battle, medieval

Battle of Zvornik

Name: Battle of Zvornik
Location: Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Battle of Zvornik was a battle fought in 1464 at Zvornik, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Zvornik. It was part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, which ran from 1366 to 1526. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 500 (Garrison); 40,000 (siege relief army) against 30,000 (17,000 cavalry, 6,000 infantry, 7,000 crusaders).

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Fought1464

WhereZvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina44.383N, 19.100E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman Empireagainst22px Kingdom of Hungary

Casualties and lossesVery smallandMany soldiers and prisoners

Part ofOttoman–Hungarian Wars1366 to 1526

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

6 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1464 (year precision)
Place	Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.383N, 19.100E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	500 (Garrison); 40,000 (siege relief army)	30,000 (17,000 cavalry, 6,000 infantry, 7,000 crusaders)
Casualties and losses	Very small	Many soldiers and prisoners
Commanders	Mahmud Pasha Angelović Mihaloğlu Ali Bey Mihaloğlu İskender Pasha Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey	Matthias Corvinus Emeric Zápolya

Placed at Zvornik; 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 İzvornik 1717, same recorded site
Battle of Drina 1914, 16 km E
Battle of Loznica 1810, 21 km NE
Battle of Čokešina 1804, 37 km NE
Battle of Cer 1914, 39 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kosovo 17 October 1448
After: Battle of Vaslui 10 January 1475
All 6 engagements of Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

Elsewhere in 1464

Battle of Hexham United Kingdom
Battle of Hedgeley Moor United Kingdom
Battle of Ohrid North Macedonia
Siege of Jajce Bosnia and Herzegovina
Siege of Gerger Turkey

Battle of Zvornik is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 43 in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q120176387, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Zvornik (1464), revision 1379947151, 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.