What the records say
- When
- 27 May 1456
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.52° N, 20.53° E
- Description
- 1456 part of the Ottoman-Albanian Wars
Battle of Oranik (1456)
Battle of the Albanian-Ottoman Wars
The Second Battle of Oranik took place during the spring of 1456 in the plains of Oranik. Moisi Arianit Golemi, lord of Debar, and one of Skanderbeg's officers, deserted to the Ottomans following the defeat at Berat in 1455. Golemi set off from Adrianople with an army to capture Albania but was swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Battle of Oronichea (1456): Ottoman Forces of 15,000 are sent to capture Albania, but are met and swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “вторая битва при Оранике (первая 1448 год)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page