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Events on Sunday 17 May 1395 2
1371 – 1395Maria, Queen of Hungary (1371-1395)Died 17 May 1395, aged 24Maria was Queen of Hungary and Croatia in her own right and wife of Sigismund of Luxembourg. She died following a riding accident while pregnant, ending a reign marked by baronial revolts against her rule. Her death passed the Hungarian throne fully to Sigismund.
1395Battle of RovineMircea I of Wallachia halts an Ottoman invasionWallachian forces under Mircea I met the invading army of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I at Rovine. The fighting was costly for both sides, but Bayezid withdrew without securing control of Wallachia. The battle preserved Wallachian autonomy in the face of Ottoman expansion into the Balkans.