List of wars involving Hungary

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This is a list of military conflicts in which Hungarian armed forces participated in or took place on the historical territory of Hungary.

The list gives the name, the date, the Hungarian allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Victory
  Defeat
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict

Middle Ages[]

Wars under the Árpád-Dynasty's rule[]

Date Conflict Allies Enemies Result
~800–970 Hungarian invasions of Europe
Hungarian invasions of Europe in the 9–10th century
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Hungarian Tribes Kingdom of Italy
Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
West Francia
Middle Francia
Great Moravia
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Al-Andalus
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Principality of Serbia
More than a century of raids and decisive wars
  • Between 899–970, according to contemporary sources, the researchers count 47 (38 to West and 9 to East)[1] raids in different parts of Europe. From these campaigns only 8 were unsuccessful and the others ended with success.[2]
  • Many tributes were paid to the Hungarians.
  • Many times the rulers of Europe hired the Hungarian warriors against each other.
  • The most significant result of the Battle of Pressburg is that the Hungarians secured their lands in 907, prevented a future German invasion, the Germans did not attack Hungarian land until 1030.
  • The Hungarians also used a preemptive war against the Germans and the German unification.
  • A Hungarian army was defeated in German land at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955. Seven years later Otto I was rewarded for stopping the Hungarians and he was crowned Emperor by Pope John XII in 962 and the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) was established.[1]
  • The Hungarian military presence stabilized the Hungarian state in the Carpathian Basin.
811 Battle of Pliska Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Hungarian Tribes
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Decisive Bulgarian victory
  • The Hungarians were in alliance with Krum of Bulgaria against Emperor Nikephoros.[3]
~830 Hungarian Tribes Khazars Hungarian victory
894 Byzantine – Bulgarian War Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svgHungarian Tribes
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
895 Campaign of Kiev
The Hungarians at Kiev (painting by Pál Vágó, 1885)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Hungarian Tribes Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus' Hungarian victory
~895–902 Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Hungarian Tribes Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
Great Moravia
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
899 Battle of Brenta
Hungarian mounted archer shooting a knight who chases him (fresco in Basilica of Aquileia, 12th century)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Kingdom of Italy Hungarian victory
  • Almost all the army of Berengar I of Italy was annihilated.
  • The Hungarian invasion resulted in the burning of many cities, like Feltre, Vercelli, Modena and monasteries like the monastery in Nonantola and attacking even Venice.
  • Berengar I of Italy accepts to pay tribute. He started to pay to the Hungarian tribute regularly, and until his death in 924, and in exchange the Hungarians helped him against every enemies that he had. The Hungarians became Berengar's friends.
  • The returning Hungarian army had a role also in the conquering of Pannonia, as part of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, from the Bavarians by the Hungarians in late 900.
901 Carinthian campaign
  • Battle of Laibach
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
Duchy of Carinthia
Hungarian victory
  • Both sides suffered a heavy casualties at the Battle of Laibach, Duke Eberhard and Duke Gottfried died.
  • After the battle, Hungarian raid to Carinthia, Carniola, Styria.
907 Battle of Pressburg / Pozsony
  • Battle of Ennsburg
  • Battle of Regensburg
  • Battle of Lengenfeld
Battle of Pressburg (painting by Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1850)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
Armoiries Bavière.svg Duchy of Bavaria
Decisive Hungarian victory
  • After the Battle of Pressburg the victorious Hungarians defeated other Bavarian armies at Ennsburg, Regensburg, Lengenfeld...
  • The most significant result of the Battle of Pressburg is that the Hungarians secured the lands they gained during the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, and prevented a future German invasion, the Germans did not attack Hungary until 1030.
  • This battle is considered one of the most significant battles in the history of Hungary. The Hungarian victory forced the new Bavarian prince, Luitpold's son, Arnulf to conclude a peace treaty, the prince recognized the loss of Pannonia and Ostmark, pushing Hungary's borders deep in Bavarian territory, the river Enns became borderline, paid tribute, and agreed to let the Hungarian armies, which went to war against Germany or other countries in Western Europe, to pass through the duchies lands.
  • The establishment of the future Kingdom of Hungary.
908 Battle of Eisenach
Hungarian horse archers, a detail of the Arrival of the Hungarians (Feszty Panorama) (painting by Árpád Feszty, 1894)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia Hungarian victory
  • After this victory the Hungarian campaigns against the German duchies continued until 910, the battles of Augsburg and Rednitz, ended with disastrous German defeats, after which the German king Louis the Child concluded peace with the Principality of Hungary, accepting to pay tribute to the latter, and recognizing the Hungarian territorial gains during the war.[1]
910 Battle of Lechfeld / Augsburg Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
Swabia
Hungarian victory
910 Battle of Rednitz Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia
Duchy of Franconia
Duchy of Lotharingia
Armoiries Bavière.svg Duchy of Bavaria
Hungarian victory
917 Battle of Achelous
The Bulgarian victory at Anchialus (13th century)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary
Pechenegs
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Bulgarian victory
  • Hungarian troops are helping Simeon I of Bulgaria to defeat the Byzantines in the great Battle of Acheloos.[4][5]
919 Battle of Püchen Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia Hungarian victory
933 Battle of Merseburg / Riade
Henry the Fowler fights against the Hungarians, (Sächsische Weltchronik, 1270)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png East Francia German victory
934 Battle of W.l.n.d.r Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary
Pechenegs
Muslim auxiliary troops
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Muslims converted to Christianity
Decisive Hungarian – Pecheneg victory
942 Battle of Fraxinet Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Muslims Hungarian victory
955 Battle of Lechfeld / Augsburg
Miniature of the story of Lehel's Horn (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Flag of the March of Verona and Aquileia.png Kingdom of Germany
Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg Duchy of Saxony
Duchy of Thuringia
Armoiries Bavière.svg Duchy of Bavaria
Duchy of Swabia
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
Hungarian defeat
  • Despite the German victory, the German losses were heavy, among them many nobles: Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, etc.[6]
  • Bulcsú, Lehel, and Sur are hanged in Regensburg.[7]
  • Upon destruction of the Hungarian forces, the German army proclaimed Otto I father of the fatherland and emperor.[8] In 962, on the strength of this, Otto I went to Rome and had himself crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII.[9]
  • End of the Hungarian invasions towards the West.
960 Battle of Drina Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Principality of Serbia Serbian victory
  • Hungarian leader named Kisa was defeated by Časlav, the Prince of Serbia.
960 Battle of Syrmia
Illustration of Časlav being thrown into the Sava by the Hungarians (19th century)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Principality of Serbia Hungarian victory
  • A Hungarian army defeated Časlav, the Prince of Serbia by avenge of the widow of Kisa.
970 Battle of Arcadiopolis Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus'
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
Pechenegs
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Byzantine victory
  • End of the Hungarian invasions of Europe.
984 Hungarian – German border conflict at Melk
Leopold the Illustrious fighting the Hungarians and defending Melk (Babenberger Stammbaum, 1489–1492)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary Altösterreich Adalbert Babenberger Stammbaum.svg Margraviate of Austria Hungarian defeat
  • The Hungarians supported Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, thus the Hungarians raided several times the territories of Piligrim, Bishop of Passau from the fortress of Melk.[10]
  • Leopold I, Margrave of Austria launched a counter-attack and besieged and occupied Melk, which forced Géza, Grand Prince of Hungary to withdraw Hungarian forces from the territories west of the Vienna Woods and Khalenberg.[10]
  • Later, Géza, Grand Prince of Hungary renounced the lands west of the river Leitha in his peace treaty of 996 with Henry IV of Bavaria. The river Leitha became the historic border between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire.
997 Koppány's revolt
The execution of Koppány (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Principality of Hungary
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Koppány's Army Koppány's defeat
1002 King Stephen I's military campaign against Gyula of Transylvania
King Saint Stephen of Hungary captures his uncle Gyula, the ruler of Transylvania (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Hungarian Royal Army Gyula III of Transylvania Successful campaign of King Saint Stephen of Hungary
  • "Gyula" meant the second highest title in Hungarian tribal confederation. Gyula's ancestor was among the seven chieftains of the conquering Hungarians, who finally settled in Transylvania. Gyula's family ruled Transylvania in Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia). Gyula II was baptised in Constantinople around 952.
  • After the coronation King Stephen I asserted his claim to rule all lands dominated by Hungarian lords.
  • King Stephen I personally led his army against his maternal uncle, and Gyula III surrendered without a fight, Gyula III and his family was captured.
  • Transylvania was incorporated with the Kingdom of Hungary.
  • The establishment of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Transylvania in 1009.
1008 (?),

