Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Matthias Corvinus

Battles of Matthias Corvinus

King of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Austria (1443–1490)

Matthias Corvinus is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1463 and 1487: 3 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Romania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,986 km apart end to end, 331 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Austrian–Hungarian War (3), Ottoman–Hungarian Wars (1).

Battle of ZvornikSiege of RetzSiege of JajceBattle of BaiaBattle of VilémovSiege of ViennaSiege of Wiener NeustadtSiege of JajceBattle of BaiaBattle of VilémovSiege of ViennaSiege of Wiener NeustadtBucharestBudapestPragueBelgradeZagrebSarajevoLvivKrakówIașiLjubljana500 km47.078N, 20.884E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1463: 1 engagements1 in 14631464: 1 engagements1 in 14641467: 1 engagements1 in 14671469: 1 engagements1 in 14691485: 1 engagements1 in 14851486: 1 engagements1 in 14861487: 1 engagements1 in 148714631487
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Jajce, 1463Battle of Zvornik, 1464Battle of Baia, 1467Battle of Vilémov, 1469Siege of Vienna, 1485Siege of Retz, 1486Siege of Wiener Neustadt, 148714631487
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1463Siege of JajceJajce, Bosnia and HerzegovinaHungarian victory
1464Battle of ZvornikZvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina147 km EOttoman victory
15 December 1467Battle of BaiaBaia, Romania647 km NESee #Aftermath
26 February 1469Battle of VilémovCzechia829 km NWBohemian victory
29 January 1485Siege of ViennaVienna, Austria189 km SHungarian victory
4 October 1486Siege of RetzRetz, Austria68 km NWHungarian victory
13 January 1487Siege of Wiener NeustadtWiener Neustadt, Austria107 km SHungarian 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, Andrea Mantegna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.