Battle of Varna
1444 · Event
Polish-Hungarian crusade against the Ottomans destroyed at Varna; King Władysław III killed; effectively ends crusader land campaigns into the Balkans.
On these timelines: Crusades, Major Religions, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Master
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