1029 (?)

King Stephen I's military campaign against Ajtony, a tribal leader in the Banat Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Ajtony's Army Successful campaign, Ajtony's defeat
1017���1018 Hungarian – Polish war Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Duchy of Poland Stalemate
~1018 Pecheneg attack against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Pecheneg tribes Hungarian victory
1018 Hungarian – Bulgarian War
King Saint Stephen of Hungary defeats Kean "Duke of the Bulgarians and Slavs" (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire Hungarian – Byzantine victory
1018 The intervention of Boleslaw the Brave, Duke of Poland in the Kievan succession crisis POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Duchy of Poland
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Pechenegs
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus' Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Bolesław, Polish sack of Kiev
1030–1031 Emperor Conrad II's military campaign against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory
  • The Hungarians occupied Vienna.[11]
1041 Uprising against King Peter Orseolo Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Hungarian Army Hungarian nobles Suppression of King Peter
1042–1043 German – Hungarian wars Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian defeat
1044 Henry III's military campaign against Hungary
Battle of Ménfő, on the right side of the picture Emperor Henry III gives thanks for victory, on the left a soldier executes King Samuel Aba (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg The army of King Samuel Aba Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Peter Orseolo and his allies
Defeat of Samuel Aba, restoration of Peter
1046 War between King Peter and Prince Andrew Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg King Peter's army
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Prince Andrew's army
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus'
Hungarian victory
1046 Vata pagan uprising
Pagans slaughtering priests and the martyrdom of Bishop Gerard of Csanád (Anjou Legendarium, 1330)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg King Peter, later King Andrew I Paganic rebels Prince Andrew's victory
  • During this rebellion, Vata gained power over a group of rebels who wished to abolish Christian rule and revert to paganism.
  • Bishop Gerard of Csanád invited Vazul's exiled sons to the country.
  • Prince Andrew and Levente returned to Hungary from their exile and quickly gained popular support for the throne, especially among the pagan populace, despite the fact that Andrew was Christian (Levente had remained pagan). On their return, a rebellion began, which Andrew and Levente initially supported. The princes accepted the claims of the rebellers in exchange for fighting against King Peter.
  • King Peter decided to flee from Hungary and take refuge in Austria. Andrew's envoys tricked the king before he reached the frontier. King Peter fled to a fortified manor at Zámoly, but his opponents captured him. King Peter was blinded, which caused his death.
  • The pagans slaughtered priests and Bishop Gerard of Csanád.
  • Prince Andrew pronounced himself king.
  • King Andrew soon broke with his pagan supporters, restored Christianity and declared pagan rites illegal.
1051–1052
  • 1051
  • 1052
Emperor Henry III's military campaigns against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
Hungarian victory
1056–1058 German – Hungarian border war Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Stalemate, treaty of Marchfeld
1060 Civil war between King Andrew I and his brother, Prince Béla
  • Battle of Moson
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg King Andrew I's army
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svgPrince Béla's army
POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Kingdom of Poland
Prince Béla's victory
1061 Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Hungarian army Paganic rebels Uprising suppressed
1067 Croatian campaign Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Carinthia Hungarian victory
  • King Solomon of Hungary and Prince Géza of Hungary helped to his brother-in-law to Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia to recapture Dalmatia from the Carinthians.
1068 Hungarian – Bohemian war Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
King Solomon of Hungary occupies Bohemia[12][13]
1068 Pecheneg attack against Hungary
Saint Ladislaus is fighting a duel with a Cuman warrior (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Pechenegs
Ouzes
Hungarian victory
1071–1072 Hungarian – Byzantine war
King Solomon and Prince Géza receive gifts from the locals at Niš (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Pechenegs
Hungarian victory
  • Pecheneg troops pillaged Syrmia in 1071. The king and the duke suspected that the soldiers of the Byzantine garrison at Belgrade incited the marauders against Hungary, they decided to attack the fortress.
  • The Hungarian army crossed the river Sava, although the Byzantines used Greek fire against their boats. The Hungarians defeated the Pechenegs who helped the Byzantines to relief the siege. Finally the Hungarians took Belgrade after a siege of three months.
  • King Solomon and Prince Géza marched along the valley of the river Great Morava as far as Niš. The Hungarians seized the city.
1074 Civil war between King Solomon and his cousins Géza and Ladislaus
Battle of Mogyoród (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg King Solomon's army
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svgPrince Géza's army
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svgPrince Ladislaus's army
Banner of the Margraviate of Moravia.svg Prince Otto's army
Prince Géza and Ladislaus defeat the armies of King Solomon and Emperor Henry IV. King Solomon was dethroned.
1075 Henry IV's military campaign against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Solomon's army
Hungarian victory
1079 Henry IV's military campaign against King Saint Ladislaus Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory[14]
1085 Cuman attack against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Cuman tribes
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Solomon's army
Hungarian victory
  • King Saint Ladislaus planned to make peace and an agreement with Solomon, the former king of Hungary, but Solomon soon began conspiring against Ladislaus, and Ladislaus imprisoned him.
  • The first five Hungarian saints, including the first king of Hungary, Stephen I, and Stephen's son, Emeric, were canonized during Ladislaus's reign. Ladislaus released Solomon at the time of the ceremony. After his release, Solomon made a final effort to regain his crown. He persuaded a Cuman chieftain, Kutesk, to invade Hungary. Solomon promised Kutesk, that he would give him the right of possession over the province of Transylvania and would take his daughter as wife. King Ladislaus defeated the invaders.
  • At the head of a large contingent Solomon joined a huge army of Cumans and Pechenegs who invaded the Byzantine Empire in 1087. The Byzantines routed the invaders, Solomon seems to have died fighting in the battlefield.
1091 Hungarian occupation of Croatia
King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary crosses the river Drava to conquer Croatia (painting by Bertalan Székely, 19th century)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia Hungarian victory
  • The widow of King Zvonimir, Helen tried to keep her power in Croatia during the succession crisis. Several Dalmatian cities and Croatian nobles around Helen asked King Ladislaus I to help Helen and offered him the Croatian throne, which was seen as rightfully his by inheritance rights.
  • In 1091 Ladislaus I crossed the Drava river and conquered the entire province of Slavonia without encountering opposition, Ladislaus I had success in his campaign, yet he wasn't able to establish his control over entire Croatia.
  • Ladislaus I appointed his nephew Prince Álmos to administer the controlled area of Croatia, established the Diocese of Zagreb as a symbol of his new authority and went back to Hungary.
1091 Cuman attack against Hungary Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Cuman tribes Hungarian victory
  • The Cumans invaded and plundered Hungary leading by chieftain Kapolcs, they broke first in Transylvania, then the territory between the Danube and Tisza rivers. The Cumans tried to leave Hungary with their huge booty and prisoners, but King Ladislaus I reached and defeated them near the Temes river.[15]
  • King Ladislaus I offered the Christianity for the Cuman survivors, the majority of them accepted, thus the king settled them in Jászság, in the Kingdom of Hungary.[15]
1091 Battle near Severin / Szörényvár against the Cumans Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Cuman tribes Hungarian victory
  • The rumor of the losing battle reached the Cuman camp, the Cumans threatened King Ladislaus I with revenge and demanded to free the Cuman prisoners.[15]
  • King Ladislaus I marched to the Hungarian border to prevent the next invasion. The two army clashed near Severin / Szörényvár, the Hungarian army was victorious, King Saint Ladislaus killed Ákos, the Cuman chieftain.[15]
1092 Ruthenian campaign by King Saint Ladislaus Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus' Hungarian victory
  • King Ladislaus I blamed the Ruthenians for the invasion of the Cumans, he stated the Cumans were incited by them. In retaliation, Ladislaus I invaded the neighboring Rus' principalities, forcing the Ruthenians to ask "for mercy" and to promise "that they would be faithful to him in all things".[16]
1094 King Ladislaus I's intervention in a conflict between Władysław I Herman, Duke of Poland, and the duke's illegitimate son, Zbigniew. Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Kingdom of Poland Hungarian victory
1093–1097
  • 1097
Petar Svačić's Croatian uprising against the Hungarian rule
Death of the Last Croatian King (painting by Oton Iveković, 1894)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia Decisive Hungarian victory
  • King Ladislaus I of Hungary died in 1095, leaving his nephew King Coloman of Hungary to continue the Croatian campaign. Coloman, as was the case with Ladislaus I before him, wasn't seen as a conqueror but rather as a pretender to the Croatian throne.
  • Coloman assembled a large army to press his claim on the throne and in 1097 defeated King Petar's troops in the Battle of Gvozd Mountain, who was killed in battle.
  • King Coloman was crowned in Biograd na Moru in 1102 and the title now claimed by Coloman was "King of Hungary, Dalmatia, and Croatia".
  • King Coloman created a personal union between the kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia (1102–1918).
1095 Campaign in Apulia Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Arms of Philippe de Tarente.svg Principality of Taranto Hungarian victory
  • When King Coloman of Hungary seized Croatia, Vitale I Michiel, Doge of Venice asked an ally against the Normans who threatened the Dalmatian cities. A huge Hungarian army was transported to Apulia by the Venetian navy, they defeated the Normans, the Hungarians captured Brindisi and Monopoli, thus the Normans was retreated from Dalmatia. The Hungarian army plundered the land and retreated after three months leaving the cities in the hand of the Venetians.[17]
1096 King Coloman's defensive operations against the different armies of the crusaders
King Coloman's meeting with Godfrey of Bouillon (13th century)
Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg French crusaders Hungarian victories
1098–1099 King Coloman's war against the Kievan Rus' Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
's army
's army
Pecheneg tribes
Hungarian defeat
1105 Siege of Zara and occupation of Dalmatia Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Dalmatian cities
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Hungarian victory
1107 Campaign in Apulia Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Arms of Philippe de Tarente.svg Principality of Taranto Hungarian victory
  • Bohemond I, Prince of Taranto and Antioch attacked the Byzantine Empire with a huge Norman army from Southern Italy. Alexios I Komnenos defended his country at the east side of the Adriatic Sea, meantime he asked Hungarian and Venetian aid. The Venetian navy transported the Hungarian army to Apulia and the Hungarians devastated the land of Bohemond I and they captured Brindisi and Monopoli. In the beginning of the next year the Hungarians went home and left the cities in the hand of the Venetians like during the campaign of 1095.[18]
  • Treaty of Devol.
1108 Hungarian war with the Holy Roman Empire Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
Hungarian victory
1115–1119 Hungarian – Venetian wars Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Hungarian defeat
1123 Stephen II's intervention in the Kievan Rus' internal conflict Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary

