszentmiklĂłs
        • BerencsvĂĄralja
        • BesztercebĂĄnya
        • Betlenfalva
        • Blatnica
        • BoldogkƑvĂĄralja
        • Borsi
        • BorostyĂĄnkƑ (Ballenstein, Paistun)
        • BorostyĂĄnkƑ (Bernstein)
        • BozĂłk
        • Budatin
        • CsĂĄbrĂĄg
        • Csejte
        • CserĂ©ny
        • CseklĂ©sz
        • Csetnek
        • Csicsva
        • DĂ©vĂ©ny
        • DivĂ©ny
        • DiĂłsgyƑr
        • DetrekƑ castle and the PĂĄlffy palace
        • DrĂ©gely
        • ÉleskƑ
        • Eperjes
        • ÉrsekĂșjvĂĄr
        • FelsƑkubin
        • FelsƑvĂĄly
        • Frics
        • FrigyesvĂĄgĂĄsa
        • FĂŒlek
        • FĂŒzĂ©r
        • GĂĄcs
        • Garamszeg
        • Garamszentbenedek
        • GĂ­mes
        • Golop
        • Gombaszög
        • HajdĂșdorog
        • HajdĂșnĂĄnĂĄs
        • (HajdĂș)SzoboszlĂł
        • Haraszt
        • Holics
        • HollĂłlomnic
        • Homonna
        • HricsĂł (RicsĂłvĂĄralja)
        • HrussĂł
        • Huszt
        • Illava
        • JeszenƑ
        • JĂłkƑ
        • KĂĄllĂł
        • Kapi
        • Kassa
        • KĂ©kkƑ
        • KeselƑkƑ
        • KĂ©smĂĄrk
        • KisnĂĄna
        • KisvĂĄrda
        • KomĂĄrom
        • Konyha
        • KorlĂĄtkƑ
        • Korpona
        • KörmöcbĂĄnya
        • Krasznahorka and BetlĂ©r
        • LakĂĄcs
        • Lednic
        • LĂ©va
        • Likava
        • LiptĂłtĂșjvĂĄr
        • LƑcse
        • MarcellvĂĄr
        • MĂĄrkusfalva
        • MurĂĄny
        • Nagybiccse
        • NagykĂĄzmĂ©r
        • Nagykövesd
        • Nagyida
        • NagytapolcsĂĄny
        • Nagyszombat
        • Nedec / Dunajec
        • Nevicke
        • NĂłgrĂĄd
        • Nyitra
        • ÓlublĂł / LublĂł
        • Ónod
        • OsgyĂĄn
        • OroszlĂĄnkƑ
        • ÓvĂĄr (VĂĄrna / Varin)
        • PĂĄcin
        • Palocsa
        • Putnok
        • Revistye
        • SĂĄros
        • SaskƑ
        • Savnik
        • SelmecbĂĄnya
        • Sempte / Szered
        • SĂłvĂĄr Castle and the fortified church of TĂłtsĂłvĂĄr
        • Stomfa
        • SzalĂĄnc
        • Szanda
        • Szabatkapuszta
        • SzĂĄdvĂĄr
        • SzĂ©csĂ©ny
        • SzendrƑ (in north Hungary)
        • Szentgyörgy
        • Szentgyörgy-FehĂ©rkƑ
        • Szepesi vĂĄr
        • Szepeshely
        • Szepsi
        • Szerencs
        • SzikszĂł
        • Szilice
        • Szitnya
        • Szklabinya
        • SzomolĂĄny
        • SztropkĂł
        • SztrecsnĂł
        • SzulyĂł
        • Tar
        • TarkƑ
        • TemetvĂ©ny
        • Tiba
        • Tiszolc
        • Tokaj
        • Torna
        • TrencsĂ©n
        • ZayugrĂłc
        • ZborĂł (Makovica)
        • ZemplĂ©n
        • Zolna
        • Zsolnalitva
        • ZĂłlyom
        • ZĂłlyomlipcse
        • ZsarnĂłca
        • VĂĄgsziklĂĄs
        • VĂĄgbeszterce
        • Vaja
        • VĂ©gles
        • Vinna
      • South
        • BabĂłcsa
        • CsĂĄktornya
        • CsĂĄnyĂł
        • DobĂłc
        • Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
        • FelsƑlendva
        • HĂ­dvĂ©g
        • Kereki, FehĂ©rkƑ castle
        • KomĂĄr
        • Lendva
        • MĂĄrĂ©vĂĄr
        • Sziszek
        • ZalaszentgrĂłt
      • West
        • AlsĂłrĂĄmĂłc
        • BakonyĂșjvĂĄr / BakonybĂ©l
        • BĂĄtorkƑ
        • Bozsok
        • Csesznek
        • CsobĂĄnc
        • Devecser
        • EgervĂĄr
        • FertƑrĂĄkos
        • FraknĂł
        • GyƑr Castle
        • Kabold
        • KapuvĂĄr
        • Keszthely
        • Körmend
        • KöpcsĂ©ny
        • KƑszeg
        • LajtapordĂĄny
        • Lakompak
        • LĂĄnzsĂ©r
        • LĂ©ka
        • MosonmagyarĂłvĂĄr
        • NagyvĂĄzsony
        • NĂ©metĂșjvĂĄr
        • Palota (VĂĄrpalota)
        • Pannonhalma
        • PĂĄpa
        • Pozsony
        • Ugod
        • Rezi
        • SĂĄrfenĂ©k / Scharfeneck / Élesszeg
        • SĂĄrvĂĄr
        • SomlĂł
        • Sopron
        • SĂŒmeg
        • SzalĂłnak
        • SzarvaskƑ (at Döbrönte)
        • Szigliget
        • TĂĄtika
        • Tata
        • Tihany
        • VĂĄrgesztes
        • VeszprĂ©m
        • VitĂĄny
        • VöröskƑ
    • Saxon and SzĂ©kely fortified churches
      • ZĂĄgor
      • Visk
      • Vermes
      • Ugra
      • TorockĂłszentgyörgy
      • Torda
      • SzentĂĄgota
      • SzĂ©kelyszentlĂ©lek
      • SzĂ©kelykeresztĂșr
      • SzĂĄszszentlĂĄszlĂł
      • SzĂ©kelyderzs
      • SzĂĄsznagyvesszƑs
      • SzĂĄszsebes
      • SzĂĄszhermĂĄny
      • SzĂĄszkĂ©zd
      • SzĂĄszfehĂ©regyhĂĄza
      • SzĂĄszbuda
      • SzĂĄszbogĂĄcs
      • SzĂĄszalmĂĄd
      • Sepsiszentgyörgy
      • SepsiĂĄrkos
      • SĂĄrd
      • PrĂĄzsmĂĄr
      • MiklĂłsvĂĄr
      • Mese
      • Medgyes
      • MĂĄrtonhegy
      • MagarĂ©
      • Lesses
      • KisdisznĂłd
      • KeresztĂ©nysziget
      • Kisselyk
      • Kelnek
      • KĂłbor
      • Kaca
      • Jakabfalva
      • Illyefalva
      • HomorĂłddarĂłc
      • HomorĂłdkarĂĄcsonyfalva
      • HolcmĂĄny
      • HĂ©gen
      • GyergyĂłszentmiklĂłs
      • GidĂłfalva
      • Gelence
      • FĂŒletelke
      • FelmĂ©r
      • Feketehalom
      • Enyed / Nagyenyed
      • CsĂ­krĂĄkos
      • CsĂ­kszenttamĂĄs
      • CsĂ­kszentgyörgy
      • CsĂ­kmĂ©nasĂĄg
      • CsĂ­kkarcfalva
      • CsĂ­kdelne
      • CsicsĂłholdvilĂĄg
      • Bögöz
      • BĂĄzna / FelsƑbajom
      • BarĂĄthely, fortified church
      • Berethalom
      • Asszonyfalva
      • Apold
      • AlsĂłrĂĄkos
      • AlsĂłbajom
      • AlmakerĂ©k
    • Our Castles on the Map
    • The QR Code Project: Adopt a Castle
    • Hungarian History on the Map: Key Historical Figures
  • 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 IstvĂĄn
      • Thorny TamĂĄs, a Hungarian hero
      • PĂĄlffy TamĂĄs (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
      • Balassi BĂĄlint (1554-1594)
      • Berenhidai HuszĂĄr PĂ©ter, a Hungarian Hero
      • Hans Rueber von PĂŒchsendorf (1529-1584)
      • Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
      • Balassi Ferenc
      • BatthyĂĄny Ferenc (1497-1566)
      • PerĂ©nyi PĂ©ter (1502–1548)
      • PetĂĄr Berislavić / BeriszlĂłi PĂ©ter (1475-1520)
      • NĂ©methi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
      • WerbƑczi Imre (1510s-1548)
      • Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of VĂĄrad
      • General Tomori PĂĄl (1475-1526)
      • Petar Kruzic / Krusics PĂ©ter (1491-1537)
