The 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald, considered one of the most important battles of Medieval Europe, will be celebrated in Poland on July 13, 2010 with reenactments.

King Władysaw Jagiełło lead an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, against the Knights of the Teutonic Order. The Order was decisively defeated in this battle and never regained its previous power.

In the painting, by Jan Matejko, one of Poland’s greatest artists, you find the Grand Master of the Order at the middle left being slain. King Jagiełło is in red to the right.