Mongol conquestsWars and battles
Battle of Mohi
The main forces of Batu and Subutai surrounded and destroyed the army of King Béla IV of Hungary at a crossing of the Sajó River near Mohi.
- Date
- 11 April 1241exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Mohitoday: Muhi, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- Mongol Empire, Batu Khan, Subutai, Kingdom of Hungary, Béla IV
- Threads
- Mongol conquests
- Also known as
- Битва при Мохи; Битва при Мухи; Battle of the Sajó River
The Mongols crossed the river at several points at once and attacked the fortified Hungarian camp. Béla IV fled to the Adriatic coast, and for almost a year Hungary was at the mercy of the invaders, who laid the country waste and withdrew eastward in the spring of 1242.
Connections
Part of
- Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242 · Eastern Europe
Related events
- Battle of Legnica9 April 1241 · Western and Central EuropeTwo crushing defeats in two days
Same participants
- Coronation of Stephen I of Hungarybetween 25 December 1000 and 1 January 1001 · Western and Central Europevia Kingdom of Hungary
- Siege of Kyiv5 September – between 19 November and 6 December 1240 · Eastern Europevia Batu Khan
- Battle of Köse Dağbetween 26 June and 3 July 1243 · Balkans and Anatoliavia Mongol Empire
- Yaroslav II receives a yarlyk from Batu1243 · Eastern Europevia Batu Khan
- Siege of Belgrade (1456)4–22 July 1456 · Balkans and Anatoliavia Kingdom of Hungary
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
Eastern Europe
- Siege of Kyiv5 September – between 19 November and 6 December 1240
- Battle of the Neva15 July 1240
- Battle on the Ice5 April 1242
- Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242
- Yaroslav II receives a yarlyk from Batu1243
+ 4 events
Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Köse Dağbetween 26 June and 3 July 1243
South Asia
- Reign of Razia Sultan in DelhiNovember 1236 – April 1240
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Battle of Mohi
- Wikipedia (Russian): Битва на реке Шайо
- Jackson P. The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410. — Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2005.
- Wikidata: Q705874