      • JĂĄnos Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
      • Peter Roussel of Burgundy (?-1577, Kassa)
      • Magyar BĂĄlint of Palona
      • BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
      • Gyulaffy LĂĄszlĂł (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
      • NyĂĄry Ferenc, LƑrinc and his son, NyĂĄry PĂĄl
      • GregorĂłczy Vince
      • Pasha ArszlĂĄn (OroszlĂĄn) of Buda castle
      • Baron NĂĄdasdy TamĂĄs (1498-1562)
      • Mekcsey IstvĂĄn (?-1553)
      • TinĂłdi Lantos SebestyĂ©n (cc1510-1556)
      • Zay Ferenc (1498-1570)
      • Captain Thury György (cc1520-1571)
      • Baron Ruszkai DobĂł IstvĂĄn (1502-1572)
      • Baron Balassa MenyhĂĄrt of Balassagyarmat (1511-1568)
      • Thengöldi Bornemisza JĂĄnos (1520/30-1589)
      • BatthyĂĄny BoldizsĂĄr (cc1537-1590)
      • OrmĂĄndy PĂ©ter (died after 1593)
      • Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547-1600)
      • Count NĂĄdasdy Ferenc, the Strong Black Bey (1555-1604)
      • Eörsy PĂ©ter (? – 1602)
      • MarĂłthy MihĂĄly of LoĂłs (?-1600)
      • General PĂĄlffy MiklĂłs (1552-1600)
      • PogrĂĄnyi Benedek (?-1614)
      • ZrĂ­nyi György / Juraj Zrinski (1549-1603)
      • Palatine IllĂ©shĂĄzy IstvĂĄn (1541-1609)
      • KĂĄdĂĄr IstvĂĄn and his HajdĂș soldiers, 1658
      • BatthyĂĄny II Ferenc (1573-1625)
      • BatthyĂĄny ÁdĂĄm (1610-1659)
      • Wathay Ferenc (1568- after 1609)
      • ZrĂ­nyi ÁdĂĄm (1662-1691)
      • ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs, the poet and general (1620-1664)
      • RĂĄkĂłczi LĂĄszlĂł (1633-1664)
      • A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
      • KohĂĄry IstvĂĄn (1616-1664)
      • Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
      • Palatine PĂĄlffy JĂĄnos (1664-1751)
      • PetnehĂĄzy DĂĄvid (1645?-1686)
      • Draskovits MiklĂłs alias Nikola II. DraĆĄković (cc1630-1687)
      • ForgĂĄch 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 BoroszlĂł (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 PĂĄl, general of King Matthias
      • Archbishop Beckensloer JĂĄnos (1427-1489)
      • The size of King Matthias` army
      • The fleet of King Matthias
      • King Matthias Corvinus and England
    • Economy
      • Hungarian Grey Cattle
      • The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
      • The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
      • Salt: the white gold of Hungary
      • The Value of Money
      • „
I am selling your son to the Janissaries 
” (by Illik PĂ©ter)
    • Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
      • Who were the Turks?
      • The Crimean Tatars
      • A Few Words About Germans, Avars, and Hungarians
      • Who were the Hungarians?
      • Who are the SzĂ©kelys?
      • Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
      • Who were the HabĂĄns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
      • Who are the Magyarabs?
      • The Wallachians (Romanians) in Transylvania
      • The JĂĄsz 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 HajdĂș 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 SzerĂ©mi`s Chronicle
      • Zrednai VitĂ©z JĂĄnos (c.1408-1472)
      • Hunyadi JĂĄnos (1407-1456)
      • King LĂĄszlĂł V, the Posthumous (1440-1457)
      • Prince Corvin JĂĄnos, son of King Matthias (1473-1504)
      • SzilĂĄgyi MihĂĄly, the kingmaker
      • Palatine BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn (c 1480-1530)
      • MaylĂĄth IstvĂĄn, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
      • Baron ForgĂĄch Ferenc
      • ZsĂĄmboki JĂĄnos (Johannes Sambucus Pannonius) 1531-1584
      • Albrecht DĂŒrer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
      • Cardinal BakĂłcz TamĂĄs (1442-1521)
      • King UlĂĄszlĂł II (WƂadysƂaw II JagielloƄczyk; Vladislav II JagellonskĂœ)
      • King Lajos / Louis / LudvĂ­k JagellonskĂœ II (1506-1526)
      • King Szapolyai JĂĄnos (1487-1540)
      • King Habsburg Ferdinand I of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
      • Who was OlĂĄh MiklĂłs? (1493-1568)
      • FrĂĄter György (UtiĆĄinović / Martinuzzi György) 1482-1551
      • King Habsburg Miksa I of Hungary aka Emperor Maximilian II of the HRE (r.1563-1576)
      • King JĂĄnos Zsigmond of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania (1540-1571)
      • DĂĄvid Ferenc (1520-1579), the founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania
      • Prince BĂĄthory KristĂłf of Transylvania (r. 1530-1581)
      • Bey SĂĄsvĂĄr, the renegade
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi Zsigmond (1555-08/12/1608)
      • Prince BĂĄthory GĂĄbor of Transylvania (1589-1613)
      • King Habsburg Matthias II of Hungary (1557-1619)
      • Prince Bethlen GĂĄbor of Transylvania
      • Palatine EsterhĂĄzy MiklĂłs (1582-1645)
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi I György of Transylvania (ruled from 1630 to 1648)
      • Baranyai Decsi JĂĄnos (1560-1601), a Transylvanian Historian
      • RĂĄkĂłczi Zsigmond (1622-1652), the son of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György I
      • Prince Barcsay Ákos of Transylvania (1610-1661)
      • The ZrĂ­nyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
      • Prince KemĂ©ny JĂĄnos of Transylvania (1607-1662)
      • Prince RhĂ©dey Ferenc of Transylvania (1610-1667)
      • Prince Apafi MihĂĄly (1632-1690)
      • Sultan Mehmed III (reigned between 1595 and 1603)
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi I Ferenc (1645-1676)
      • NĂĄdasdy III Ferenc (1623-1671)
      • Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705)
      • King Habsburg Rudolf of Hungary, Emperor of the HRE (1552-1612)
      • Szenci KertĂ©sz ÁbrahĂĄm (Szenc ?-Szeben 1667)
      • BercsĂ©nyi MiklĂłs (1665-1725)
      • King Leopold (LipĂłt) I of Hungary (1640-1705)
      • BĂ©l MĂĄtyĂĄs / Matej Bel (1684-1749)
      • Savoyai JenƑ (Eugen von Savoyen) 1663-1736
    • Famous Ladies
      • Anjou MĂĄria, Queen of Hungary (reigned 1382-1395)
      • Queen Barbara of Cilli / Cillei BorbĂĄla (1392-1451)
      • BorbĂĄla, the true love of King Matthias
      • Queen Beatrice of Aragon (1457-1508)
      • The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
      • FĂĄncsy BorbĂĄla
      • Queen Isabella Jagiellon / JagellĂł Izabella (1519-1559)
      • Kanizsai Orsolya (1521-1571)
      • NĂĄdasdy Anna (cc1510-?)
