{"slug": "john-hunyadi", "label": "John Hunyadi", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunyadi", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242688", "qid": "Q242688", "description": "Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1446–1453", "entries": 19, "years": 13, "span": [1406, 1456], "span_label": ["1406 CE", "1456 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "serbia", "label": "Serbia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wadysaw-iii-of-poland", "label": "Władysław III of Poland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "romania", "label": "Romania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hungary", "label": "Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bucharest", "label": "Bucharest", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vlad-the-impaler", "label": "Vlad the Impaler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "albania", "label": "Albania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "skanderbeg", "label": "Skanderbeg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belgrade", "label": "Belgrade", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Iancu de Hunedoara – governor of Hungary (d. 1456)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#Births", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1440, "year_label": "1440 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – A rebellion in Hungary, instigated by Ladislaus Garai against the newly elected King Laszlo (who is also king of Poland), is ended when Garai's army is annihilated in a battle at Bátaszék by the troops of General János Hunyadi and of Nicholas of Ilok, ruler of Croatia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343605568#July–September", "title": "1440", "revid": 1343605568, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Battle of Hermannstadt: After seven days of fighting that began on March 18, John Hunyadi defeats an army of the Ottoman Empire (80,000 strong), led by Mezid Bey of Vidin, near Sibiu in what is now Romania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#January–March", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – John Hunyadi defeats another army of the Ottoman Empire (70,000 strong), led by Hadım Şehabeddin, Beylerbey (or governor) of Rumelia, near the Ialomița River. Following this, he places Basarab II as ruler of Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#July–September", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Battle of Niš: John Hunyadi and the army of the Crusade of Varna defeat three armies of the Ottoman Empire, and capture the city of Niš in modern-day Serbia; Skanderbeg deserts the Ottoman camp and goes to Albania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#October–December", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1444, "year_label": "1444 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Stephen II of Moldavia takes as co-ruler his step brother Petru, also brother-in-law to John Hunyadi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359067554#Date_unknown", "title": "1444", "revid": 1359067554, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1444, "year_label": "1444 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Battle of Kunovica is fought between the Christian crusaders, led by John Hunyadi, and the Muslim armies of the Ottoman Empire in what is now Serbia. After having retreated 10 days earlier following their loss in the Battle of Zlatitsa, Hunyadi and King Wladyslaw III of Hungary defeat the Ottoman forces and take several of their commanders as prisoners of war, including Mahmud Bey, son-in-law of the Sultan Murad II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359067554#January–March", "title": "1444", "revid": 1359067554, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – John Hunyadi is proclaimed regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislaus the Posthumous, with the title Regni Gubernator. His election is primarily promoted by the lesser nobility, but Hunyadi has by this time become one of the richest barons of the kingdom. His domains cover an area exceeding 800,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres). Hunyadi is one of the few contemporaneous barons who has spent a significant part of their revenues to finance the wars against the Ottomans, thus bearing a large share of the cost of fighting for many years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#April–June", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1447, "year_label": "1447 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 –Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated outside of Bucharest. Vladislav II succeeds him, with the assistance of John Hunyadi, beginning the Albanian–Venetian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486325#October_–_December", "title": "1447", "revid": 1359486325, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Roman II flees to Poland, when an army sent by John Hunyadi, and led by Csupor de Monoszló, comes to put Petru III on the throne of Moldavia. Petru dies suddenly, and Csupor takes on the throne for two months, as Ciubăr Vodă.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#Date_unknown", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – After three days of fighting at the Battle of Kosovo, Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi are defeated by the larger Ottoman force commanded by the Sultan Murad II", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#October–December", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Bogdan II of Moldavia enters the country with troops from John Hunyadi, and takes the throne after Alexăndrel flees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#October–December", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Janos Hunyadi, Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary during the minority of the 11-year-old king, Ladislaus V, signs a 3-year truce with the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#October–December", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Janos Hunyadi, Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary during the minority of the 11-year-old king, Ladislaus V, signs a peace treaty with the Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#October–December", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1454, "year_label": "1454 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – At the Battle of Kruševac, the Serbian Army, commanded by General Skobaljić with the assistance of troops from John Hunyadi and Đurađ Branković, destroys Ottoman invaders commanded by Feriz Beg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367365323#October–December", "title": "1454", "revid": 1367365323, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1455, "year_label": "1455 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – The conflict between Vladislav II of Wallachia and John Hunyadi escalates, so the latter decides to support Vlad the Impaler for the throne of Wallachia, the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371446040#October–December", "title": "1455", "revid": 1371446040, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and military leader (b. c. 1406)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#Deaths", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – At the Battle of Nándorfehérvár, the Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II. The noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III commemorates the victory throughout the Christian world (and hence is still rung). Hunyadi dies two months later when a plague sweeps the Hungarian camp.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#July–September", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje, regent for King Ladislas of Hungary and governor of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia, is assassinated the day after he had entered the fortress of Belgrade, apparently at the direction of Ladislaus Hunyadi, son of the late John Hunyadi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#October–December", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}