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commander, 10 engagements

Battles of John Hunyadi

Battles of John Hunyadi

Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1446–1453, 1407 to 1456

John Hunyadi is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1442 and 1456: 7 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Serbia (5), Romania (2), Bulgaria (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,072 km apart end to end, 259 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crusade of Varna (4), Ottoman Wars in Europe (2), Ottoman–Hungarian Wars (2).

Battle of HermannstadtBattle of ZlaticaBattle of KunovicaLower Danube CampaignBattle of KruševacBattle of NišBattle of VarnaBattle of KosovoSiege of BelgradeCrusade of VarnaBattle of NišBattle of VarnaBattle of KosovoSiege of BelgradeCrusade of VarnaBucharestSofiaTiranaThessalonikiZagrebSarajevoSkopjeLjubljanaConstanțaPodgorica500 km43.608N, 21.450E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1442: 1 engagements1443: 2 engagements2 in 14431444: 2 engagements2 in 14441445: 1 engagements1448: 1 engagements1454: 1 engagements1456: 1 engagements14421456
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hermannstadt, 1442Battle of Niš, 1443Battle of Zlatica, 1443Battle of Kunovica, 1444Battle of Varna, 1444Lower Danube Campaign, 1445Battle of Kosovo, 1448Battle of Kruševac, 1454Siege of Belgrade, 145614421456
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1442Battle of HermannstadtSântimbru, RomaniaSzentimre, 18 March: Ottoman victory; Iron Gate, 22 March...
1443Battle of NišNiš, Serbia342 km SWCrusader victory
1443Battle of ZlaticaZlatitsa, Bulgaria194 km EOttoman victory
5 January 1444Battle of KunovicaKunovica, Republic of Serbia168 km WChristian victory
10 November 1444Battle of VarnaVarna, Bulgaria463 km EOttoman victory
1445Lower Danube CampaignWallachia, Romania197 km NWHungarian retreat; Several fortresses were attacked; Some...
17 October 1448Battle of KosovoKosovo Polje, Serbia448 km SWOttoman victory
1454Battle of KruševacKruševac, Serbia107 km NSerbo-Hungarian victory
4 July 1456Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, Serbia153 km NWHungarian victory
date unknownCrusade of VarnaSouthern Europe, ItalyOttoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown painterUnknown painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.