Timeline of the Golden Horde
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This is a timeline of events involving the Golden Horde (1242–1502), from 1459 also known as the Great Horde.
13th century
[edit]For pre-1242 events involving Mongols in Europe, see Timeline of the Mongol Empire § 13th century
1240s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1242 | Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol Empire forces the Second Bulgarian Empire to pay tribute[1] | |
spring | Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongol forces retreat after receiving news of Ögedei Khan's death; Batu Khan stays at the Volga River and his brother Orda Khan returns to Mongolia[2] | |
The Golden Horde stretches from the Chu River to the Danube[3] | ||
Yaroslav II of Vladimir visits Sarai and submits to Batu Khan for confirmation of his office[4] | ||
1245 | December | Daniel of Galicia visits Sarai and submits to Batu Khan for confirmation of his office[5] |
Golden Horde carries out census of Ruthenian lands[6] | ||
1246 | 20 September | Michael of Chernigov visits Sarai, but refuses to (fully) submit to Batu Khan and is executed[5] |
Yaroslav II of Vladimir is poisoned by Oghul Qaimish in Karakorum and dies[4] | ||
1248 | 20 April | Güyük Khan dies on his way to confront Batu Khan and his wife Oghul Qaimish becomes regent[7] |
1250s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1251 | Möngke Khan grants Berke Georgia[8] | |
1255 | Batu Khan constructs Sarai[9] | |
Batu Khan dies and is succeeded by his son Sartaq Khan, who dies soon after, and then Ulaghchi[10] | ||
1256 | Daniel of Galicia expels Mongol garrisons from his territory[2] | |
Golden Horde carries out census of Ruthenian lands[6] | ||
1257 | Ulaghchi dies and Berke, a Muslim, succeeds him[8] | |
1258 | Novgorod rebels and is defeated[11] | |
1259 | Second Mongol invasion of Poland: Berke and Boroldai invade Poland and Daniel of Galicia flees, however his sons and brother Vasilko of Galicia join the Mongols to plunder Lithuania and Polish territories[2] | |
Golden Horde elements in Bukhara rebel and Alghu suppresses them[8] |
1260s
[edit]1270s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1273 | Golden Horde carries out census of Ruthenian lands[6] | |
Byzantine–Mongol alliance: Nogai Khan assists the Byzantines against Bulgaria[20] | ||
1279 | Byzantine–Mongol alliance: Nogai Khan assists the Byzantines against Bulgaria[20] |
1280s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1280 | Mengu-Timur dies and his brother Tode Mongke succeeds him[21] | |
George I of Bulgaria submits to the Golden Horde[20] | ||
1282 | Byzantine–Mongol alliance: Nogai Khan sends forces to Byzantium to assist them against Thessaly[20] | |
1283 | Tode Mongke converts to Islam and starts neglecting state affairs and as a result Köchü and Nogai Khan become co-khans[22] | |
1284 | Golden Horde invades Bulgaria and annexes Isaccea[20] | |
1285 | Second Mongol invasion of Hungary: Golden Horde invades Hungary and reaches as far as Pest before being defeated and forced to retreat[23] | |
1287 | 6 December | Third Mongol invasion of Poland: Golden Horde invades Poland[23] |
Köchü is overthrown and Talabuga becomes khan[22] | ||
1288 | February | Third Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces are defeated and forced to retreat[23] |
1289 | Rostov rebels and is defeated[13] |
1290s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1291 | Mengu-Timur's fifth son Toqta flees to the Ilkhanate which helps him seize the throne[22] | |
Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde: Serbia submits to the Golden Horde[20] | ||
1293 | Golden Horde sacks Sandomierz[24] | |
1295 | Golden Horde invades Bulgaria[20] | |
1296 | Nogai Khan rebels against Toqta[22] | |
1298 | Nogai Khan sacks Caffa[25] | |
1299 | Toqta defeats Nogai Khan[22] |
14th century
[edit]1300s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1300 | Chaka, son of Nogai Khan, is murdered by Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria to appease Toqta[26] | |
1305 | Golden Horde raids Leles[24] | |
1308 | Toqta sacks Caffa[25] |
1310s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1312 | Toqta dies[22] | |
1313 | Toqta's nephew Öz Beg Khan seizes the throne, prohibits Buddhism among the elite, and applies Islamization among the Mongols.[22] | |
1318 | Öz Beg Khan attacks the Ilkhanate[22] |
