What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 1462
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.92° N, 25.46° E
- Description
- 1462 battle between Vlad III's Wallachia and Mehmed II's Ottoman Empire
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Night attack at Târgoviște
1462 Wallachian battle with the Ottomans
The night attack at Târgoviște was a battle fought between forces of Prince Vlad III of Wallachia and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The battle started after Mehmed II, who already had tense relations with Vlad, discovered his alliance with Hungary's king Matthias Corvinus and ordered his forces to ambush him. Vlad foiled the attack and invaded Bulgaria.
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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 “In the "Night Attack at Târgoviște", Vlad the Impaler ("Dracula") attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vlad l’Empaleur attaque le camp turc par surprise dans la nuit du 17 au 18 juin pour tenter de s’emparer du sultan, mais doit se replier”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page