Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of John Hunyadi

Battles of John Hunyadi

Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1446–1453, 1407 to 1456

John Hunyadi is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1442 and 1456: 7 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Serbia (5), Bulgaria (2), Romania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,982 km apart end to end, 283 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crusade of Varna (4), Ottoman Wars in Europe (2), Ottoman–Hungarian Wars (1).

Battle of ZlaticaBattle of KunovicaBattle of KruševacBattle of HermannstadtBattle of NišBattle of VarnaBattle of KosovoSiege of BelgradeBattle of HermannstadtBattle of NišBattle of VarnaBattle of KosovoSiege of BelgradeBucharestSofiaConstanțaBurgasTimișoaraBrașovCraiovaPloieștiNovi SadSzeged200 km44.376N, 24.175E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1442: 1 engagements1443: 2 engagements2 in 14431444: 2 engagements2 in 14441448: 1 engagements1454: 1 engagements1456: 1 engagements14421456
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hermannstadt, 1442Battle of Niš, 1443Battle of Zlatica, 1443Battle of Kunovica, 1444Battle of Varna, 1444Battle of Kosovo, 1448Battle of Kruševac, 1454Siege of Belgrade, 145614421456
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1442Battle of HermannstadtRomaniaSzentimre, 18 March: Ottoman victory; Iron Gate, 22 March...
1443Battle of NišNiš, Serbia342 km SWCrusader victory
1443Battle of ZlaticaBulgaria194 km EOttoman victory
5 January 1444Battle of KunovicaKunovica, Republic of Serbia168 km WChristian victory
10 November 1444Battle of VarnaVarna, Bulgaria463 km EOttoman victory
17 October 1448Battle of KosovoKosovo Polje, Serbia554 km WOttoman victory
1454Battle of KruševacSerbia107 km NSerbo-Hungarian victory
4 July 1456Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, Serbia153 km NWHungarian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown painterUnknown painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.