1320s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1320 | Mubarak Khwaja of the White Horde converts to Islam[27] | |
Golden Horde attacks Thrace[20] | ||
1321 | Golden Horde attacks Thrace[20] | |
1324 | Öz Beg Khan attacks Thrace and the Ilkhanate[22][20] | |
1326 | Golden Horde raids Hungary[28] | |
1327 | Tver Uprising of 1327: citizens of the Principality of Tver rebelled against the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde and its Muscovite and Suzdalian allies organised a punitive expedition to the Tver principality and put the revolt down.[13] |
1330s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1330 | Basarab I of Wallachia allies with the Golden Horde[26] | |
1335 | Öz Beg Khan attacks the Ilkhanate[22] | |
1338 | Golden Horde is ravaged by the Black Death[21] | |
1339 | Golden Horde starts receiving 24,000 ding of paper currency annually from the Yuan dynasty[22] |
1340s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1340 | Golden Horde sacks Sandomierz[29] | |
1341 | Öz Beg Khan dies and is succeeded by his son Tini Beg[30] | |
1342 | Tini Beg is overthrown by his brother Jani Beg[21] | |
1345 | Hungary attacks the Golden Horde[31] | |
1346 | Hungary forces the Golden Horde back to the Black Sea coasts[31] | |
1347 | Siege of Caffa: The Genoese possession of Caffa, a great trade emporium on the Crimean Peninsula, came under siege by an army of Mongol warriors under the command of Janibeg. An epidemic of bubonic plague had been ravaging Central Asia before the conflict in Caffa. Brought across the Silk Road, the Mongols used disease-infected corpses as a biological weapon. The corpses were catapulted over the city walls, infecting the inhabitants.[32] |
1350s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1352 | March | Golden Horde and Ruthenian allies attack Poland and capture Lublin[29] |
1357 | Jani Beg is overthrown by his son Berdi Beg[30] | |
1359 | Berdi Beg is overthrown by his brother Qulpa.[30] Beginning ot the Great Troubles. |
1360s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1360 | Qulpa is overthrown by his brother Nawruz Beg and the Blue Horde rebels and seizes power in Sarai[30] | |
1361 | Nawruz Beg is overthrown by Khidr Khan ibn Sasibuqa Khan[27] | |
1362 | Mamai sets up puppet khans and rules from the Sea of Azov[30] | |
1363 | Battle of Blue Waters: Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Golden Horde and vassalizes Ruthenian princes in the Dnieper region[13] |
1370s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1373 | Urus Khan overthrows the lineage of Khidr Khan ibn Sasibuqa Khan[27] | |
1376 | Tokhtamysh takes Sarai.[33] | |
1378 | 11 August | Battle of the Vozha River: Dmitry Donskoy defeats a Mongol detachment[34] |
Tokhtamysh overthrows the lineage of Urus Khan and leads the Turkic Blue Horde west[30] |
1380s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1380 | Golden Horde starts passing decrees in Turkish language[21] | |
8 September | Battle of Kulikovo: A largely Muscovite army led by Dmitri Donskoi defeated Mongol warlord Mamai in a pyrrhic victory at Kulikovo field.[35][30] Mamai's Tverian allies never showed up, his Lithuanian and Riazani allies arrived too late to take part, but did harass the victorious Muscovite troops as they returned to Moscow.[35] | |
1381 | Battle of the Kalka River (1381): Tokhtamysh defeated Mamai, becoming the undisputed khan of the Golden Horde, and ending the war of succession that had been raging ever since 1359.[36][30] | |
1382 | 26 August | Siege of Moscow (1382): khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde and his allied Rus' princes of Tver, Riazan, and Nizhniy Novgorod besieged and sacked Moscow. The princes of Nizhniy Novgorod tricked the Muscovite citizens into surrendering the city, after which Moscow was immediately sacked.[37] Thereafter, Tokhtamysh' troops sacked surrounding towns including Serpukhov, Pereyaslavl, and Kolomna,[38][39] and on their way home southwards also the principality of Riazan.[38][34] |
1383 | Tokhtamysh defeats the Lithuanians at Poltava[40] | |
1387 | Golden Horde loses control of the Black Sea coast[41] |
1390s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1391 | 18 June | Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur attacked the Golden Horde and defeats Tokhtamysh[42][43] |
1395 | 15 April | Battle of the Terek River: Timur sacked New Sarai and Tokhtamysh was overthrown; Edigu seized power and set up Temür Qutlugh as puppet khan[30] |