Iaroslav from Vladimir

Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Kievan Rus' Hungarian retreat
1124–1125 Hungarian – Venetian war Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Hungarian defeat
1127–1129 Byzantine-Hungarian War (1127–29) Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Grand Principality of Serbia
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Stalemate, peace agreement
1132 Hungarian – Polish war[19] Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg Kingdom of Poland Hungarian victory
1136–1137 Béla II's balcanic campaigns (against Venice and the Byzantine Empire) Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Hungarian victory
1146 Battle of the Fischa Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Armoiries Bavière.svg Duchy of Bavaria
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Hungarian victory
1149–1152 Géza II's intervention in the conflict between the Principality of Halych and Kievan Rus' Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Kievan Rus'
Alex K Halych-Volynia.svg Principality of Halych Peace agreement
1148–1155 Hungarian – Byzantine wars Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Grand Principality of Serbia
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Ceasefire
1162–1165 Hungarian civil war between Stephen III and his uncles Ladislaus and Stephen Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Ladislaus and Stephen's army

Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire

Stephen III's victory
1167 Battle of Sirmium Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Banate of Bosnia
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Serbian Grand Principality
Decisive Byzantine victory, Hungary lost Dalmatia
1168 Hungarian – Bohemian war Coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty of Hungary (c. 855–1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Přemyslovci erb.svg Duchy of Bohemia
Hungarian victory
1176 Battle of Myriokephalon Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Coa Hungary Country History Bela III (1172-1196).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Banner of the Principality of Antioch.png Principality of Antioch
Grand Principality of Serbia
Sultanate of Rum Seljuk victory
  • Military balance maintained.
  • The Hungarian auxiliary troops were commanded by Palatine Ampud, and Leustach Rátót, Voivode of Transylvania sent by King Béla III of Hungary to fight along the Byzantines against the Seljuks.
1180–1184 Hungarian – Byzantine war Coa Hungary Country History Bela III (1172-1196).svg Kingdom of Hungary Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Hungarian victory, Hungary reoccupied Dalmatia
1188–1189 King Béla III's military campaign against Halych Coa Hungary Country History Bela III (1172-1196).svg Kingdom of Hungary Alex K Halych-Volynia.svg Principality of Halych Hungarian victory, occupation of Halych
1190 Battle of Iconium Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Coa Hungary Country History Bela III (1172-1196).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Sultanate of Rum Crusader victory
  • Géza, Prince of Hungary, the younger brother of King Béla III joined by a contingent of 2,000 men to Frederick Barbarossa to participate in the Third Crusade.
  • About 5,000 Imperials and Hungarians under Duke Frederick joined the Siege of Acre in October.
1197–1199 Civil war between King Emeric and his brother Andrew Coa Hungary Country History Imre (1196-1204).svg Emeric's army Coa Hungary Country History Andrew II (1205-1235).svg Andrew's army Emeric's victory
1201–1205 Emeric's balcanic wars Coa Hungary Country History Imre (1196-1204).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of the Second Bulgarian Empire.svg Second Bulgarian Empire
Grand Principality of Serbia

Bosnia

Hungarian victories
1202 Siege of Zara
The crusaders conquering the City of Zara in 1202 (painting by Andrea Vicentino, 16th century)
Coa Hungary Country History Imre (1196-1204).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia
St George's Cross.png Soldiers of the Fourth Crusade
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Hungarian defeat
1213–1214, 1219,