      • Lady BĂĄthory ErzsĂ©bet (1560-1614)
      • Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
      • Bornemisza Anna, Princess Consort of Transylvania (1630-1688)
      • ZrĂ­nyi 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 JĂĄnos
    • The Road To The Battle of MohĂĄcs 1526
    • Military regulations
  • 1372-1490
    • The Hungarian-Venetian War between 1372 and 1381
    • The Battle of Nicopolis (NikĂĄpoly) 1396
    • The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of SzendrƑ castle in 1439
    • Hunyadi at SzendrƑ, 1439
    • 21 February 1440: The Holy Crown of Hungary was stolen
    • The rise of Hunyadi JĂĄnos 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 VĂĄrna 1444
    • On 6 June 1446, Hunyadi became Governor of Hungary
    • Battle of Kosovo Polje (RigĂłmezƑ), 1448
    • 1456, the heroic Siege of NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr (Belgrade)
    • Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
    • 15 December 1467 The Battle of MoldvabĂĄnya (Baia)
    • 22 December 1476 The wedding of Matthias and Beatrix
    • The Battle of KenyĂ©rmezƑ (Breadfield), 13 October 1479
    • General Magyar BalĂĄzs 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
    • 20 March 1528 The Battle of Szina
    • BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn defeats the Ottomans at IllĂĄdia, 12 October 1512
    • 26 February 1514: The Duel between DĂłzsa György and Ali of Epeiros
    • The Peasant War of DĂłzsa György in 1514
    • 1521: the fall of SzabĂĄcs, Zimony, and NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr 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 SzĂĄvaszentdemeter, 1523
    • 29 August 1526: The Battle of MohĂĄcs
    • 13-15 September 1526, the Battle of PusztamarĂłt
    • 1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) JovĂĄn’s uprising
    • 1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
    • 4 October 1528: the battle of JĂĄnos Karlovics against the Turks
    • The sieges of Buda and Vienna in 1529
    • A scene from the last days of KƑszeg’ s siege in 1532
    • 19 September 1532, Pasha KĂĄszim’s black day
    • 14 April 1533 Hieronym Laszky besieges Palota Castle
    • 29 September 1534 Lodovico Gritti was murdered
    • 9 October 1537 The Austrians’ MohĂĄcs
    • 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 SomlĂłvĂĄsĂĄrhely
    • 25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
    • 19 June 1547 the first Peace of Edirne / DrinĂĄpoly
    • 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 VeszprĂ©m
    • 1 March 1552 the Peril of Szeged and the Battle of Dorozsma
    • 1 June 1552 The fall of VeszprĂ©m castle
    • A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
    • 1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and CsobĂĄnc
    • 1555: PĂĄpa castle was attacked
    • An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
    • The miracle at GörösgĂĄl, 1555
    • The siege of SzigetvĂĄr 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 SzentgrĂłt, and the Turkish raids in October
    • 27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of FĂŒlek
    • 4 March 1562 The Battle of Hadad
    • 5 June 1566 The heroic defense of Palota castle
    • 1566 King JĂĄnos Zsigmond’s victory over the Crimean Tatars
    • 1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
    • 1567: the heroic defenders of FelsƑvadĂĄsz castle
    • 13 January 1568: Freedom of religion was declared at the Diet of Torda
    • 17 February 1568 The Treaty of Edirne / DrinĂĄpoly
    • October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
    • Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
    • 1570 the uprising of KarĂĄcsony György
    • 1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
    • 1572 The unlucky raid at ZimĂĄnd
    • 6 February 1573: Attack on SzentgyörgyvĂĄr castle
    • 1575: the clash at BöszörmĂ©ny, and the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
    • 1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of FonyĂłd castle
    • 1575 The Battle of KerelƑszentpĂĄl
    • 1577, a Christian defeat at GyƑr castle
    • 27 June 1578 A Hungarian defeat at Bicske
    • The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
    • 19 July 1580 The victory at NĂĄdudvar
    • The warriors of LĂ©va castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
    • 1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack KoppĂĄny Castle
    • 1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at KomĂĄrom Castle
    • 1586 The duel between Deli Hassan and Csegley Ferenc
    • 25 February 1587: The destruction of KoppĂĄny castle and the victory at Kacorlak
    • 1588: the destruction of EndrĂ©d Palisade Castle
    • 29 October 1588: the Hungarian warriors ambush KĂ©kkƑ 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 RomhĂĄny
    • The adventure of a few HajdĂș warriors at VĂĄc, 1594
    • 1598: Captain AndrĂĄs Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha SzulejmĂĄn of TemesvĂĄr
    • Prince Bocskai had his HajdĂșs settled on 12/12/1605, and the COA of the “Green Riflemen” (1648)
  • 1606-1699
    • 1662: the adventure of 12 HajdĂș warriors
    • 1663: The victories of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs, and ZrĂ­nyi PĂ©ter’s
    • 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 DĂ©s, 1616
    • 6 October 1636 Prince RĂĄkĂłczi scatters the army of the Pasha of TemesvĂĄr 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 RĂĄkĂłczi and Ferdinand
    • 1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
    • 25-26 August 1652 The Battle of VezekĂ©ny
    • 30 April 1657 BatthyĂĄny ÁdĂĄm’s raid at ZsĂĄmbĂ©k
    • 1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György II
    • 1658: Prince György RĂĄkĂłczi II defeated the Ottoman army
    • The Battle of SzĂĄrhegy, 1658
    • 27 August 1660: The fall of VĂĄrad castle
    • 1660 The punishing war of Pasha Szejdi
    • 1660 The Battle of SzĂĄszfenes, the death of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György II
    • ZrĂ­nyi’s reply to Montecuccoli 1661
    • 23 January 1662 The Battle of NagyszƑlƑs, the Death of Prince KemĂ©ny
    • The famous Winter Campaign of ZrĂ­nyi, 1664
    • The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
    • The HajdĂș warriors in ZrĂ­nyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
    • The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
    • The letter of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs in 1664
    • 1 August 1664 The battle of SzentgotthĂĄrd / Saint Gotthard, and the peace of VasvĂĄr
    • The First Battle of Zenta and Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
    • 18 November 1664: the death of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs (Nikola ZrĂ­nski)
    • The regulations of RegĂ©c castle 1678
    • 23 April 1670 The Battle of GombĂĄs and the WesselĂ©nyi 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 PĂĄrkĂĄny
    • 10 July 1684 the Triumph at Szentendre
    • The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684 
    • The Battle of TĂĄt, 16 August 1685
    • 2 September 1686 Buda Eliberata!
    • 1687: the Battle of NagyharsĂĄny
    • 17 January 1688 The fall of MunkĂĄcs castle
    • 5 September 1688: The victory of TĂŒrkenluis 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 SzalĂĄnkemĂ©n, the bloodiest battle of the century, 1691
    • The Battle of Lugos, 1695
    • 26 August 1696: the battle at HetĂ©ny
    • 11 September 1697 The Battle of Zenta
    • 26 January 1699 the Peace of KarlĂłca
  • Dramatized historical writings
    • The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
    • Interview with Count ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs
    • Interview with Cardinal PĂĄzmĂĄny PĂ©ter
    • Interview with Lord BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn
    • Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
    • Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
    • Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
    • The Siege of DrĂ©gely Castle (1552)
    • The Battle of PalĂĄst, 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 SzikszĂł (08 October 1588)
    • The White Geese of LĂ©va Castle (1664)
    • MikszĂĄth KĂĄlmĂĄn: HunyĂĄk PĂĄl
    • A legend of King Saint LĂĄszlĂł
    • The Russian Sniper and Other Tales
    • The Heavenly Advocate By KosztolĂĄnyi DezsƑ (1920)
    • The legend of Margit and the brave warriors
  • Spreading Hungarian history
    • Fighting Misconceptions
    • The thoughts of IstvĂĄn KĂ€fer about Hungarians and Slovaks
    • The Hungarians’ role before 1526
    • Ethnic Stereotypes in Early Modern Europe
    • “Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
    • Bell and crescent moon – the St. Clement Bell Tower
    • Social media and Hungarian history in English
    • How I’m rated by the AI in January 2025
    • Modern Ottoman propaganda
    • The Hun is at the gate!
    • Charters and Coexistence: Ethnic Autonomy in Medieval Hungary and Transylvania
    • Charters and Coexistence, Part 2: The Cumans and JĂĄsz – Steppe Warriors of the Hungarian Plain
    • Charters and Coexistence: The German Settlers – From Transylvanian Saxons to Zipser Privileges /Part 3
    • My Report on Spreading Hungarian History between 2016 and 2025
    • Did Hungary cease to exist after 1526?
