Second Battle of Kosovo
October 17, 1448
John Hunyadi, Hungary's Transylvanian warlord, met Murad II on the same field where the Serbs had died in 1389. Three days of fighting ended in another Christian disaster. Hunyadi escaped, briefly a prisoner of a Serbian despot. The Balkans were now, irrevocably, Ottoman territory waiting to be organized. The defeat ended Hungary's ability to project offensive power into the Balkans, leaving defense to desperate border garrisons.
In context
Also in 1448 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1447: Nicholas V Elected Pope
- After: 1449: French Recover Rouen
Before and after in War
- Before: November 10, 1444: Battle of Varna
- After: 1449: Tumu Crisis
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.