1397 | Tokhtamysh fled to Lithuania, where Vytautas allowed him to stay at Vilnius[44] | |
1399 | 12 August | Battle of the Vorskla River: Temür Qutlugh of the Golden Horde and Mongol warlord Edigu defeated the forces of grand prince Vytautas of Lithuania, Mongol warlord Tokhtamysh, and their allies. Tokhtamysh was forced to flee.[45][46] |
15th century
[edit]1400s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1405 | Tokhtamysh is killed by Shadi Beg's troops.[45] | |
1408 | Edigu attacked Moscow and extracted a ransom before retreating.[47][45] | |
The Nogai Horde emerges under Taibuga[48] |
1410s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1411 | The Golden Horde starts splintering; effective end of the Golden Horde[30] | |
1412 | Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh reclaims the Golden Horde with Lithuanian support[45] | |
1413 | Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh is murdered by his brother Karim Berdi[45] | |
1418 | Yeremferden seizes control of the Golden Horde[45] |
1420s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1428 | The Uzbek Khanate emerges under Abu'l-Khayr Khan[49] |
1430s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1430 | The Great Horde emerges[50] |
1440s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1445 | The Khanate of Kazan emerges under Ulugh Muhammad[30] | |
1449 | The Crimean Khanate emerges under Hacı I Giray[30] |
1450s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1453 | The Qasim Khanate emerges under Qasim Khan[30] | |
1458 | The Kazakh Khanate emerges under Janibek Khan and Kerei[51] |
1460s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1466 | The Astrakhan Khanate emerges under Mahmud bin Küchük's descendants[50] |
1470s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1474 | Ahmed Khan bin Küchük commands the Grand Duchy of Moscow to give tribute but is denied[52] | |
1476 | Ivan III of Moscow refuses to pay tribute to the Golden Horde[52] |
1480s
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1480 | 8 October – 28 November | Great Stand on the Ugra River: armies of Muscovy and the Great Horde confronted each other without fighting and then simultaneously retreated.[53] Although long hailed as the "end of the Tatar yoke" in traditional Russian historiography, the event changed little in Muscovite–Horde relations.[53] |
16th century
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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1502 | The Crimean Khanate destroys the Great Horde[54] |
Gallery
[edit]- Golden Horde raid at Ryazan
- Golden Horde raid at Kyev
- Golden Horde raid at Kozelsk
- Golden Horde raid Vladimir
- Golden Horde raid Suzdal
- Tokhtamysh besieges Moscow
See also
[edit]- Timeline of the Yuan dynasty
- Timeline of the Ilkhanate
- Timeline of the Chagatai Khanate
- Timeline of Mongolian history
- Timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire
References
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- ^ a b c d Atwood 2004, p. 79.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 201.
- ^ a b Vernadsky 1953, p. 142.
- ^ a b Atwood 2004, p. 479.
- ^ a b c Atwood 2004, p. 205.
- ^ Twitchett 1994, p. 389.
- ^ a b c Atwood 2004, p. 202.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 203.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 37.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 48.
- ^ a b Twitchett 1994, p. 412.
- ^ a b c d Atwood 2004, p. 480.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 226.
- ^ a b c Jackson 2005, p. 202.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 234.
- ^ Nicol 1993, p. 81.
- ^ Atwood 2004, p. 122.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Atwood 2004, p. 206.
- ^ a b c Jackson 2005, p. 205.
- ^ a b Jackson 2005, p. 206.
- ^ a b Jackson 2005, p. 305.
- ^ a b Jackson 2005, p. 204.
- ^ a b c Atwood 2004, p. 42.
- ^ Jackson 2005, p. 212.
- ^ a b Jackson 2005, p. 210.
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- ^ a b Jackson 2005, p. 213.
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- ^ Christian 2018, p. 55.
- ^ a b Atwood 2004, p. 481.
- ^ a b Halperin 1987, p. 73–74.
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- ^ Halperin 1987, p. 74–75, 119.
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- ^ Halperin 1987, p. 59.
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