  • 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
      • Heavy cavalry on the Battlefield of MohĂĄcs
      • Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
      • The tombstone of Swabowszky György
      • Hussar armor, masks, and shields
      • The Hussars’ lance: the “kopja”
    • Swords and sabers
      • Eastern-style sabers from the 16th-17th centuries
      • Pallos
      • The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
      • Ceremonial swords
      • Hungarian sabers, 15th-17th century
      • Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
      • HegyestƑr / estoc / koncerz
      • a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
      • Swords made by Thomas Kapustran
      • The saber of General PĂĄlffy MiklĂłs (1552-1600)
      • Longswords
      • The giant Hungarian swords in the Topkapi Museum
    • Firearms
      • Strange firearms
      • Saint BorbĂĄla 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
    • SzepessĂ©g
    • Military Frontier during the 17th century (by Dr. Illik PĂ©ter)
    • The Borderland
    • Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
    • Fortified Churches in Transylvania
    • Subcarpathia / KĂĄrpĂĄtalja
    • FelvidĂ©k and Slovakia: Synonyms in Tension
    • MĂĄramaros Region in Transylvania
    • The History of CsĂ­ksomlyĂł Pentecost Pilgrimage
  • Masterpieces of Art
    • St. IstvĂĄn’s Treasures: Artifacts of Faith and Power
    • 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 LĂĄszló’s statue
    • Toy Knights of King Louis II
    • Drinking vessels, 16th-18th century
    • Renaissance Tiles
    • Prince Bethlen’s gift to King Gustav Adolphus 
    • The Hungarian Coronation Scepter
  • Reenacting History
    • Reenactor clubs
      • The NĂĄdasdy Ferenc Banderium in SĂĄrvĂĄr
      • The Matthias Rex Association / Mathias Rex TörtĂ©nelmi HagyomĂĄnyƑrzƑ EgyesĂŒlet
    • HEMA
      • Interview with Schunder LĂĄszlĂł
    • 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 GyƑr and KomĂĄrom
      • 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 MezƑkeresztes
      • The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
      • The Long War, Part 18 / Taking PĂĄpa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of GyƑr
      • The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of VĂĄc-VerƑce, November 1597
      • The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of GyƑr castle, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and VĂĄrad castles, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 22; a great HajdĂș 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 MiriszlĂł, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in PĂĄpa castle, 1600
    • 1601-1606
      • The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around FehĂ©rvĂĄr, 1601
      • The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
      • The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of SzĂ©kesfehĂ©rvĂĄr 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 NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr / Belgrade, 1456
    • VisegrĂĄd, royal palace
    • The Battle of MohĂĄcs, 1526
    • The reconquest wars of Hungary
    • The Ottoman conquest in Europe
    • The Battle of Zenta, 1697
  • Sources and recommended readings
    • “The Novel of the Next Century” by JĂłkai MĂłr
    • 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
    • 25 September 899 The Hungarian victory over King Berengar in Italy
    • Grand Duke GĂ©za (reigned 972?-997)
    • King IstvĂĄn I (Saint Stephen) 969/980-1038
    • The monogram of Saint IstvĂĄn on the Pannonhalma charter (1001 A.D.)
    • 5 July 1044 The Battle of MĂ©nfƑ
    • The Legend of the Crown and the Sword (1059 A.D.)
    • The Battle of MogyorĂłd, 14 March, 1074
    • King Saint LĂĄszlĂł (cc 1040-1095)
    • Legends about King Saint LĂĄszlĂł
    • King IstvĂĄn II of Hungary (1101-1131)
    • King BĂ©la the Blind (about 1108-1141)
    • King GĂ©za II of Hungary (1130-1162)
    • King BĂ©la III ( about 1146-1196)
    • 28 September 1213, Queen Gertrudis was killed
    • 24 April 1222 The Golden Bull was issued
    • King BĂ©la IV (reigned 1235-1270)
    • The Battle of Muhi, 11 April 1241
    • The castle building project of King BĂ©la IV
    • Duke BĂ©la of MacsĂł  (c. 1245–1272)
    • King LĂĄszlĂł IV The Kun (Cuman) 1262-1290
    • King IstvĂĄn V (1239-1272)
    • King AndrĂĄs III (about 1265-1301)
    • King KĂĄroly RĂłbert (1288-1342)
    • 25 June 1311 – CsĂĄk MĂĄtĂ© attacked Buda
    • 15 June 1312 – The Battle of Rozgony
    • ZĂĄch FeliciĂĄn’s attempt to kill the king (1330)
    • 19 November 1335 The Congress of VisegrĂĄd
    • Count Lackfi AndrĂĄs (1310s-1359) and the Mongols
    • King Lajos I the Great (r.1342-1382)
    • Toldi MiklĂłs (cc1320-1390)
    • The Virgin Mary of Mariazell and King Lajos I
    • Anjou Hedvig (Jadwiga AndegaweƄska, Jadvyga de Anjou) 1374-1399
  • History after 1699
    • 1703 Kuruc victory at ZĂłlyom, and the Ocskay vs. BottyĂĄn duel
    • 1703 The fights at Tiszabecs and Rajec
    • Serbs attacked the Kuruc rebels in 1703
    • Fights in February 1710 at Tavarnok and Egerszeg
    • Kuruc fights in Bihar in January, 1704
    • 13 June 1704 The Battle of KoroncĂł
    • 25 November 1704 The Imperials’ defeat at Jakabfalva
    • 26 December 1704 The Battle of Nagyszombat
    • 11 November 1705 The defeat at ZsibĂł
    • 1705 The Diet of SzĂ©csĂ©ny
    • 2 November 1705 The Transdanubian Campaign of BottyĂĄn JĂĄnos began
    • 16 September 1706 The taking of Esztergom; 11 October: the siege of Kassa ends
    • 13 June 1707 The Diet of Ónod, the dethronement of the Habsburgs
    • 6-7 November 1706 Kuruc victory at GyƑrvĂĄr
    • 1708 The Kuruc Diet of SĂĄrospatak and the execution of BezerĂ©dj
    • 30 November 1710 The castle of Eger surrenders to the Imperial troops
    • The Battle of RomhĂĄny, 22 January 1710
    • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi Ferenc II of Hungary and Transylvania (1676-1735)
    • Esze TamĂĄs (1666-1708)
    • BottyĂĄn JĂĄnos, the “Blind” (around 1643-1709)
    • General KĂĄrolyi SĂĄndor (1669-1743)
    •  Vay ÁdĂĄm (1657-1719)
    • BĂ©ri Balogh ÁdĂĄm (around 1665-1711)
    • 30 April 1711 The End of the Hungarian War of Independence
    • Kuruc-Labanc Fights in 1708
    • 24 August 1717 The massacre in SzĂ©k, Transylvania
    • Hungarian military deeds abroad in the 18th-19th centuries
    • Count BercsĂ©nyi LĂĄszlĂł (1689-1778)
    • Queen Maria Theresa and the Hungarians (r.1740-1780)
    • 1772 The 16 towns of the SzepessĂ©g are returned to the Hungarians
    • 14 June 1809 – The Battle of GyƑr
    • Avram Iancu, a National Hero or War Criminal?
