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Battle of Vaslui

Battle of Vaslui was a battle fought on 10 January 1475 at Vaslui, in what is now Romania. It was part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, which ran from 1366 to 1526. The recorded result: Moldavian victory.

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Map of the w:Battle of Vaslui, showing major movements and attacks.
Map of the w:Battle of Vaslui, showing major movements and attacks.. Bogdan derivative work: Rafy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought10 January 1475
WhereVaslui, Romania46.605N, 27.745E
OutcomeMoldavian victory
BelligerentsMoldavia; Kingdom of Poland; Kingdom of HungaryagainstOttoman Empire; Wallachia
Part ofOttoman–Hungarian Wars1366 to 1526

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

Battle of Zajkány, 1442Battle of Kosovo, 1448Battle of Zvornik, 1464Battle of Vaslui, 1475Battle of Breadfield, 1479Ottoman invasion of Otranto, 148114421481Battle of Vaslui, 1475
6 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date10 January 1475
PlaceVaslui, Romania
46.605N, 27.745E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength30,000–40,000 Moldavians according to the Polish Chronicle; 5,000 Székelys; 2,000–5,000 Wallachians; 2,000 Poles; 1,800 Hungarians; 20 cannons; 40,000 according to Kármán Gábor60,000–120,000 Ottomans according to the Polish Chronicle; 17,000 Wallachians; 30,000 according to Kármán Gábor
Casualties and losses~5,000 killed and wounded~40,000–100,000 killed; 4,000 captured; (According to Venetian and Polish records)
Commanders
  • Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)
  • Basarab Laiotă
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The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Vaslui
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Vaslui today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-10-21. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 90 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 84 to 399 m, 315 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 51% cropland, 22% tree cover, 18% grassland.

cropland: 51%tree cover: 22%grassland: 18%built-up: 8%cropland 51%tree cover 22%grassland 18%built-up 8%
west to east, 10.0 km87 to 250 mnorth to south, 10.0 km89 to 225 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1475

Battle of Vaslui 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 Q1073358, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vaslui, revision 1370592221, 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.