1233–1234

King Andrew II's military campaigns against Halych Coa Hungary Country History Andrew II (1205-1235).svg Kingdom of Hungary Alex K Halych-Volynia.svg Principality of Halych Hungarian retreat
1217–1218 King Andrew II's participation in the Fifth crusade
  • Battle of Bethsaida
King Andrew II at the head of his crusader army (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coa Hungary Country History Andrew II (1205-1235).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Blason Empire Latin de Constantinople.svg Latin Empire of Constantinople
Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg Ayyubids Hungarian victories on the battlefields. Muslim forces retreated to their fortresses and towns.
1225 King Andrew II expels the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania, the order had to move to Poland Coa Hungary Country History Andrew II (1205-1235).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Teuton flag.svg Teutonic Knights Hungarian victory
1237–1241 Bosnian Crusade The Hungarian successes were followed by quick Hungarian retreat because of the Mongol invasion of Hungary Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svgColoman of Galicia-Lodomeria "Heretics" within the Banate of Bosnia Stalemate after the quick Hungarian retreat due to the Mongol attacks
1241 Battle of Mohi Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Mongols Hungarian defeat
1241–1242 First Mongol invasion of Hungary Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Mongols Mongol victory at the Battle of Mohi. Mongols retreated within a year from Hungary due to the local Hungarian withstand. Both sides suffered a heavy casualties.[20]
1242 Battle of Grobnik Field Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia
Mongols Hungarian – Croatian victory[20]
1242 King Béla IV's punishing campaign against Frederick II, Duke of Austria Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria Hungarian victory[21]
1243 Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Hungarian defeat
1246 Battle of the Leitha River Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria Hungarian victory
1250–1278 Hungarian – Bohemian wars Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Bohemian defeat
1259 Battle of Pelagonia Empire of Nicaea
Cuman cavalry
Hungarian mounted archers
Turkish cavalry
Serbian horsemen
German knights
Tocco stemma.svg Despotate of Epirus
Coa Greece Country History Principality of Achaea.svg Principality of Achaea
Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Athens (de la Roche family).svg Duchy of Athens
Coat of Arms of the House of Sanudo.svg Duchy of the Archipelago
Triarchy of Negroponte
Arms of the Aragonese Kings of Sicily (Shape Variant).svg Kingdom of Sicily
Decisive Nicaean victory
1261–1262 Occupation of Konstantin Tih's Bulgarian Empire by King Béla IV. Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of the Second Bulgarian Empire.svg Second Bulgarian Empire Hungarian victory[22][23]
1264–1265 Internal conflict between King Béla IV and his son, Stephen Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg King Béla IV's army Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Duke Stephen's army Stephen's victory, he got eastern Hungary as a duchy
1268 Mačva War Béla IV 's army captures Stefan Uroš I. Their conflict was solved with dynastic marriage. Béla IV of Hungary  Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Stefan Uroš I Hungarian victory
1272–1279 Feudal anarchy Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg King Ladislaus IV
Csák noble family
Kőszegi noble family
Gutkeled noble family
Royal victory
1277 Stefan Dragutin – Stefan Uroš I conflict Stefan Dragutin
Flag of Hungary (11th c. - 1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
 Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) Stefan Uroš I Stefan Dragutin
1277 Hungary's war with Litovoi in Cumania Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Litovoi's army Hungarian victory
1278 Battle on the Marchfeld, at Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen
Battle on the Marchfeld (painting by Anton Petter, 1858)
Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Kingdom of Germany
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
Royal banner of the Kingdom of Bohemia.svg Czech lands
Duchy of Głogów
Duchy of Lower Bavaria
Duchy of Silesia
Decisive Hungarian – German victory
  • Death of Ottokar II of Bohemia.
  • Rudolph I of Habsburg got the Austrian throne.
  • Decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries. The battle marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the House of Habsburg in Austria and Central Europe.
1282 Cumanic uprising
Cumans arriving to Hungary (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Cumanic tribes Hungarian victory
1285–1286 Second Mongol invasion of Hungary
Mongols in Hungary in 1285 (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde Decisive Hungarian victory
1291 German – Hungarian war Coa Hungary Country History Endre III (1290-1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory
1292–1300 King Andrew III's war with the Kőszegi Hungarian noble family Coa Hungary Country History Endre III (1290-1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary Kőszegi family Andrew III's victory
1298 Battle of Göllheim Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
Coa Hungary Country History Endre III (1290-1301).svg Kingdom of Hungary
County of Nassau
Electoral Palatinate
Habsburg victory

Wars between 1301 and 1526[]

Date Conflict Allies Enemies Result
1301–1308 , fightings for the country's throne Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Charles of Anjou
Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Matthew III Csák's army
László Kán's army
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
Armoiries Bavière.svg Duchy of Bavaria
Kőszegi Hungarian noble family
Charles became Hungarian king
1310–1321 King Charles I's wars for the centralized power against the Hungarian aristocracy
  • Battle of Rozgony
Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary Matthew III Csák
Aba dynasty
Borsa family
Apor family
Kőszegi family
Royal victory, centralization of the Hungarian Kingdom
1312 Battle of Rozgony
Battle of Rozgony (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Order of Saint John
Zipser Saxons
Aba dynasty
Matthew III Csák
Decisive victory of King Charles I, weakening of the magnates
1319 Belgrade and Banate of Mačva Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Charles I of Hungary  Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Stefan Milutin Charles I
1322–1337 Hungarian – Austrian War, restoration of the western borders, defeat of Austria, Kőszegi and Babonić families Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary Austria coat of arms simple.svg Duchy of Austria
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Kőszegi family
Babonić Croatian noble family
Hungarian victory
1321–1324 Hungarian–Serbian War Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Bosnia
Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia
 Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) Hungarian defeat
1330 Battle of Posada
Battle of Posada (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia Hungarian defeat
1344 King Louis the Great's invasion and occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia[24] Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia
Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Hungarian victory, Wallachia and Moldavia became vassal states of King Louis the Great[25]
1345–1358 Hungarian – Venetian War, Venice had to pay annual tribute to Louis. Venetians also had to raise the Angevin flag on Piazza San Marco. Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Decisive Hungarian victory Treaty of Zadar
1345 Hungary's war with the Golden Horde Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde Hungarian victory
  • The Golden Horde was pushed back behind the Dniester River, the Golden Horde's control of the lands between the Eastern Carpathians and the Black Sea weakened.
  • The establishment of Moldavia in 1346 as a Hungarian vassal state.
1347–1349, 1350–1352 Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Arms of Jean dAnjou.svg Kingdom of Naples First campaign: temporary Hungarian victory
Second campaign: status quo ante bellum
1348 Battle of Capua Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Arms of Jean dAnjou.svg Kingdom of Naples Hungarian victory, occupation of the kingdom
1360–1369 Louis I's balcanic wars (against Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia and Bosnia) Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary  Serbian Empire
Coat of arms of the Second Bulgarian Empire.svg Second Bulgarian Empire
Bosnia
Wallachia Wallachia
Temporary Hungarian victories
1366–1367 Hungarian – Ottoman War Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Blason duche fr Savoie.svg 
Wappen Padua.png Padova
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
War Flag of the Ottoman Empire (c. 1500–1793).svg Ottoman Empire
BG-gerb1483.png Second Bulgarian Empire
Christian victory
1369 Wallachian campaign Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia Hungarian victory
1372–1381 War of Chioggia, Hungary defeated the Venetians in several times, and finally expelled Venetians from Dalmatia, however Genoa, Padoa and Austria lost the War. The war resulted in the Treaty of Turin (1381) Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary

Wappen Padua.png Padua
Flag of Genoa.svg Republic of Genoa
Armoiries Habsbourg.svg Duchy of Austria

Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Flag of Milan.svg Milan
War Flag of the Ottoman Empire (c. 1500–1793).svg Ottoman Empire
Armoiries Chypre.svg Kingdom of Cyprus
Hungarian victory, Venice had to pay annual tribute to King of Hungary
1375–1377 Hungarian–Ottoman War
Victory of Louis the Great of Hungary against the Ottomans in Bulgaria
Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Coat of Arms of the Emperor of Bulgaria (by Conrad Grünenberg).png Second Bulgarian Empire
Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia
Hungarian victory
1377 Hungarian – Lithuanian war Coa Hungary Country History Lajos I (1364).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of Arms of Lithuania.svg Grand Duchy of Lithuania Hungarian victory, Louis I enters Vilnius[26]
1384–1394 Civil war between a part of the Hungarian nobility and Mary, Queen of Hungary and Sigismund king Coa Hungary Country History Charles I (1310-1342).svg Kingdom of Hungary Horváti family
Arms of Jean dAnjou.svg Kingdom of Naples
Sigismund's victory
1394–1395 Wallachian campaign Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia Wallachia became a Hungarian vassal, Mircea I the Great accepted the lordship of King Sigismund without any fight.
1394–1395 Moldavian campaign Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia Hungarian victory
  • Moldavia became a Hungarian vassal.
  • King Sigismund of Hungary occupied Suceava the capital of Stephen I of Moldavia.
1396 Battle of Nicopolis
Battle of Nicopolis (painting by Sébastien Mamerot, 1472-1475)
Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg Kingdom of France
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Arms of Eudes de Bourgogne.svg Duchy of Burgundy
Arms of the House of Savoy-Aosta.svg Duchy of Savoy
Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Wallachia
Coat of Arms of the Crown of Bohemia.png Lands of the Bohemian Crown
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia
Early Swiss cross.svg Swiss Confederacy
Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Flag of Genoa.svg Republic of Genoa
Royal Coat of Arms of the Crown of Castile (1284-1390).svg Crown of Castile
Royal arms of Aragon.svg Crown of Aragon
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Navarre.svg Kingdom of Navarre
Coat of Arms of the Emperor of Bulgaria (by Conrad Grünenberg).png Second Bulgarian Empire
Insignia Germany Order Teutonic.svg Teutonic Order
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Coat of arms of Moravian Serbia.svg Moravian Serbia
Crusader defeat
  • King Sigismund of Hungary had experience fighting with the Ottomans, but the French knights refused his battle plan. The French knights rushed to the Ottoman lines, while the other allies stayed with the Hungarian forces under King Sigismund, this caused confusion and divided the strength of the Crusader army.
  • Ottomans defeat Crusades and no new Anti-Ottoman alliance is formed till the 1440s.
  • Ottomans maintain pressure on Constantinople, tightened control over the Balkans, and became a greater threat to central Europe.
  • Collapse of Second Bulgarian Empire.
1407–1408 Bosnian campaign
  • Battle of Dobor
Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of Kingdom of Bosnia.svgKingdom of Bosnia Hungarian victory
  • King Sigismund achieved a decisive victory over Tvrtko II of Bosnia, 126 members of Bosnian nobility were massacred.
  • King Sigismund founded the Order of the Dragon as a celebration of the reoccupation of Bosnia and Dalmatia when he married Barbara of Cilli.
1411–1433 Hungarian – Venetian War Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Flag of Milan.svg Milan
Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Dalmatia became part of Venice
1415–1419 Hungarian – Ottoman War Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Stalemate
1419–1434 Hussite Wars Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire
Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Hussites Eventual defeat for Radical Hussites, victory for Moderate Hussites
1428–1432 Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Armistice
1437 Transylvanian peasant revolt of Budai Nagy Antal Sigismund Arms Hungarian Czech per pale.svg Kingdom of Hungary Transilvanian peasants Defeat of the rebels
1437–1442 Hungarian–Ottoman border conflicts, Ottoman raids in South-Hungary and Transylvania Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1440 Siege of Belgrade Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1440–1442 Civil war between Wladyslaw I and Ladislaus Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Hungarian nobles
Cillei family and other Hungarian nobles Peace agreement, Wladyslaw is accepted as Hungarian king
1442 Battle of Hermannstadt / Szeben
John Hunyadi is fighting with the Turks (lithography by József Marastoni, 19th century)
Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1442 Battle near the Iron Gate / Vaskapu Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
  • John Hunyadi and his 15,000 men defeated the 80,000-strong army of Begler Bey Sehabeddin at Zajkány (Zeicani), near the Iron Gate of the Danube river.
  • Hunyadi gained a huge booty. He put lots of treasures and weapons on a wagon that ten horses could hardly pull and sent it to King Vladislaus I of Hungary to Buda.
1443–1444 Long campaign Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Temporary Hungarian victories.
1443 Battle of Nish Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Despot of Serbia.png Serbian Despotate
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Crusader Victory
1443 Battle of Zlatitsa Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Despot of Serbia.png Serbian Despotate
Coat of arms of the Papal States (Renaissance shape).pngPapal States
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory, halting of the advance of the crusaders
1444 Battle of Kunovica Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Despot of Serbia.png Serbian Despotate
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Crusader Victory
1444 Battle of Varna
King Władysław III of Poland / Vladislaus I of Hungary in the Battle of Varna (painting by Jan Matejko, 1879)
Coa Hungary Country History Vladislaus I (1440–1444).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Coa Croatia Country History.svg Kingdom of Croatia
Lesser version of Grand Duchy of Lithuania Coat of Arms.svg Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Coat of Arms of the Crown of Bohemia.png Crown of Bohemia
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Coat of Arms of the Emperor of Bulgaria (by Conrad Grünenberg).pngBulgarian rebels
Coat of arms of Kingdom of Bosnia.svgKingdom of Bosnia
Coat of arms of the Papal States (Renaissance shape).pngPapal States
Insignia Germany Order Teutonic.svgTeutonic Knights
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Crusader defeat
  • Vladislaus I of Hungary, the young king, ignoring Hunyadi's advice, rushed 500 of his Polish knights against the Ottoman center. They attempted to overrun the Janissary infantry and take Murad II prisoner, and almost succeeded, but in front of Murad's tent Vladislaus's horse either fell, and the king was slain.
  • Murad's casualties at Varna were so heavy, it was not until three days later that he realized he was victorious.
  • The Ottoman victory in Varna, followed by the Ottoman victory in the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448, deterred the European states from sending any substantial military assistance to the Byzantines during the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople in 1453.
1447 Wallachian campaign Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Hungarian victory
  • John Hunyadi deprived Vlad II Dracul from the Wallachian throne, because Vlad II Dracul captured John Hunyadi after the Battle of Varna.
  • John Hunyadi placed Vladislav II on the throne of Wallachia.
  • John Hunyadi also drove a small Ottoman army out of Wallachia.
1448 Second Battle of Kosovo / Rigómező Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory
1456 Siege of Belgrade / Nándorfehérvár
The self-sacrifice of Titusz Dugovics (painting by Sándor Wagner, 1853)
Coa Hungary Country History (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
  • The Siege of Belgrade was a major issue for the entire Europe, especially after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The fall of the fortress city of Belgrade would have opened the gates of Europe to the Turks and that would have certainly changed the history of the world.
  • The Battle of Belgrade deserves to be remembered. Hungarians played a key role in the defense of Europe against the invasion of the Turks in the 15th century.
  • Pope Callixtus III ordered the bells of every European church to be rung every day at noon, as a call for believers to pray for the defenders of the city. But because in many European countries the news of victory arrived before the Pope's order for prayer, the ringing of the church bells was believed to be in celebration of the victory. Therefore, the significance of the church bells ringing is now the commemoration of Hunyadi's victory against the Turks.
  • Plague broke out in the camp, from which John Hunyadi himself died three weeks later.
1458–1459 Matthias I's war with Ján Jiskra Coa Hungary Country History Mathias Corvinus 5(1458-1490).svg Kingdom of Hungary Jiskra's soldiers Royal victory
1458–1465 Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire A part of Bosnia is occupied by the Ottoman Empire
1460 Battle at Pojejena / Alsópozsgás Szilagyi Mihaly cimere.jpg Troops of Michael Szilágyi Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman raiding army of Ali Bey Mihaloğlu Ottoman victory
1464 Siege of Jajce Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1465–1471 Hussite uprising in North-Hungary Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Czech hussite rebels Hungarian victory
1467
  • Battle of Baia / Moldvabánya
Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia Moldavian victory [27][28]
1468–1478 Bohemian War (1468-1478) Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia Treaty of Olmütz, Matthias became king of Bohemia
1471 Hungarian – Polish war. King Matthias I forced King Casimir IV to withdraw from Hungary Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland Hungarian victory
1471–1476 Matthias's intervention in the Moldovian – Ottoman War Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire After initial Hungarian-moldavian victories Hungary stopped the advocating of Moldavia, so Stephen III moldavian ruler became vasal of the Ottoman Empire.
1474 Siege of Wrocław / Breslau / Boroszló Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
Between 1469 and 1490, Wrocław was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1474, the city was besieged by combined Polish-Czech forces. Kings Casimir IV of Poland, his son Vladislaus II of Bohemia, and Matthias Corvinus of Hungary met in the nearby village, and a ceasefire was signed according to which the city remained under Hungarian rule.
1475 Battle of Vaslui Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Moldavian-Hungarian-Polish victory
1476 Siege of Šabac / Szabács Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire King Matthias besieged and seized Šabac, an important Ottoman border fort
1479 Battle of Breadfield / Kenyérmező
Battle of Breadfield (Colorized lithography from Eduard Gurk after Ion Osolsobie)
Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Hungarian victory over a highly outnumbered Ottoman army in Transylvania. Ottoman casualties were extremely high. The battle was the most significant victory for the Hungarians against the raiding Ottomans, and as a result, the Ottoman Turks did not attack southern Hungary and Transylvania for many years thereafter.
1480–1481 Battle of Otranto Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Arms of Ferdinand I of Naples.svg Kingdom of Naples
Royal arms of Aragon.svg Crown of Aragon
Arms of the Aragonese Kings of Sicily (Shape Variant).svg Kingdom of Sicily
Coat of arms of the Papal States (Renaissance shape).pngPapal States
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Christian victory
1482–1488 Austrian – Hungarian War Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Decisive Hungarian victory
  • At the end of the campaign, Hungary controlled all of Upper Austria as well, which remained under the control of King Matthias until his death, in 1490.
1485 Siege of Vienna / Bécs
The triumphant Matthias (painting by Gyula Benczúr, 1919)
Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory
  • The Black Army captures Vienna.
1486 Siege of Retz Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory
1486–1487 Siege of Wiener Neustadt / Bécsújhely Flag of Matthias I of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire Hungarian victory
  • City surrender.
  • Austria ceded the western lands of Lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia to the Kingdom of Hungary.
1490–1491 War of the Hungarian Succession Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg Kingdom of Poland Treaty
1490 Battle of Csontmező The supporters of John Corvinus The supporters of Beatrice of Naples The supporters of Beatrice of Naples, Stephen Báthory and Paul Kinizsi defeated John Corvinus.
1491–1495 Hungarian – Ottoman war Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Stalemate
1492–1493 Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Black Army Destruction of the Black Army
1499–1504 Hungarian – Ottoman war Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Stalemate
1512–1520 Hungarian – Ottoman war Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Successful defensive operations against the Ottomans
1514 Peasants revolt, led by György Dózsa
The execution of György Dózsa (Stephanus Taurinus: Stauromachia, id est, Cruciatorum servile bellum, 1519)
Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Peasants Revolt suppressed
1521 Siege of Belgrade Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian defeat
1526 Battle of Mohács
Discovering the Body of King Louis II of Hungary (painting by Bertalan Székely, 1860)
Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian defeat
  • Decisive downward turning point in Hungarian history.
  • Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary as an independent and powerful European nation.
  • The territory of Hungary was split into two parts in 1529 and into three parts in 1541.
  • Around two hundred years of constant warfare with and between two empires, Habsburg and Ottoman, turned Hungary into a perpetual battlefield. The countryside was regularly ravaged by armies moving back and forth devastating the population.

