The Battle of Gvozd Mountain (Peter´s Mountain) was probably the biggest and bloodiest single-day battle of middle ages. It was also a decisive evant for history of Croatia and Hungary. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

The battle took place on the year of 1097 and was fought on Mount Gvozd in central Croatia, between the army of King Peter II of Croatia and King Coloman I of Hungary. Events Edgar I deposes Donald III to become king of Scotland. ...

In an attempt to conquer Kingdom of Croatia, the Hungarian army crossed the river Drava and invade the Croatian territory, trying to reach the Adriatic coast. King Peter II of Croatia and his army then moved from his residency at Knin castle in an attempt to defend his Kingdom from Hungarians. The two armies met each other on the area of Mount Gvozd and sorounding fields. The clash of two armies was so fierce that the King Peter was killed during the battle. The outcome was tragic for his army becouse this battle marked the end of independent mediaval Kingdom of Croatia. For centuries to come Croatia become part of Hungarian state. Jump to: navigation, search This is the history of Croatia. ... Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from Alto Adige, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast, forming most of the Croatian-Hungarian border before joining the Danube near Osijek. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is the history of Croatia. ...

After the battle was over, the battlefield looked extremly shocking: in one day 30.000 soldiers died on that place, among them 20.000 Croatians, including the King.

This bloody mountain is later named Peter´s Mountain, in honor of the King Peter II of Croatia.