Location:
Hungary
Coordinates:
47.4979, 19.0402
Events at Buda (6)
1242
ID: 5551
King BΓ©la IV begins reconstruction after Mongol withdrawal, builds stone castles, invites settlers
ID: 5551
1370
ID: 5553
Louis I the Great becomes King of Poland too, Hungary reaches greatest territorial extent
ID: 5553
1433
ID: 5554
King Sigismund crowned Holy Roman Emperor, having already been King of Hungary, Germany, and Bohemia
ID: 5554
1458
ID: 5556
Matthias Corvinus becomes king, creates Europe's second largest library and professional Black Army
ID: 5556
1541
ID: 5558
Buda falls to Ottomans - Hungary divided into Ottoman Hungary, Royal Hungary (Habsburg), and Principality of Transylvania
ID: 5558
1686
ID: 5561
Buda liberated from Ottomans after 145 years by Habsburg-led Holy League forces
ID: 5561