Wars between 1526 and 1699[]

Date Conflict Allies Enemies Result
1532 Siege of Kőszeg / Güns
Siege of Güns (Edward Schön)
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coa Croatia Country History (Fojnica Armorial).svg Kingdom of Croatia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
  • Captain Jurisics Miklós defended the small border fort of Kőszeg with only 700–800 men (46 soldiers, 700 peasants) with no cannons and few guns, preventing the advance of the Turkish army of 120,000–140,000 toward Vienna.
1532 Battle of Leobersdorf Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Monarchy
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Coat of arms of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Habsburg victory
  • Kazim Bey's Ottoman army was completely destroyed.
1543 Siege of Esztergom
Siege of Esztergom, (painting by Sebastian Vrancks)
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Monarchy
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg Kingdom of France
Ottoman victory
1552 Siege of Eger
The Women of Eger (painting by Bertalan Székely, 1867)
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1566 Siege of Szigetvár
Miklós IV Zrínyi's charge from the fortress of Szigetvár (painting by Johann Peter Krafft, 1825)
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Coa Croatia Country History (Fojnica Armorial).svg Kingdom of Croatia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory
  • Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent before the final assault.
  • The whole Hungarian-Croatian army (2300–3000) is killed, Miklós IV Zrínyi is killed in the final battle.
  • Miklós IV Zrínyi ordered a fuse be lit to the powder magazine. After cutting down the last of the defenders the Ottoman Army entered the remains of Szigetvár and fell into the trap. 3,000 Turks perished in the explosion.[29][30][31][32]
  • 20,000–30,000 Ottomans were killed.
  • Ottomans captured Szigetvár fortress and it became part of Budin Eyalet.
1588 Battle of Szikszó Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1595 Battle of Călugăreni Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Coa Transylvania Country History v3.svg Principality of Transylvania
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Wallachian victory
1595 Battle of Giurgiu / Gyurgyevó Coa Transylvania Country History v3.svg Principality of Transylvania
Coat of arms of Wallachia Voivodship.png Wallachia
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1596 Siege of Eger
Siege of Eger in 1596 (Abraham Ortelius, 16th century)
Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Monarchy
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory, Ottomans capture Eger
1652 Battle of Vezekény Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Hungarian victory
1664 Siege of Léva
Siege of Léva (17th century)
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Monarchy Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Habsburg – Hungarian victory
1686 Siege of Buda
The recapture of Buda Castle in 1686 (painting by Gyula Benczúr, 1896)
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Monarchy

Blason DE saint empire (une tête).svg Holy Roman Empire

  • Arms of Brandenburg.svg Margraviate of Brandenburg
  • Arms of Charles VII Albert, Holy Roman Emperor.svg Electorate of Bavaria
  • BlasonLorraine.svg Duchy of Lorraine
  • Blason Jean-Georges IV de Saxe.svg Electorate of Saxony
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire Holy League victory
  • As a consequence of the recapture of Buda from the Turks, as well as the victory in the Battle of Mohács (1687), the Hungarian parliament recognized at Pressburg in 1687 that the inheritance of the Hungarian crown had passed to the Habsburgs.

