20 events with tag "Mongols"
1206
ID: 4735
Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan - unites Mongol tribes, begins creating largest land empire in history
ID: 4735
1211
ID: 4736
Mongols invade Jin Dynasty China - begin systematic conquest using Chinese siege engineers
ID: 4736
1219
ID: 4737
Mongols invade Khwarazmian Empire - Genghis Khan destroys Bukhara, Samarkand after caravan massacre
ID: 4737
1223
ID: 4738
Battle of Kalka River - Mongol reconnaissance force under Jebe and Subutai crushes Russian princes
ID: 4738
1227
ID: 4739
Death of Genghis Khan - dies conquering Western Xia, empire divided among four sons
ID: 4739
1237
ID: 4740
Mongols invade Russia - Batu Khan destroys Ryazan, Kiev, begins Golden Horde domination
ID: 4740
1241
ID: 4741
Battle of Legnica - Mongols defeat Polish-German army, collect nine sacks of ears
ID: 4741
1241
ID: 4742
Battle of Mohi - Mongols annihilate Hungarian army, use gunpowder weapons in Europe
ID: 4742
1241
ID: 4743
Death of Ogedei Khan saves Europe - Mongol armies withdraw for succession kurultai, never return in force
ID: 4743
1241
ID: 45
April 9, 1241
Battle of Legnica - Mongols defeat Polish and German knights, Europe saved only by Ogedei Khan's death
ID: 45
1258
ID: 48
Mongols sack Baghdad - end of Islamic Golden Age, destruction of House of Wisdom
ID: 48
1258
ID: 4744
Mongols sack Baghdad - Hulagu Khan destroys House of Wisdom, kills 800,000, ends Islamic Golden Age
ID: 4744
1260
ID: 4745
Battle of Ain Jalut - Mamluks defeat Mongols for first time, Mongol expansion finally stopped
ID: 4745
1260
ID: 5078
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo depart Venice - Marco's father and uncle begin first journey to East, reach Kublai Khan's court
ID: 5078
1266
ID: 5079
Polo brothers meet Kublai Khan - Great Khan asks them to bring oil from Jerusalem and 100 learned Christians
ID: 5079
1274
ID: 4746
First Mongol invasion of Japan - kamikaze (divine wind) destroys invasion fleet
ID: 4746
1281
ID: 4747
Second Mongol invasion of Japan - larger kamikaze destroys 4,400 ships, 100,000 troops
ID: 4747
1370
ID: 4748
Timur seizes power in Transoxiana - claims descent from Genghis Khan, begins rebuilding Mongol Empire
ID: 4748
1480
ID: 4755
Great Stand on Ugra River - Ivan III faces down Golden Horde, ends Mongol domination of Russia
ID: 4755
1552
ID: 5981
October 2, 1552
Ivan the Terrible conquers Kazan Khanate - breaks Mongol-Tatar power, opens Siberia to Russian expansion
ID: 5981