Battle of Nicopolis
1396 · Event
One of the last large international crusades; Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I crushes a Franco-Hungarian army outside Nicopolis on the Danube.
On these timelines: Crusades, Major Religions, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Master, Eastern Europe & the Balkans
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