battle, medieval

Battle of Baziaș

Name: Battle of Baziaș
Location: Baziaș, Romania

Battle of Baziaș was a battle fought in 1460 at Baziaș, in what is now Romania. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Baziaș. It was part of the Hungarian–Ottoman War, which ran from 1454 to 1483. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 20,000.

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Fought1460

WhereBaziaș, Romania44.816N, 21.390E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman Empireagainst22px Kingdom of Hungary

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy

Part ofHungarian–Ottoman War1454 to 1483

Record

Date	1460 (year precision)
Place	Baziaș, Romania 44.816N, 21.390E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	3,000	20,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy
Commanders	Mihaloğlu Ali Bey Mihaloğlu İskender Pasha	Michael Szilágyi

Placed at Baziaș; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Braničevo 1154, 17 km SE
Battles of Viminacium AD 599, 21 km SW
Siege of Golubac 1428, 27 km SE
Battle of Pancsova 1849, 61 km W
Siege of Belgrade 1456, 73 km W

Elsewhere in 1460

Battle of Wakefield United Kingdom
Battle of Northampton United Kingdom
Siege of Trebizond in 1461 Turkey
Battle of Worksop United Kingdom
Capture of Roxburgh United Kingdom

Battle of Baziaș is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 124 in present-day Romania.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q134172224, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pozazin, revision 1381996579, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.