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Battle of Nicopolis

Name: Battle of Nicopolis
Start: 1396-09-25
Location: Nikopol, Bulgaria

Battle of Nicopolis was a battle fought on 25 September 1396 at Nikopol, in what is now Bulgaria. It was part of the Hungarian–Ottoman War, which ran from 1389 to 1396. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought25 September 1396

WhereNikopol, Bulgaria43.706N, 24.896E

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman Sultanate; Moravian SerbiaagainstCrusade: Kingdom of Hungary; Holy Roman Empire; Kingdom of France; Duchy of Burgundy; Kingdom of Croatia; Principality of Wallachia; Knights Hospitaller; Republic of Venice; Republic of Genoa; Tsardom of Vidin; Teutonic Knights; Byzantine Empire; County of Cilli; District of Branković

Part ofHungarian–Ottoman War1389 to 1396

Record

Date	25 September 1396
Place	Nikopol, Bulgaria 43.706N, 24.896E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Territorial change	Crusader failure to capture Nicopolis from the Ottomans
Commanders	Bayezid I Çandarlı Ali Pasha Evrenos Stefan Lazarević	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Mircea the Elder Stibor of Stiboricz Nicholas II Garai Philip of Artois, Count of Eu Jean II Le Maingre

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Nikopol 1877, 1.2 km SW
Battle of the Utus AD 477, 20 km SW
Siege of Plevna 1877, 40 km SW
Battle of Svistov 1877, 42 km E
Battle of Sara Yar 1868, 49 km SE

Elsewhere in 1396

Battle of the North Inch United Kingdom

Battle of Nicopolis is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 118 in present-day Bulgaria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q212220, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nicopolis, revision 1382477516, 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.