    • The Battle of BranyiszkĂł in 1849
    • General Bem’s victory at Piski in 1849
    • GĂĄbor Áron, a Hungarian SzĂ©kely artillery officer (1814-1849)
    • The Battle at the Pass of Tömös, 20 June 1849
    • Pomucz György (1818-1882)
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  • Castles in the “Hungaries”
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      • RegĂ©c
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      • Szeben and the Abbey of Kerc
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      • Szelindek
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      • Szentjobb Castle and Abbey
      • Szerednye
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      • TörcsvĂĄr
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      • AlmĂĄs / VĂĄralmĂĄs castle
      • VĂĄrasfenes (Fenes) BĂ©lavĂĄr
      • VilĂĄgos
    • Ottoman Occupied Lands
      • Atya
      • BĂĄcs
      • BaglyaskƑ
      • Berzence
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      • Buda
      • BujĂĄk
      • Bussa
      • CeglĂ©d
      • CsanĂĄd
      • CsĂłkakƑ
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      • DĂ©des castle
      • DunaföldvĂĄr
      • Döbrönte, SzarvaskƑ
      • DombĂłvĂĄr
      • ErdƑd (Erdut)
      • Eger
      • EszĂ©k
      • Esztergom
      • FonyĂłd
      • GalambĂłc
      • Gyula
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      • Hatvan
      • HollĂłkƑ
      • Hont
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      • IpolydamĂĄsd
      • Jajca
      • Kanizsa
      • KaposvĂĄr
      • KecskemĂ©t
      • KomlĂłska, Solymos castle
      • Lippa and Solymos
      • NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr
      • Ozora
      • PĂ©csvĂĄrad
      • Pest
      • PĂ©tervĂĄrad
      • PilisszentlĂ©lek and Klastrompuszta
      • PĂ©cs
      • Pozsega
      • Újlak
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      • Rednek
      • Simontornya
      • Sirok
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      • SomoskƑ
      • SzabĂĄcs
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      • SzigetvĂĄr
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      • VĂĄl
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      • VisegrĂĄd
      • Zimony
      • ZsĂĄmbĂ©k
    • Kingdom of Hungary
      • North
        • BacskĂł
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        • Appony
        • Árva
        • AbaĂșjvĂĄr
        • AjnĂĄcskƑ
        • AlsĂłhunkĂłc
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        • BalogvĂĄr
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        • BĂĄrtfa
        • Bazin
        • BeckĂł, BolondĂłc
        • BeregszentmiklĂłs
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        • BesztercebĂĄnya
        • Betlenfalva
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        • BoldogkƑvĂĄralja
        • Borsi
        • BorostyĂĄnkƑ (Ballenstein, Paistun)
        • BorostyĂĄnkƑ (Bernstein)
        • BozĂłk
        • Budatin
        • CsĂĄbrĂĄg
        • Csejte
        • CserĂ©ny
        • CseklĂ©sz
        • Csetnek
        • Csicsva
        • DĂ©vĂ©ny
        • DivĂ©ny
        • DiĂłsgyƑr
        • DetrekƑ castle and the PĂĄlffy palace
        • DrĂ©gely
        • ÉleskƑ
        • Eperjes
        • ÉrsekĂșjvĂĄr
        • FelsƑkubin
        • FelsƑvĂĄly
        • Frics
        • FrigyesvĂĄgĂĄsa
        • FĂŒlek
        • FĂŒzĂ©r
        • GĂĄcs
        • Garamszeg
        • Garamszentbenedek
        • GĂ­mes
        • Golop
        • Gombaszög
        • HajdĂșdorog
        • HajdĂșnĂĄnĂĄs
        • (HajdĂș)SzoboszlĂł
        • Haraszt
        • Holics
        • HollĂłlomnic
        • Homonna
        • HricsĂł (RicsĂłvĂĄralja)
        • HrussĂł
        • Huszt
        • Illava
        • JeszenƑ
        • JĂłkƑ
        • KĂĄllĂł
        • Kapi
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        • KĂ©kkƑ
        • KeselƑkƑ
        • KĂ©smĂĄrk
        • KisnĂĄna
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        • KomĂĄrom
        • Konyha
        • KorlĂĄtkƑ
        • Korpona
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        • Krasznahorka and BetlĂ©r
        • LakĂĄcs
        • Lednic
        • LĂ©va
        • Likava
        • LiptĂłtĂșjvĂĄr
        • LƑcse
        • MarcellvĂĄr
        • MĂĄrkusfalva
        • MurĂĄny
        • Nagybiccse
        • NagykĂĄzmĂ©r
        • Nagykövesd
        • Nagyida
        • NagytapolcsĂĄny
        • Nagyszombat
        • Nedec / Dunajec
        • Nevicke
        • NĂłgrĂĄd
        • Nyitra
        • ÓlublĂł / LublĂł
        • Ónod
        • OsgyĂĄn
        • OroszlĂĄnkƑ
        • ÓvĂĄr (VĂĄrna / Varin)
        • PĂĄcin
        • Palocsa
        • Putnok
        • Revistye
        • SĂĄros
        • SaskƑ
        • Savnik
        • SelmecbĂĄnya
        • Sempte / Szered
        • SĂłvĂĄr Castle and the fortified church of TĂłtsĂłvĂĄr
        • Stomfa
        • SzalĂĄnc
        • Szanda
        • Szabatkapuszta
        • SzĂĄdvĂĄr
        • SzĂ©csĂ©ny
        • SzendrƑ (in north Hungary)
        • Szentgyörgy
        • Szentgyörgy-FehĂ©rkƑ
        • Szepesi vĂĄr
        • Szepeshely
        • Szepsi
        • Szerencs
        • SzikszĂł
        • Szilice
        • Szitnya
        • Szklabinya
        • SzomolĂĄny
        • SztropkĂł
        • SztrecsnĂł
        • SzulyĂł
        • Tar
        • TarkƑ
        • TemetvĂ©ny
        • Tiba
        • Tiszolc
        • Tokaj
        • Torna
        • TrencsĂ©n
        • ZayugrĂłc
        • ZborĂł (Makovica)
        • ZemplĂ©n
        • Zolna
        • Zsolnalitva
        • ZĂłlyom
        • ZĂłlyomlipcse
        • ZsarnĂłca
        • VĂĄgsziklĂĄs
        • VĂĄgbeszterce
        • Vaja
        • VĂ©gles
        • Vinna
      • South
        • BabĂłcsa
        • CsĂĄktornya
        • CsĂĄnyĂł
        • DobĂłc
        • Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
        • FelsƑlendva
        • HĂ­dvĂ©g
        • Kereki, FehĂ©rkƑ castle
        • KomĂĄr
        • Lendva
        • MĂĄrĂ©vĂĄr
        • Sziszek
        • ZalaszentgrĂłt
      • West
        • AlsĂłrĂĄmĂłc
        • BakonyĂșjvĂĄr / BakonybĂ©l
        • BĂĄtorkƑ
        • Bozsok
        • Csesznek
        • CsobĂĄnc
        • Devecser
        • EgervĂĄr
        • FertƑrĂĄkos
        • FraknĂł
        • GyƑr Castle
        • Kabold
        • KapuvĂĄr
        • Keszthely
        • Körmend
        • KöpcsĂ©ny
        • KƑszeg
        • LajtapordĂĄny
        • Lakompak
        • LĂĄnzsĂ©r
        • LĂ©ka
        • MosonmagyarĂłvĂĄr
        • NagyvĂĄzsony
        • NĂ©metĂșjvĂĄr
        • Palota (VĂĄrpalota)
        • Pannonhalma
        • PĂĄpa
        • Pozsony
        • Ugod
        • Rezi
        • SĂĄrfenĂ©k / Scharfeneck / Élesszeg
        • SĂĄrvĂĄr
        • SomlĂł
        • Sopron
        • SĂŒmeg
        • SzalĂłnak
        • SzarvaskƑ (at Döbrönte)
        • Szigliget
        • TĂĄtika
        • Tata
        • Tihany
        • VĂĄrgesztes
        • VeszprĂ©m
        • VitĂĄny
        • VöröskƑ
    • Saxon and SzĂ©kely fortified churches
      • ZĂĄgor
      • Visk
      • Vermes
      • Ugra
      • TorockĂłszentgyörgy
      • Torda
      • SzentĂĄgota
      • SzĂ©kelyszentlĂ©lek
      • SzĂ©kelykeresztĂșr
      • SzĂĄszszentlĂĄszlĂł
      • SzĂ©kelyderzs
      • SzĂĄsznagyvesszƑs
      • SzĂĄszsebes
      • SzĂĄszhermĂĄny
      • SzĂĄszkĂ©zd
      • SzĂĄszfehĂ©regyhĂĄza
      • SzĂĄszbuda
      • SzĂĄszbogĂĄcs
      • SzĂĄszalmĂĄd
      • Sepsiszentgyörgy
      • SepsiĂĄrkos
      • SĂĄrd
      • PrĂĄzsmĂĄr
      • MiklĂłsvĂĄr
      • Mese
      • Medgyes
      • MĂĄrtonhegy
      • MagarĂ©
      • Lesses
      • KisdisznĂłd
      • KeresztĂ©nysziget
      • Kisselyk
      • Kelnek
      • KĂłbor
      • Kaca
      • Jakabfalva
      • Illyefalva
      • HomorĂłddarĂłc
      • HomorĂłdkarĂĄcsonyfalva
      • HolcmĂĄny
