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The Kosovo field was the site of the Battle of Kosovo in June 1389, the battlefield northwest of Prishtina where an army led by Prince Lazar of Serbia fought the Ottoman army. It is for this field, and the battle, that the Kosovo region and contemporary Kosovo, and in turn the historical Kosovo Vilayet and Yugoslav Kosovo and Metohija is named ...
The battle was fought on the Kosovo field in the territory ruled by Serbian nobleman Vuk Branković, in what is today Kosovo, about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northwest of the modern city of Pristina.
- 15 June 1389
- Inconclusive, Tactical draw, Mutual heavy losses, Depletion of Serbian available manpower in future campaigns
Battle of Kosovo, Kosovo also spelled Kossovo, (June 28 [June 15, Old Style], 1389), battle fought at Kosovo Polje ("Field of the Blackbirds"; now in Kosovo) between the armies of the Serbian prince Lazar and the Turkish forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I (reigned 1360–89) that left both leaders killed and ended in a Turkish victory, the ...
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Jun 15, 2023 · Battle of Kosovo Field, June 15, 1389. On June 15, 1389, the battle of Kosovo Field (northwest of Pristina) took place. It involved, on the one hand, a united Christian army, which met the Ottomans marching against Moravian Serbia, accompanied by combat units of the Ottoman vassals.
The Second Battle of Kosovo ( Hungarian: második rigómezei csata, Turkish: İkinci Kosova Muharebesi) was a land battle between a Hungarian -led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448. It was the culmination of a Hungarian offensive to avenge the defeat at Varna four years earlier.
The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски бој or Бој на Косову was fought on St Vitus' Day (June 15, now celebrated on June 28) 1389 between the coalition of Christian Serb lords and the Ottoman Empire . Reliable historical accounts of this battle are scarce, however a critical examination of them and comparison ...
views 3,390,305 updated. Kosovo Field (kô´sôvô), Serbian Kosovo Polje [field of the black birds], WSW of Priština, Kosovo, site of a battle in which the Turks under Sultan Murad I defeated Serbia and its Bosnian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian, and other allies in 1389.
