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I have put together this list of battles involving the Ottoman Empire between 1300 and 1500. I will try to make as many of them as possible. Play-testing for the first one on the list is already underway. If I have missed any out, or if you have come across recent studies with maps, orders of battle etc then please let me know. Zlatica 1443 and Jalowaz 1444 are of particular interest to me.

List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire

Bapheus 1301 - Byzantines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bapheus

Dimbos 1303 - Byzantines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dimbos

Pelekanon 1329 - Byzantines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pelekanon

Stephaniana 1344 - Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stephaniana

Ihtiman 1355 - Bulgarians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ihtiman

Adrianople 1365 - Byzantines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_ ... ple_(1365)

Maritsa 1371 - Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa

Dubravnica 1381 – Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dubravnica

Savra 1385 - Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savra

Plocnik 1386 – Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plo%C4%8Dnik

Bileca 1388 – Bosnians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bile%C4%87a

Kosovo 1389 – Serbians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo

Rovine 1395 – Wallachians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rovine

Ankara 1402 – Timurids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara

Zlatica 1443 – Hungarians

Torvioll 1444 – Albanians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Torvioll

Varna 1444 – Crusaders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna

Jalowaz 1444 – Hungarians and Serbs

2nd Kosovo 1448 – Hungarians and Wallachians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo_(1448)

Constantinople 1453 - Byzantines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople

Belgrade 1456 - Hungarians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1456)

Albulena 1457 - Albanians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uj%C3%ABbardha

Ohrid 1464 - Albanians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ohrid

Otlukbeli 1473 - Turkmens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Otlukbeli

Vaslui 1475 – Moldavians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui

Valea Alba 1476 – Moldavians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valea_Alba

Breadfield 1479 - Serbia/Hungary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Breadfield

Siege of Rhodes 1480 – Knights Hospitaller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1480)

Otranto 1480/1 - Italians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_in ... of_Otranto

Krbava Field 1493 - Croats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krbava_field

You're missing the Crusade of Nicopolis in 1396 which features Hungarians plus assorted Crusaders in what may be the most famous medieval battle with the Ottomans. The wikipedia entry <http> is a good starting point with a number of references. Tuchman is especially good for general background and the development of the crusade.

Chris

batesmotel wrote:You're missing the Crusade of Nicopolis in 1396 which features Hungarians plus assorted Crusaders in what may be the most famous medieval battle with the Ottomans. The wikipedia entry <http> is a good starting point with a number of references. Tuchman is especially good for general background and the development of the crusade.

Chris

Yes. I have left Nicopolis out, haven't I? Bit daft of me as it is one of the biggest battles. Also just come across Stephaniana 1344 (Turks v Serbs). "A Distant Mirror" - is that the Tuchman book that deals with the Ottomans? I think we have a copy of that in the library where I work.

A short account of Nicopolis here . . .

http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/pdfs/mhm2.pdf

I have done . . .

Bapheus 1301, Dimbos 1303, Pelekanon 1329, 1st Kosovo 1389, Nicopolis 1396, Ankara 1402 and Varna 1444

I have not done . . .

Stephaniana 1344, Ihtiman 1355, Adrianople 1365, Maritsa 1371, Dubravnica 1381, Savra 1385, Plocnik 1386, Bileca 1388, Rovine 1395, Zlatica 1443, Torvioll 1444, Jalowaz 1444, 2nd Kosovo 1448, Constantinople 1453, Belgrade 1456, Albulena 1457, Ohrid 1464, Otlukbeli 1473, Vaslui 1475, Valea Alba 1476, Breadfield 1479, Siege of Rhodes 1480, Otranto 1480/1 and Krbava Field 1493.

I am sort of "Ottoman-ed out" now, if you get my meaning. Many of the battles "not done" are either quite obscure, or have very little available in English about them. Others are sieges that are not really possible to do with FOG. I may return to do a few more of these next year but at the moment I have finished with my Ottoman endeavours.