Battle of Nicopolis

The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy, at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. It is often referred to as the Crusade of Nicopolis as it was one of the last big Crusades of the Middle Ages, together with the Crusade of Varna in 1443–1444. By their victory at Nicopolis, the Turks discouraged the formation of European coalitions against them. They maintained their pressure on Constantinople, tightened their control over the Balkans, and became a greater threat to Central Europe.

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Crusade of Nicopolis
battle, Ottoman Empire, Principality of Wallachia, Moravian Serbia, Second Bulgarian Empire, 

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477 Battle of the Utus

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1877 Battle of Nikopol

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	477	Battle of the Utus	Byzantine Empire, battle, Hunnic Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1396	Battle of Nicopolis	Ottoman Empire, battle, Principality of Wallachia, Moravian Serbia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1877	Battle of Nikopol	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
site	fort		Turnu Fortress	fortress, building	Wikidata
site	fort	1100	Nikopol Fortress	fortress, museum	Wikidata