History of the Serbian–Turkish wars

Serbian–Ottoman wars

Serbian–Ottoman wars
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Serbian-Ottoman Wars
Date 26 September 1371 - 30 May 1913 Location Kosovo, Moravian Serbia, Macedonia, Moravian Serbia Result Ottoman victory at the beginning, Serbia liberated later
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Serbian Principality Kingdom of Serbia Serbian Empire Serbian Despotate
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Sultan	Serbian Kings Serbian Emperor Serbian Despot
Casualties and losses
Sultan Murad I and the bulk of his troops	Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and the bulk of his troops

Military of the Ottoman Empire
Armed forces
Sipahi Voynuks Akıncı Timariot Janissary Nizam-ı Cedid Mansure Army Navy Military aviation
Conflicts
European Near East Bulgarian Byzantine Croatian Habsburg Persian Polish Russian Serbian Venetian Portuguese Sieges and landings Wars Battles Cities conquered
See also
Conscription Reform Naval treaties Weapons Kapudan Pashas Tersâne-i Âmire

The Serbian-Turkish wars were a series of armed conflicts and wars fought between the Serbia and the Ottoman Empire.

Early encounters

• Battle of Gallipoli in 1312
• Battle of Stephaniana in 1344
• Battle of Demotika in October 1352

Fall of the Serbian Empire

• Battle of Maritsa on 26 September 1371
• Battle of Dubravnica in 1381
• Battle of Pločnik in 1386
• Battle of Savra in 1385
• Battle of Bileća in 1388 (Aiding Bosnia)
• Battle of Kosovo in 1389

Serbian Despotate

• Battle of Tripolje in 1402 (Serbian Despotate victory over rebel Serbs backed by Ottoman troops)
• Siege of Novo Brdo in 1412
• Crusade of Varna in 1443
• Battle of Kosovo (1448)
• Battle of Kruševac in 1454
• Battle of Leskovac in 1454
• Siege of Belgrade in 1456
• conquest of Serbia in 1459
• conquest of Montenegro in 1499

In 1471, a renewed Serbian principality as a vassal of Hungary was created. Up until its demise in 1540, it spent its entirety fighting the Turks. The state usually provided support and auxiliary troops to the Kingdom of Hungary.

• Battle of Breadfield in 1479

Duchy of Saint Sava

• Siege of Jajce in 1463

Vassals to the Ottomans

• Battle of Nicopolis in 1396

Serbian rebellions

• Long War (Ottoman wars) (1593–1606)
• Banat Uprising (1594)
• Great Turkish War (1683–1699)
• Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion (1788)
• Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878)

Liberation of Serbia

• First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813)
  • Battle of Ivankovac
  • Battle of Mišar
  • Battle of Deligrad
  • Siege of Belgrade
  • Battle of Čegar
  • Battle of Salaš
  • Battle of Čokešini
  • Battle of Loznica
  • Battle of Varvarin
  • Battle of Negotin
  • Battle of Štubik
  • Battle of Malajnica
• Second Serbian Uprising in 1815
  • Battle of Ljubić
• Serbo-Montenegrin-Turkish War (1858–1862)
  • Battle of Grahovac in 1858
• Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877): Ottoman victory, no territorial changes due to threats of Russian intervention
  • • Battle of Izvor
    • Battle of Šumatovac
    • Battle of Veliki Šiljegovac
    • Battle of Krevet
    • Battle of Đunis
    • Battle of Javor
• Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
  • Serbian-Ottoman War (1877-1878): Serbian victory, Turkey cedes Nish and surrounding land to Principality of Serbia
    • Siege of Pirot
    • Siege of Niš
    • Battle of Samokovo
  • Montenegrin-Ottoman War (1876-1878)
    • Battle of Vučji Do (18 July 1876)
    • Battle of Fundina (2 August 1877)
    • Battle of Medun
    • Battle of Trijebca
    • Battle of Spuž
    • Battle of Doljani
• First Balkan War (1912–1913)
  • Battle of Kumanovo
  • Battle of Prilep
  • Battle of Bitola
  • Siege of Adrianople
  • Siege of Scutari

Decline

Serbia and the Ottoman empire fought on opposing sides in World War I.