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Holy Roman Empire - Battle of Lechfeld

Time: Sunday Aug 10, 955

Place: Lechfeld plain, near Augsburg, Bavaria

Details: In 955, Otto won a decisive victory over the Magyars (Hungarians) in the Battle of Lechfeld. The Battle of Lechfeld was a series of military engagements over the course of three days from 10–12 August 955 in which the German forces of King Otto I the Great annihilated a Hungarian army led by harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél and Súr. With this German victory, further invasions by the Magyars into Latin Europe were ended.

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