Wars between 1700 and 1900[]

Conflict Belligerents Result
Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome
15 June 1703 – 1 May 1711 Rákóczi's War for Independence
Kuruc prepare to attack traveling coach and riders, c. 1705.
 Kingdom of Hungary
  • Kuruc
 Principality of Transylvania
 Kingdom of France
Sympathetic minority peoples and mercenaries
 Holy Roman Empire:
  • Austria
  •  Prussia
  • Banner of Baden (3^2).svg Margraviate of Baden
  • Flag of Serbia 1281.svg Serbs from Vojvodina
  • Transylvanian Saxons
  • Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg).svg Kingdom of Croatia
  • Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Royalists
  • Denmark Danish Auxiliary Corps
    Mercenaries
Defeat
  • Crushing of rebellion
January 1716 – 21 July 1718 Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
 Habsburg Monarchy
  • Blason louis II de Hongrie.svg Royal Hungarian regiments
 Ottoman Empire
  • Kuruc renegades
Treaty of Passarowitz
1735 – 1 September 1739 Russo-Austro-Turkish War  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy
 Ottoman Empire Victory
1735–1736 Peasants' Revolt Hungarian peasants  Habsburg Monarchy Defeat
16 December 1740 – 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Fontenoy, 1745
 Habsburg Monarchy

 Great Britain

Province of Hanover Hanover
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48)
 Russia (1741–43, 1748)
 France
 Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
Spain Spain
Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
 Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42)
Kingdom of Naples Naples
 Genoa (1745–48)
Sweden Sweden (1741–43)
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Maria Theresa retains the Austrian, Bohemian and Hungarian thrones
  • Francis of Lorraine, Maria Theresa's husband, confirmed as Holy Roman Emperor
17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763 Seven Years' War  France

Habsburg Monarchy Holy Roman Empire:

 Russia (until 1762)
Spain Spain (from 1762)
Sweden Sweden (1757–62)
Mughal Empire (from 1757)
Abenaki Confederacy

 Great Britain

 Prussia
Portugal Portugal (from 1762)
Province of Hanover Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy

Status Quo Ante Bellum
31 October – 14 December 1784 Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan  Habsburg Monarchy Transylvanian Romanian rebels Victory
20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797 War of the First Coalition  Holy Roman Empire
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  •  Prussia (until 1795)

 Great Britain
Kingdom of France Army of Condé
Spain Spain (until 1795)[33]
 Dutch Republic (until 1795)
 Portugal
 Sardinia (until 1796)

Kingdom of France (until 1792)
French First Republic French Republic (from 1792)
Spain Spain (from 1796)
 Batavian Republic (from 1795)
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Sister republics
POL COA Ciołek.svg Polish Legions (from 1797)
Defeat
December 1798 – 25 March 1802 War of the Second Coalition  Holy Roman Empire

 Great Britain (until 1801)
 United Kingdom (from 1801)
 Russia (until 1799)
 Portugal
 Naples
Tuscany Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John (1798)
 Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of France French Royalists

 France
 Spain
POL COA Ciołek.svg Polish Legions
 Batavian Republic
 Helvetic Republic
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Cisalpine Republic
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Roman Republic (until 1799)
Defeat
April 1805 – 21 July 1806 War of the Third Coalition  Holy Roman Empire

 Russian Empire
 United Kingdom
 Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sicily
 Sweden

 France
  • Spain Spain
  •  Electorate of Bavaria
  •  Napoleonic Italy
  •  Batavian Republic
  • Württemberg
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Etruria
Defeat
  • Treaty of Pressburg
  • Consolidation of the French Empire
  • Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine
  • Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Formation of the Fourth Coalition a few months later
10 April – 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, 1809
 Austria
Blason louis II de Hongrie.svg Hungary
Tyrol[a]
 United Kingdom
Spain Spain
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers
 France
Confederation of the Rhine
 Italy
Polish Legions
Naples
Switzerland Switzerland
Netherlands Holland
Defeat
24 June – 14 December 1812 French invasion of Russia  France
Duchy of Warsaw
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy
 Naples
Confederation of the Rhine
  •  Baden
  • Bavaria Bavaria
  • Berg
  • Saxony
  •  Westphalia
Switzerland Swiss Confederation
Napoleonic Spain
 Austria
 Prussia
Denmark Denmark–Norway
 Russian Empire The Habsburg Monarchy joins the Coalition
  • Beginning of the War of the Sixth Coalition
3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of Leipzig
 Austria
 Prussia

 United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Russia
Spain Spain
Portugal Portugal
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia

 France
 Napoleonic Italy
 Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Warsaw
Victory
20 March – 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition  Austria
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Russia
Province of Hanover Hanover

Nassau
Brunswick
 Sweden
 United Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
Tuscany Tuscany
Switzerland Switzerland
Kingdom of France French Royalists

 France
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples
Victory
  • Treaty of Paris
July – August 1831 Cholera Riots Hungarian peasants  Austrian Empire Defeat
15 March 1848 – 4 October 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Artist Mihály Zichy's painting of Sándor Petőfi recites the National Poem to a crowd on 15 March 1848.
Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)
 Hungarian State (1849)
Allied peoples and legions
 Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
Allied peoples and legions
Defeat
  • Revolution suppressed by Austrian, Russian, and allied forces
  • Reincorporation of Hungary into the Austrian Empire
19 September 1848 – 21 November 1849 Slovak Uprising of 1848–49 Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)
 Hungarian State (1849)
Slovak National Council
 Austrian Empire
Indecisive settlement
29 April – 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, 1859
 Austrian Empire
Habsburg Tuscany
 France
 Sardinia
supported by
United Provinces of Central Italy
Defeat
  • Sardinia annexed Lombardy from Austria
  • Sardinia occupied and later annexed Habsburg-ruled Tuscany and Emilia
  • France gains Savoy and Nice from Sardinia
14 June – 26 July 1866 Austro-Prussian War
Battle of Königgrätz, by Georg Bleibtreu. Oil on canvas, 1869.
 Austrian Empire
and allied German states
 Prussia
and allied German states
 Italy
Defeat
  • Prussia annexes parts of Bavaria, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, parts of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holstein, Schleswig, Nassau, and Frankfurt
  • Italy annexes Venetia and part of Friuli
  • Dissolution of the German Confederation
  • Formation of the North German Confederation
  • Exclusion of Austria from Germany
  • Formation of Austria-Hungary
October 1869 – 11 January 1870 Krivošije Uprising Austria-Hungary Krivošije rebels Stalemate
  • Most rebel demands met
29 July – 20 October 1878 Occupation of Bosnia
Austria-Hungary Bosnia Vilayet
tacit support
 Ottoman Empire
Victory
  • Bosnia placed under Austro-Hungarian occupation as a condominium
  • Pacification of local resistance
2 November 1899 – 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion
The Siege of the International Legations in Peking, 1900
Eight-Nation Alliance
 United Kingdom
 Japan
 Russia
 France
 Germany
 United States
Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 China
Yihetuan
Victory
  1. ^ In rebellion against Bavaria