      • HĂ©gen
      • GyergyĂłszentmiklĂłs
      • GidĂłfalva
      • Gelence
      • FĂŒletelke
      • FelmĂ©r
      • Feketehalom
      • Enyed / Nagyenyed
      • CsĂ­krĂĄkos
      • CsĂ­kszenttamĂĄs
      • CsĂ­kszentgyörgy
      • CsĂ­kmĂ©nasĂĄg
      • CsĂ­kkarcfalva
      • CsĂ­kdelne
      • CsicsĂłholdvilĂĄg
      • Bögöz
      • BĂĄzna / FelsƑbajom
      • BarĂĄthely, fortified church
      • Berethalom
      • Asszonyfalva
      • Apold
      • AlsĂłrĂĄkos
      • AlsĂłbajom
      • AlmakerĂ©k
    • Our Castles on the Map
    • The QR Code Project: Adopt a Castle
    • Hungarian History on the Map: Key Historical Figures
  • 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 IstvĂĄn
      • Thorny TamĂĄs, a Hungarian hero
      • PĂĄlffy TamĂĄs (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
      • Balassi BĂĄlint (1554-1594)
      • Berenhidai HuszĂĄr PĂ©ter, a Hungarian Hero
      • Hans Rueber von PĂŒchsendorf (1529-1584)
      • Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
      • Balassi Ferenc
      • BatthyĂĄny Ferenc (1497-1566)
      • PerĂ©nyi PĂ©ter (1502–1548)
      • PetĂĄr Berislavić / BeriszlĂłi PĂ©ter (1475-1520)
      • NĂ©methi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
      • WerbƑczi Imre (1510s-1548)
      • Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of VĂĄrad
      • General Tomori PĂĄl (1475-1526)
      • Petar Kruzic / Krusics PĂ©ter (1491-1537)
      • JĂĄnos Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
      • Peter Roussel of Burgundy (?-1577, Kassa)
      • Magyar BĂĄlint of Palona
      • BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
      • Gyulaffy LĂĄszlĂł (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
      • NyĂĄry Ferenc, LƑrinc and his son, NyĂĄry PĂĄl
      • GregorĂłczy Vince
      • Pasha ArszlĂĄn (OroszlĂĄn) of Buda castle
      • Baron NĂĄdasdy TamĂĄs (1498-1562)
      • Mekcsey IstvĂĄn (?-1553)
      • TinĂłdi Lantos SebestyĂ©n (cc1510-1556)
      • Zay Ferenc (1498-1570)
      • Captain Thury György (cc1520-1571)
      • Baron Ruszkai DobĂł IstvĂĄn (1502-1572)
      • Baron Balassa MenyhĂĄrt of Balassagyarmat (1511-1568)
      • Thengöldi Bornemisza JĂĄnos (1520/30-1589)
      • BatthyĂĄny BoldizsĂĄr (cc1537-1590)
      • OrmĂĄndy PĂ©ter (died after 1593)
      • Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547-1600)
      • Count NĂĄdasdy Ferenc, the Strong Black Bey (1555-1604)
      • Eörsy PĂ©ter (? – 1602)
      • MarĂłthy MihĂĄly of LoĂłs (?-1600)
      • General PĂĄlffy MiklĂłs (1552-1600)
      • PogrĂĄnyi Benedek (?-1614)
      • ZrĂ­nyi György / Juraj Zrinski (1549-1603)
      • Palatine IllĂ©shĂĄzy IstvĂĄn (1541-1609)
      • KĂĄdĂĄr IstvĂĄn and his HajdĂș soldiers, 1658
      • BatthyĂĄny II Ferenc (1573-1625)
      • BatthyĂĄny ÁdĂĄm (1610-1659)
      • Wathay Ferenc (1568- after 1609)
      • ZrĂ­nyi ÁdĂĄm (1662-1691)
      • ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs, the poet and general (1620-1664)
      • RĂĄkĂłczi LĂĄszlĂł (1633-1664)
      • A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
      • KohĂĄry IstvĂĄn (1616-1664)
      • Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
      • Palatine PĂĄlffy JĂĄnos (1664-1751)
      • PetnehĂĄzy DĂĄvid (1645?-1686)
      • Draskovits MiklĂłs alias Nikola II. DraĆĄković (cc1630-1687)
      • ForgĂĄch 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 BoroszlĂł (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 PĂĄl, general of King Matthias
      • Archbishop Beckensloer JĂĄnos (1427-1489)
      • The size of King Matthias` army
      • The fleet of King Matthias
      • King Matthias Corvinus and England
    • Economy
      • Hungarian Grey Cattle
      • The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
      • The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
      • Salt: the white gold of Hungary
      • The Value of Money
      • „
I am selling your son to the Janissaries 
” (by Illik PĂ©ter)
    • Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
      • Who were the Turks?
      • The Crimean Tatars
      • A Few Words About Germans, Avars, and Hungarians
      • Who were the Hungarians?
      • Who are the SzĂ©kelys?
      • Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
      • Who were the HabĂĄns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
      • Who are the Magyarabs?
      • The Wallachians (Romanians) in Transylvania
      • The JĂĄsz 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 HajdĂș 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 SzerĂ©mi`s Chronicle
      • Zrednai VitĂ©z JĂĄnos (c.1408-1472)
      • Hunyadi JĂĄnos (1407-1456)
      • King LĂĄszlĂł V, the Posthumous (1440-1457)
      • Prince Corvin JĂĄnos, son of King Matthias (1473-1504)
      • SzilĂĄgyi MihĂĄly, the kingmaker
      • Palatine BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn (c 1480-1530)
      • MaylĂĄth IstvĂĄn, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
      • Baron ForgĂĄch Ferenc
      • ZsĂĄmboki JĂĄnos (Johannes Sambucus Pannonius) 1531-1584
      • Albrecht DĂŒrer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
      • Cardinal BakĂłcz TamĂĄs (1442-1521)
      • King UlĂĄszlĂł II (WƂadysƂaw II JagielloƄczyk; Vladislav II JagellonskĂœ)
      • King Lajos / Louis / LudvĂ­k JagellonskĂœ II (1506-1526)
      • King Szapolyai JĂĄnos (1487-1540)
      • King Habsburg Ferdinand I of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
      • Who was OlĂĄh MiklĂłs? (1493-1568)
      • FrĂĄter György (UtiĆĄinović / Martinuzzi György) 1482-1551
      • King Habsburg Miksa I of Hungary aka Emperor Maximilian II of the HRE (r.1563-1576)
      • King JĂĄnos Zsigmond of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania (1540-1571)
      • DĂĄvid Ferenc (1520-1579), the founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania
      • Prince BĂĄthory KristĂłf of Transylvania (r. 1530-1581)
      • Bey SĂĄsvĂĄr, the renegade
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi Zsigmond (1555-08/12/1608)
      • Prince BĂĄthory GĂĄbor of Transylvania (1589-1613)
      • King Habsburg Matthias II of Hungary (1557-1619)
      • Prince Bethlen GĂĄbor of Transylvania
      • Palatine EsterhĂĄzy MiklĂłs (1582-1645)
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi I György of Transylvania (ruled from 1630 to 1648)
      • Baranyai Decsi JĂĄnos (1560-1601), a Transylvanian Historian
      • RĂĄkĂłczi Zsigmond (1622-1652), the son of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György I
      • Prince Barcsay Ákos of Transylvania (1610-1661)
      • The ZrĂ­nyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
      • Prince KemĂ©ny JĂĄnos of Transylvania (1607-1662)
      • Prince RhĂ©dey Ferenc of Transylvania (1610-1667)
      • Prince Apafi MihĂĄly (1632-1690)
      • Sultan Mehmed III (reigned between 1595 and 1603)
      • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi I Ferenc (1645-1676)
      • NĂĄdasdy III Ferenc (1623-1671)
      • Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705)
      • King Habsburg Rudolf of Hungary, Emperor of the HRE (1552-1612)
      • Szenci KertĂ©sz ÁbrahĂĄm (Szenc ?-Szeben 1667)
      • BercsĂ©nyi MiklĂłs (1665-1725)
      • King Leopold (LipĂłt) I of Hungary (1640-1705)
      • BĂ©l MĂĄtyĂĄs / Matej Bel (1684-1749)
      • Savoyai JenƑ (Eugen von Savoyen) 1663-1736
    • Famous Ladies
      • Anjou MĂĄria, Queen of Hungary (reigned 1382-1395)
      • Queen Barbara of Cilli / Cillei BorbĂĄla (1392-1451)
      • BorbĂĄla, the true love of King Matthias
      • Queen Beatrice of Aragon (1457-1508)
      • The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
      • FĂĄncsy BorbĂĄla
      • Queen Isabella Jagiellon / JagellĂł Izabella (1519-1559)
      • Kanizsai Orsolya (1521-1571)
      • NĂĄdasdy Anna (cc1510-?)
