Timeline Thursday 11 April 1241

Events on Thursday 11 April 1241 1

• 1241 Battle of Mohi Mongol army destroys the Hungarian royal host at the Sajo River Subutai and Batu Khan's forces crushed the army of King Bela IV of Hungary at the Sajo River near Mohi, inflicting catastrophic losses on the Hungarian nobility. Bela IV fled westward, and the Mongols subsequently overran and devastated much of the Hungarian plain. The defeat remains one of the deadliest in medieval Hungarian history.