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 ...
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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 ...
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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 were conquered.
Mongol invasions of the North Caucasus
* 1237–1242 Mongol invasion of Cumania
* 1237–1253:
Mongol invasion of Circassia
* 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
* 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. 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 (including Halych-Volhynia and Lithuania).
* 1275, 1279, 1325:
Mongol invasions of Lithuania (reprises).
* 1284–1285:
Second Mongol invasion of Hungary.
* 1287–1288:
Third Mongol invasion of Poland.
* 1337, 1340: Ruthenian-Tatar raids against Poland
* 1363:
Battle of Blue Waters. 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
* 1242–1243:
Mongol invasion of the Latin Empire
* 1264/1265:
Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace
* 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 ...
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* 1291:
Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde.
* 1324 and 1337: Tatar incursions against Byzantine Thrace.
See also
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan (title), khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongols, Mongol tribes, he launched Mongol invasions and ...
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Destruction under the Mongol Empire
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Timeline of the Golden Horde
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Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe
References
Further reading
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Vasily Klyuchevsky
Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky (; – ) was a leading Russian Empire, Russian Imperial historian of the late imperial period. He also addressed the contemporary Russian economy in his writings.
Biography
A village priest's son, Klyuchevsky studi ...
, ''The Course of Russian History'', Vol. 2.
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