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Battle of Nicopolis

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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Battle of Nicopolis
Sébastien Mamerot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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

Date25 September 1396
PlaceNikopol, Bulgaria
43.706N, 24.896E
KindBattle, medieval
Territorial changeCrusader failure to capture Nicopolis from the Ottomans
Commanders
  • Bayezid I
  • Çandarlı Ali Pasha
  • Evrenos
  • Stefan Lazarević
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Nicopolis
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 Nicopolis today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-06-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 29 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 16 to 218 m, 203 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 43% cropland, 21% tree cover, 16% grassland.

cropland: 43%tree cover: 21%grassland: 16%water: 15%built-up: 5%cropland 43%tree cover 21%grassland 16%water 15%built-up 5%
west to east, 10.0 km18 to 185 mnorth to south, 10.0 km18 to 209 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

Elsewhere in 1396

Battle of Nicopolis is one of 600 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 126 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.