Wars in the 20th century[]

Conflict Belligerents Result
Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 World War I
Austro-Hungarian mountain corps in Tyrol
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary
 German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Allied Powers
 France
 British Empire
 Russian Empire (1914–17)
 Kingdom of Serbia
 Kingdom of Montenegro
 Belgium
 Japan
 Italy (from 1915)
 Portugal (from 1916)
 Romania (from 1916)
 Greece (from 1917)
Thailand Siam (from 1917)
Co-belligerents
 Hejaz (from 1916)
 United States (from 1917)
 Brazil (from 1917)
Defeat
  • Collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and creation of the First Hungarian Republic
  • Beginning of Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918-1920)
  • Treaty of Trianon
  • Loss of two-thirds of pre-war Hungarian territory
December 1918 – June 1919 Hungarian–Czechoslovak War  First Hungarian Republic
 Hungarian Soviet Republic
Slovak Soviet Republic
 Czechoslovakia Military Victory
Political Defeat
  • Hungarian advance into Czechoslovakia, then withdraw after negotiations
  • Creation and dissolution of the Slovak Soviet Republic
13 November 1918 – 3 August 1919 Hungarian–Romanian War
Romanian cavalry march through Budapest, 1919.
 Hungarian Soviet Republic  Romania Defeat
  • Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
  • Romanian occupation of Hungary proceeds
3 August – 13 October 1921 Uprising in West Hungary  Austria
Hungary Hungary
(disarmament of the rebels in 1921)
Flag of Hungary.svg Rongyos Gárda
Flag of Banate of Leitha.svg Lajtabánság
Islam symbol plane2 green.png Bosnian and Albanian Muslim volunteers
Victory
  • Sopron and its area remained in Hungary
23 – 31 March 1939 Slovak-Hungarian War Hungary Hungary  Slovak Republic Victory
  • Annexation of a border strip between eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945
Hungary entered: 27 June 1941
Hungary exited: 11 May 1945
World War II
Hungarian Arrow Cross militia and a German Tiger II tank in Budapest, October 1944
Hungarian Toldi I tank used during the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union
Axis Powers
Nazi Germany Germany
 Italy (1940–43)
 Empire of Japan
Affiliate states
 Romania (1941–44)
Hungary Hungary (from 1941)
 Bulgaria (1941–44)
 Thailand (1942–45)
Client States
 Slovak Republic
 Croatia
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
 Albania
Co-belligerents
 Finland (1941–44)
 Iraq (1941)
 Vichy France (1940–44)
Active neutrality
 Soviet Union (1939–41)
 Spain (1941–44)
 Argentina (1939–44
Allied Powers
 Soviet Union (from June 1941)
 United States (from December 1941)
 United Kingdom
 China
 France (1939–40, 1944–45)
In exile for part of the war
Poland Poland
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
 Free France (1940–44)
Luxembourg
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Other important belligerents
 Canada
 India
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Yugoslavia
 Ethiopia
Brazil
 Mexico
 Colombia
Cuba
Philippines
Mongolia
Co-belligerents
 Italy (1943–1945)

 Romania (1944–1945)
 Finland (1944–1945)
Bulgaria (1944–1945)

Defeat
  • Soviet occupation of Hungary
  • Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
  • First Vienna Award annulled (Czechoslovakia re-gained some of the territories lost to Hungary in 1938)
  • Second Vienna Award annulled (Romania re-gained of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940)
  • Hungarian withdrawal and loss of annexed territories to Yugoslavia
  • Soviet annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia (fully became part of again Hungary in 1939)
  • Sovietization of Hungary; installation of a communist puppet regime
23 October – 10 November 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The flag, with a hole where the communist coat of arms had been cut out, became the symbol of the revolution.
Hungarian revolutionaries  Soviet Union
Hungarian People's Republic People's Republic of Hungary
Defeat
  • Revolution crushed by Soviet troops
  • Re-imposition of Soviet-backed puppet regime until 1989
  • Soviet military presence in Hungary until 1991
20 – 21 August 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet tanks with invasion stripes in Czechoslovakia, 1968
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Poland Poland
Hungary Hungary
supported by
 East Germany
 Czechoslovakia Victory
  • Prague Spring crushed
  • Moscow Protocol
  • Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia until 1991

Wars in the 21st century[]

Conflict Belligerents Result
Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome Losses
March 2003 – 2009 Iraq War
  •  United States
  •  United Kingdom
  •  Australia (2003–2009)
  •  Poland (2003–2008)
  •  Albania (2004–2008)
  •  Armenia (2005–2008)
  •  Azerbaijan (2004–2008)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005–2008)
  •  Bulgaria (2004–2008)
  •  Czech Republic (2004–2008)
  •  Denmark (2004–2007)
  •  Dominican Republic (2004–2004)
  •  El Salvador(2004–2009)
  •  Estonia (2005–2009)
  •  Georgia (2004–2008)
  •  Honduras (2004–2004)
  •  Hungary (2004–2005)
  •  Iceland (2004-Unknown)
  •  Italy (2004–2006)
  •  Japan (2004–2008)
  •  Kazakhstan (2004–2008)
  •  Latvia (2004–2008)
  •  Lithuania (2004–2007)
  •  Macedonia (2004–2008)
  •  Moldova (2004–2008)
  •  Mongolia (2004–2008)
  •  Netherlands (2004–2005)
  •  New Zealand (2004–2004)
  •  Nicaragua (2004–2004)
  •  Norway (2004–2006)
  •  Philippines (2004–2004)
  •  Portugal (2004–2005)
  •  Romania(2004–2009)
  •  Singapore (2004–2008)
  •  Slovakia (2004–2007)
  •  South Korea (2004–2008)
  •  Spain (2004–2004)
  •  Thailand (2004–2004)
  •  Tonga (2004–2008)
  •  Ukraine (2004–2008)

Iraqi National Congress
New Iraqi government

 Iraqi Kurdistan

  • Peshmerga
Ba'athist Iraq
Ansar al-Islam

Logo of the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation.png Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order


Sunni insurgents

  • Islamic State of Iraq
  • IAILogo.png Islamic Army of Iraq
  • Ansar al-Sunnah

Shia insurgents


For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07).

Victory
  • Invasion and occupation of Iraq
  • Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein
  • Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war
  • Subsequent depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq, improvements in public security, Iraqi insurgency persists
  • Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government
  • U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
  • Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War
  • Resurgence of Islamic State of Iraq, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq,
1 soldier killed
12 wounded.
7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban
  • Al-Qaeda
Taliban Victory / US-allied defeat
  • United States invasion of Afghanistan (2001)
  • Start of Taliban insurgency
    • Osama bin Laden killed by DEVGRU operators in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011
    • "Afghanization" of Afghan conflict. Withdrawal of most US troops by 2014
    • End of Operation Enduring Freedom; start of 2015 phase of war, and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. End of US and ISAF led combat mission; beginning of NATO-led training and assistance mission.
    • Doha Agreement and progressive withdrawal of remaining US troops after 2020[34]
  • Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021
    • Taliban forces capture Kabul on 15 August 2021 and overthrow the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    • Re-establishment of the Taliban-run Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
    • Panjshir Province held out against the Taliban for 3 weeks after Kabul was conquered but ended up also being conquered by the Taliban
7 soldiers killed
14 wounded.

See also[]

  • Military history of Hungary

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