Battle of Rovine

When

17 May 1395

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.00° N, 22.00° E

Description

1395 battle between the Ottomans and Wallachians

Placed at the point Wikidata gives for Ottoman Wars in Europe.

1395 battle between the Ottomans and Wallachians

The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395. The Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea the Elder opposed the Ottoman invasion personally led by Sultan Bayezid I the Thunderbolt. The Turkish force heavily outnumbered the Wallachian troops.

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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 “Battle of Rovine: Wallachia resists an invasion by the Ottomans and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eflak Prensliği ile Osmanlı Devleti arasında Rovine Muharebesi yapıldı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der walachische Woiwode Mircea cel Bătrân besiegt die Osmanen unter Bayezid I. in der Schlacht von Rovine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “بمساعدة الهنغاريين تتمكن الأفلاق من صد العثمانيين في معركة روفين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page