What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1444
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.77° N, 20.37° E
- Description
- 1444 battle during an Albanian uprising against the Ottoman Empire
Battle of Torvioll
1444 battle of the Ottoman–Albanian wars
The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was fought on 29 June 1444 on the Plain of Torvioll, in what is now Albania. Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg was an Albanian nobleman who decided to return to his homeland and take the reins of a new Albanian league against the Ottoman Empire.
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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 Torvioll: Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İskender Bey, Torvioll Muharebesi'nde bir Osmanlı ordusunu yendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “победа албанцев над турками в битве при Нижней Дибре”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page