These are lists of battles of the

Mongol invasion of Europe From the 1220s to the 1240s, the Mongol Empire, Mongols conquered the Turkic peoples, Turkic states of Volga Bulgaria, Cumania and Iranian peoples, Iranian state of Alania, and various principalities in Eastern Europe. Following this, they began ...

Lists of battles

Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Principality of Ryazan, Ryazan, Principality of Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Pereyaslavl and Vladimi ...
(1223, 1237–1241)

Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria (1223–1236)

* 1223: First Mongol invasion of

Volga Bulgaria Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria (sometimes referred to as the Volga Bulgar Emirate) was a historical Bulgar state that existed between the 9th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now Europea ...

. Battle of Samara Bend ends with Mongol defeat. * 1229–1230: Second Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria. * 1236: Third Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria; Volga Bulgaria and parts of

Cumania The name Cumania originated as the Latin exonym for the Cuman–Kipchak confederation, which was a tribal confederation in the western part of the Eurasian Steppe, between the 10th and 13th centuries. The confederation was dominated by two Turk ...

were conquered.

Mongol invasions of the North Caucasus

* 1237–1242 Mongol invasion of Cumania * 1237–1253:

Mongol invasion of Circassia The Mongol invasion of Circassia and Alania refers to the invasion of Circassia and Alania by the Mongolian Empire. During the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongols launched massive invasions of the territory of Circassia and Alania. William of R ...

* 13th century: Mongol invasions of Durdzuketia (modern Chechnya and Ingushetia)

Golden Horde battles (from 1242)

Mongol invasions of Central Europe (1240–1288)

* 1237–1240: Mongol invasions of Lithuania (first). * late 1240–1241:

First Mongol invasion of Poland The Mongol invasion of Poland from late 1240 to 1241 culminated in the Battle of Legnica, where the Mongols defeated an alliance which included forces from Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth, fragmented Poland and their allies, led by Henry ...

(including Bohemia). * March 1241 – April 1242:

First Mongol invasion of Hungary The first invasion of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Mongol Empire started in March 1241. The Mongols started to withdraw in late March 1242. Background Mongol invasion of Europe The Hungarians had first learned about the Mongol threat in 122 ...

* 1241:

Battle of Legnica The Battle of Legnica (), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz () or Battle of Wahlstatt (), was fought between the Mongol Empire and combined European forces at the village of Legnickie Pole (''Wahlstatt''), approximately southeast of the ci ...

and

Battle of Mohi The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241) was a pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe. The battle took place at Muhi (then Mohi), a town located in present-day Hungary, southwest of ...

. Devastation of parts of Poland and Hungary following Mongol victories. Some Mongol troops reaches the outskirts of Vienna and Udine. Death of

Ögedei Khan Ögedei Khan (also Ögedei Khagan or Ogodei; 11 December 1241) was the second Khan (title), khan of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun. Born in 1186 AD, Öged ...

; Retreat of Mongol-Tatar army. * spring 1241 – early 1242: Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire (including Austria and northeast Italy) * 1241–1242: Mongol invasion of Croatia and Dalmatia * 1258–1259: Mongol invasions of Lithuania (second). * 1258–1260:

Second Mongol invasion of Poland The Second Mongol invasion of Poland was carried out by General Boroldai (Burundai) of the Golden Horde in 1259–1260. During this invasion the cities of Sandomierz, Kraków, Lublin, Zawichost, and Bytom were sacked by the Mongols for the ...

(including Halych-Volhynia and Lithuania). * 1275, 1279, 1325: Mongol invasions of Lithuania (reprises). * 1284–1285:

Second Mongol invasion of Hungary The second invasion of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Mongols took place during the winter of 1285–1286. The Mongols were led by Nogai Khan and Tulabuga of the Golden Horde. Local forces resisted the invaders at many places, including, for ex ...

. * 1287–1288:

Third Mongol invasion of Poland The Third Mongol invasion of Poland was carried out by Talabuga Khan and Nogai Khan in 1287–1288. As in the Second Mongol invasion of Poland, second invasion, its purpose was to loot Lesser Poland, and to prevent Duke Leszek II the Black from ...

. * 1337, 1340: Ruthenian-Tatar raids against Poland * 1363:

Battle of Blue Waters The Battle of Blue Waters was fought at some time in the autumn of 1362 or 1363 on the banks of the Syniukha River, a left tributary of the Southern Bug, between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Golden Horde. The Lithuanians won ...

. A Lithuanian army defeats the Mongol Army

Mongol invasions of Southeastern Europe

* 1241–1242: Mongol invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia * 1241–1242:

Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia During the Mongol invasion of Europe, Mongol '' tumen''s led by Batu Khan and Kadan invaded Serbia and then Bulgaria in the spring of 1242 after defeating the Hungarians at the Battle of Mohi and ravaging the Hungarian regions of Croatia, Dalmat ...

* 1242–1243:

Mongol invasion of the Latin Empire In the summer of 1242, a Mongolian Empire, Mongol force invaded the Latin Empire, Latin Empire of Constantinople. This force, a detachment of the army under Qadan then Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia, devastating Bulgaria, entered the empi ...

* 1264/1265:

Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace The Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace took place in the winter of AD 1263/1264. The Seljuk Sultan of Rûm Kayqubad II appealed to Berke, Khan of the Golden Horde, to attack the Byzantine Empire in order to free his brother Kaykaus II. Backg ...

* 1271, 1274, 1282 and 1285: Raids against

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. * 1291:

Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde The Mongol (Tatar) clique of Nogai Khan, a part of the larger Golden Horde, was heavily involved in the Kingdom of Serbia in the 1280s and 1290s. A serious invasion was threatened in 1292 but was averted when Serbia accepted Mongol lordship. The ...

. * 1324 and 1337: Tatar incursions against Byzantine Thrace.

Lists of battles

Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Principality of Ryazan, Ryazan, Principality of Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Pereyaslavl and Vladimi ...
(1223, 1237–1241)

Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria (1223–1236)

Mongol invasions of the North Caucasus

Golden Horde battles (from 1242)

Mongol invasions of Central Europe (1240–1288)

Mongol invasions of Southeastern Europe

See also

References

Further reading

Lists of battles

Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Principality of Ryazan, Ryazan, Principality of Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Pereyaslavl and Vladimi ... (1223, 1237–1241)

Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria (1223–1236)

Mongol invasions of the North Caucasus

Golden Horde battles (from 1242)

Mongol invasions of Central Europe (1240–1288)

Mongol invasions of Southeastern Europe

See also

References

Further reading

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Principality of Ryazan, Ryazan, Principality of Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Pereyaslavl and Vladimi ...
(1223, 1237–1241)