      • Lady BĂĄthory ErzsĂ©bet (1560-1614)
      • Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
      • Bornemisza Anna, Princess Consort of Transylvania (1630-1688)
      • ZrĂ­nyi 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 JĂĄnos
    • The Road To The Battle of MohĂĄcs 1526
    • Military regulations
  • 1372-1490
    • The Hungarian-Venetian War between 1372 and 1381
    • The Battle of Nicopolis (NikĂĄpoly) 1396
    • The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of SzendrƑ castle in 1439
    • Hunyadi at SzendrƑ, 1439
    • 21 February 1440: The Holy Crown of Hungary was stolen
    • The rise of Hunyadi JĂĄnos 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 VĂĄrna 1444
    • On 6 June 1446, Hunyadi became Governor of Hungary
    • Battle of Kosovo Polje (RigĂłmezƑ), 1448
    • 1456, the heroic Siege of NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr (Belgrade)
    • Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
    • 15 December 1467 The Battle of MoldvabĂĄnya (Baia)
    • 22 December 1476 The wedding of Matthias and Beatrix
    • The Battle of KenyĂ©rmezƑ (Breadfield), 13 October 1479
    • General Magyar BalĂĄzs 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
    • 20 March 1528 The Battle of Szina
    • BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn defeats the Ottomans at IllĂĄdia, 12 October 1512
    • 26 February 1514: The Duel between DĂłzsa György and Ali of Epeiros
    • The Peasant War of DĂłzsa György in 1514
    • 1521: the fall of SzabĂĄcs, Zimony, and NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr 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 SzĂĄvaszentdemeter, 1523
    • 29 August 1526: The Battle of MohĂĄcs
    • 13-15 September 1526, the Battle of PusztamarĂłt
    • 1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) JovĂĄn’s uprising
    • 1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
    • 4 October 1528: the battle of JĂĄnos Karlovics against the Turks
    • The sieges of Buda and Vienna in 1529
    • A scene from the last days of KƑszeg’ s siege in 1532
    • 19 September 1532, Pasha KĂĄszim’s black day
    • 14 April 1533 Hieronym Laszky besieges Palota Castle
    • 29 September 1534 Lodovico Gritti was murdered
    • 9 October 1537 The Austrians’ MohĂĄcs
    • 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 SomlĂłvĂĄsĂĄrhely
    • 25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
    • 19 June 1547 the first Peace of Edirne / DrinĂĄpoly
    • 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 VeszprĂ©m
    • 1 March 1552 the Peril of Szeged and the Battle of Dorozsma
    • 1 June 1552 The fall of VeszprĂ©m castle
    • A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
    • 1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and CsobĂĄnc
    • 1555: PĂĄpa castle was attacked
    • An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
    • The miracle at GörösgĂĄl, 1555
    • The siege of SzigetvĂĄr 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 SzentgrĂłt, and the Turkish raids in October
    • 27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of FĂŒlek
    • 4 March 1562 The Battle of Hadad
    • 5 June 1566 The heroic defense of Palota castle
    • 1566 King JĂĄnos Zsigmond’s victory over the Crimean Tatars
    • 1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
    • 1567: the heroic defenders of FelsƑvadĂĄsz castle
    • 13 January 1568: Freedom of religion was declared at the Diet of Torda
    • 17 February 1568 The Treaty of Edirne / DrinĂĄpoly
    • October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
    • Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
    • 1570 the uprising of KarĂĄcsony György
    • 1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
    • 1572 The unlucky raid at ZimĂĄnd
    • 6 February 1573: Attack on SzentgyörgyvĂĄr castle
    • 1575: the clash at BöszörmĂ©ny, and the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
    • 1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of FonyĂłd castle
    • 1575 The Battle of KerelƑszentpĂĄl
    • 1577, a Christian defeat at GyƑr castle
    • 27 June 1578 A Hungarian defeat at Bicske
    • The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
    • 19 July 1580 The victory at NĂĄdudvar
    • The warriors of LĂ©va castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
    • 1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack KoppĂĄny Castle
    • 1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at KomĂĄrom Castle
    • 1586 The duel between Deli Hassan and Csegley Ferenc
    • 25 February 1587: The destruction of KoppĂĄny castle and the victory at Kacorlak
    • 1588: the destruction of EndrĂ©d Palisade Castle
    • 29 October 1588: the Hungarian warriors ambush KĂ©kkƑ 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 RomhĂĄny
    • The adventure of a few HajdĂș warriors at VĂĄc, 1594
    • 1598: Captain AndrĂĄs Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha SzulejmĂĄn of TemesvĂĄr
    • Prince Bocskai had his HajdĂșs settled on 12/12/1605, and the COA of the “Green Riflemen” (1648)
  • 1606-1699
    • 1662: the adventure of 12 HajdĂș warriors
    • 1663: The victories of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs, and ZrĂ­nyi PĂ©ter’s
    • 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 DĂ©s, 1616
    • 6 October 1636 Prince RĂĄkĂłczi scatters the army of the Pasha of TemesvĂĄr 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 RĂĄkĂłczi and Ferdinand
    • 1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
    • 25-26 August 1652 The Battle of VezekĂ©ny
    • 30 April 1657 BatthyĂĄny ÁdĂĄm’s raid at ZsĂĄmbĂ©k
    • 1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György II
    • 1658: Prince György RĂĄkĂłczi II defeated the Ottoman army
    • The Battle of SzĂĄrhegy, 1658
    • 27 August 1660: The fall of VĂĄrad castle
    • 1660 The punishing war of Pasha Szejdi
    • 1660 The Battle of SzĂĄszfenes, the death of Prince RĂĄkĂłczi György II
    • ZrĂ­nyi’s reply to Montecuccoli 1661
    • 23 January 1662 The Battle of NagyszƑlƑs, the Death of Prince KemĂ©ny
    • The famous Winter Campaign of ZrĂ­nyi, 1664
    • The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
    • The HajdĂș warriors in ZrĂ­nyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
    • The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
    • The letter of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs in 1664
    • 1 August 1664 The battle of SzentgotthĂĄrd / Saint Gotthard, and the peace of VasvĂĄr
    • The First Battle of Zenta and Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
    • 18 November 1664: the death of ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs (Nikola ZrĂ­nski)
    • The regulations of RegĂ©c castle 1678
    • 23 April 1670 The Battle of GombĂĄs and the WesselĂ©nyi 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 PĂĄrkĂĄny
    • 10 July 1684 the Triumph at Szentendre
    • The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684 
    • The Battle of TĂĄt, 16 August 1685
    • 2 September 1686 Buda Eliberata!
    • 1687: the Battle of NagyharsĂĄny
    • 17 January 1688 The fall of MunkĂĄcs castle
    • 5 September 1688: The victory of TĂŒrkenluis 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 SzalĂĄnkemĂ©n, the bloodiest battle of the century, 1691
    • The Battle of Lugos, 1695
    • 26 August 1696: the battle at HetĂ©ny
    • 11 September 1697 The Battle of Zenta
    • 26 January 1699 the Peace of KarlĂłca
  • Dramatized historical writings
    • The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
    • Interview with Count ZrĂ­nyi MiklĂłs
    • Interview with Cardinal PĂĄzmĂĄny PĂ©ter
    • Interview with Lord BĂĄthory IstvĂĄn
    • Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
    • Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
    • Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
    • The Siege of DrĂ©gely Castle (1552)
    • The Battle of PalĂĄst, 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 SzikszĂł (08 October 1588)
    • The White Geese of LĂ©va Castle (1664)
    • MikszĂĄth KĂĄlmĂĄn: HunyĂĄk PĂĄl
    • A legend of King Saint LĂĄszlĂł
    • The Russian Sniper and Other Tales
    • The Heavenly Advocate By KosztolĂĄnyi DezsƑ (1920)
    • The legend of Margit and the brave warriors
  • Spreading Hungarian history
    • Fighting Misconceptions
    • The thoughts of IstvĂĄn KĂ€fer about Hungarians and Slovaks
    • The Hungarians’ role before 1526
    • Ethnic Stereotypes in Early Modern Europe
    • “Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
    • Bell and crescent moon – the St. Clement Bell Tower
    • Social media and Hungarian history in English
    • How I’m rated by the AI in January 2025
    • Modern Ottoman propaganda
    • The Hun is at the gate!
    • Charters and Coexistence: Ethnic Autonomy in Medieval Hungary and Transylvania
    • Charters and Coexistence, Part 2: The Cumans and JĂĄsz – Steppe Warriors of the Hungarian Plain
    • Charters and Coexistence: The German Settlers – From Transylvanian Saxons to Zipser Privileges /Part 3
    • My Report on Spreading Hungarian History between 2016 and 2025
    • Did Hungary cease to exist after 1526?
