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Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
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Ottoman wars in Europe
Series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in the late 13th century before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Belgrade (1456)
Battle during the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
The siege of Belgrade, or siege of Nándorfehérvár was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred 4–22 July 1456 in the aftermath of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 marking the Ottomans' attempts to expand further into Europe. Led by Sultan Mehmed II, the Ottoman forces…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John Hunyadi
Hungarian military and political figure (c. 1406–1456)
John Hunyadi was a leading Hungarian military and political figure during the 15th century, who served as regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1446 to 1453, under the minor Ladislaus V.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of Hungary
Central European monarchy (1000–1946)
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Catholic kingdom emerged as a continuation of the Grand Principality of Hungary upon the coronation of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mehmed II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481)
Mehmed II, commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ottoman Empire
Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)
The Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)