  • 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
      • Heavy cavalry on the Battlefield of MohĂĄcs
      • Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
      • The tombstone of Swabowszky György
      • Hussar armor, masks, and shields
      • The Hussars’ lance: the “kopja”
    • Swords and sabers
      • Eastern-style sabers from the 16th-17th centuries
      • Pallos
      • The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
      • Ceremonial swords
      • Hungarian sabers, 15th-17th century
      • Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
      • HegyestƑr / estoc / koncerz
      • a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
      • Swords made by Thomas Kapustran
      • The saber of General PĂĄlffy MiklĂłs (1552-1600)
      • Longswords
      • The giant Hungarian swords in the Topkapi Museum
    • Firearms
      • Strange firearms
      • Saint BorbĂĄla 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
    • SzepessĂ©g
    • Military Frontier during the 17th century (by Dr. Illik PĂ©ter)
    • The Borderland
    • Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
    • Fortified Churches in Transylvania
    • Subcarpathia / KĂĄrpĂĄtalja
    • FelvidĂ©k and Slovakia: Synonyms in Tension
    • MĂĄramaros Region in Transylvania
    • The History of CsĂ­ksomlyĂł Pentecost Pilgrimage
  • Masterpieces of Art
    • St. IstvĂĄn’s Treasures: Artifacts of Faith and Power
    • 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 LĂĄszló’s statue
    • Toy Knights of King Louis II
    • Drinking vessels, 16th-18th century
    • Renaissance Tiles
    • Prince Bethlen’s gift to King Gustav Adolphus 
    • The Hungarian Coronation Scepter
  • Reenacting History
    • Reenactor clubs
      • The NĂĄdasdy Ferenc Banderium in SĂĄrvĂĄr
      • The Matthias Rex Association / Mathias Rex TörtĂ©nelmi HagyomĂĄnyƑrzƑ EgyesĂŒlet
    • HEMA
      • Interview with Schunder LĂĄszlĂł
    • 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 GyƑr and KomĂĄrom
      • 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 MezƑkeresztes
      • The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
      • The Long War, Part 18 / Taking PĂĄpa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of GyƑr
      • The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of VĂĄc-VerƑce, November 1597
      • The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of GyƑr castle, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and VĂĄrad castles, 1598
      • The Long War, Part 22; a great HajdĂș 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 MiriszlĂł, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
      • The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in PĂĄpa castle, 1600
    • 1601-1606
      • The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around FehĂ©rvĂĄr, 1601
      • The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
      • The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of SzĂ©kesfehĂ©rvĂĄr 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 NĂĄndorfehĂ©rvĂĄr / Belgrade, 1456
    • VisegrĂĄd, royal palace
    • The Battle of MohĂĄcs, 1526
    • The reconquest wars of Hungary
    • The Ottoman conquest in Europe
    • The Battle of Zenta, 1697
  • Sources and recommended readings
    • “The Novel of the Next Century” by JĂłkai MĂłr
    • 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
    • 25 September 899 The Hungarian victory over King Berengar in Italy
    • Grand Duke GĂ©za (reigned 972?-997)
    • King IstvĂĄn I (Saint Stephen) 969/980-1038
    • The monogram of Saint IstvĂĄn on the Pannonhalma charter (1001 A.D.)
    • 5 July 1044 The Battle of MĂ©nfƑ
    • The Legend of the Crown and the Sword (1059 A.D.)
    • The Battle of MogyorĂłd, 14 March, 1074
    • King Saint LĂĄszlĂł (cc 1040-1095)
    • Legends about King Saint LĂĄszlĂł
    • King IstvĂĄn II of Hungary (1101-1131)
    • King BĂ©la the Blind (about 1108-1141)
    • King GĂ©za II of Hungary (1130-1162)
    • King BĂ©la III ( about 1146-1196)
    • 28 September 1213, Queen Gertrudis was killed
    • 24 April 1222 The Golden Bull was issued
    • King BĂ©la IV (reigned 1235-1270)
    • The Battle of Muhi, 11 April 1241
    • The castle building project of King BĂ©la IV
    • Duke BĂ©la of MacsĂł  (c. 1245–1272)
    • King LĂĄszlĂł IV The Kun (Cuman) 1262-1290
    • King IstvĂĄn V (1239-1272)
    • King AndrĂĄs III (about 1265-1301)
    • King KĂĄroly RĂłbert (1288-1342)
    • 25 June 1311 – CsĂĄk MĂĄtĂ© attacked Buda
    • 15 June 1312 – The Battle of Rozgony
    • ZĂĄch FeliciĂĄn’s attempt to kill the king (1330)
    • 19 November 1335 The Congress of VisegrĂĄd
    • Count Lackfi AndrĂĄs (1310s-1359) and the Mongols
    • King Lajos I the Great (r.1342-1382)
    • Toldi MiklĂłs (cc1320-1390)
    • The Virgin Mary of Mariazell and King Lajos I
    • Anjou Hedvig (Jadwiga AndegaweƄska, Jadvyga de Anjou) 1374-1399
  • History after 1699
    • 1703 Kuruc victory at ZĂłlyom, and the Ocskay vs. BottyĂĄn duel
    • 1703 The fights at Tiszabecs and Rajec
    • Serbs attacked the Kuruc rebels in 1703
    • Fights in February 1710 at Tavarnok and Egerszeg
    • Kuruc fights in Bihar in January, 1704
    • 13 June 1704 The Battle of KoroncĂł
    • 25 November 1704 The Imperials’ defeat at Jakabfalva
    • 26 December 1704 The Battle of Nagyszombat
    • 11 November 1705 The defeat at ZsibĂł
    • 1705 The Diet of SzĂ©csĂ©ny
    • 2 November 1705 The Transdanubian Campaign of BottyĂĄn JĂĄnos began
    • 16 September 1706 The taking of Esztergom; 11 October: the siege of Kassa ends
    • 13 June 1707 The Diet of Ónod, the dethronement of the Habsburgs
    • 6-7 November 1706 Kuruc victory at GyƑrvĂĄr
    • 1708 The Kuruc Diet of SĂĄrospatak and the execution of BezerĂ©dj
    • 30 November 1710 The castle of Eger surrenders to the Imperial troops
    • The Battle of RomhĂĄny, 22 January 1710
    • Prince RĂĄkĂłczi Ferenc II of Hungary and Transylvania (1676-1735)
    • Esze TamĂĄs (1666-1708)
    • BottyĂĄn JĂĄnos, the “Blind” (around 1643-1709)
    • General KĂĄrolyi SĂĄndor (1669-1743)
    •  Vay ÁdĂĄm (1657-1719)
    • BĂ©ri Balogh ÁdĂĄm (around 1665-1711)
    • 30 April 1711 The End of the Hungarian War of Independence
    • Kuruc-Labanc Fights in 1708
    • 24 August 1717 The massacre in SzĂ©k, Transylvania
    • Hungarian military deeds abroad in the 18th-19th centuries
    • Count BercsĂ©nyi LĂĄszlĂł (1689-1778)
    • Queen Maria Theresa and the Hungarians (r.1740-1780)
    • 1772 The 16 towns of the SzepessĂ©g are returned to the Hungarians
    • 14 June 1809 – The Battle of GyƑr
    • Avram Iancu, a National Hero or War Criminal?
    • The Battle of BranyiszkĂł in 1849
    • General Bem’s victory at Piski in 1849
    • GĂĄbor Áron, a Hungarian SzĂ©kely artillery officer (1814-1849)
    • The Battle at the Pass of Tömös, 20 June 1849
    • Pomucz György (1818-1882)
    • The 13 Martyrs of Arad – October 6, 1849
    • SzĂĄmwald Gyula (1827-1912), the Hero of Two Nations
    • The Hussar Heroes of Limanova, 1914
    • 31 October 1918 The murder of Tisza IstvĂĄn
    • General Harry Hill Bandholtz saved the Hungarian National Museum in 1919
    • Apponyi’s speech on 16 January 1920
    • 1921 Uprising in Western Hungary / The Ragged Guard
    • Minority Policies of the Little Entente States (1918–1938)
    • 30 August 1940 The Second Vienna Award
    • An interview with PopĂ©ly Gyula about the BeneĆĄ Decrees
    • The Benes Decrees and my Grandfather
    • Urban warfare during the 1956 Revolution
    • 1956 and the possibility of a Spanish intervention
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