List of Serbian–Ottoman conflicts

Serbian–Ottoman wars
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Date October 1352 – 30 May 1913 (560 years and 7 months) Location Balkans Result Serbia under Ottoman rule for centuries, ultimately regained independence in the 19th century
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Serbian Empire Moravian Serbia Serbian Despotate Revolutionary Serbia Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Serbia Supported by: Habsburg Monarchy Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro Principality of Montenegro Kingdom of Montenegro Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Sultan	Serbian Kings Serbian Emperor Serbian Despot

These Serbian–Ottoman conflicts (or Serbian–Turkish conflicts) include those of medieval Serbia against the Ottoman Empire, until World War I.

Middle Ages

Early encounters

• Battle of Demotika in October 1352

Fall of the Serbian Empire

• Battle of Maritsa in September 1371
• Battle of Dubravnica in 1381
• Battle of Pločnik in 1386
• Battle of Kosovo in 1389

Serbian Despotate

• Battle of Tripolje in 1402
• Siege of Novo Brdo in 1412
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1425
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1427
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1437
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1438
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1439–44)
• Crusade of Varna
  • Battle of Nish (1443)
  • Battle of Zlatitsa in 1443
  • Battle of Kunovica in 1444
  • Siege of Smederevo in 1453
• Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1454–55)
  • Battle of Leskovac in 1454
  • Battle of Kruševac in 1454
• Ottoman invasion and conquest of Serbia in 1459
  • Siege of Belgrade in 1456
  • Siege of Smederevo in 1456
  • Siege of Smederevo (1459)

In 1471, the Serbian Despotate was renewed in exile as a vassal of Hungary. Up until its demise in 1540, it spent its entirety fighting the Turks. The state provided support and auxiliary troops to the Kingdom of Hungary.

Ottoman period

Ottoman Serbia

• Jovan Nenad's uprising (1526–1527)
• Long War (Ottoman wars) (1593–1606)
  • Banat Uprising (1594)
  • Serb Uprising of 1596–97
• Great Turkish War (1683–99)
  • Pirot uprising (1737–38)
• Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion (1788)

19th century

• Serbian Revolution
  • First Serbian Uprising
  • Hadži Prodan's Revolt
  • Second Serbian Uprising
• Herzegovina Uprising (1852–62)
• Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77)
• Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878)
  • First Serbian–Ottoman War
  • Second Serbian–Ottoman War

20th century

• First Balkan War (1912–1913)
• World War I (1914–1918)

See also

• List of wars involving Serbia
• List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman wars in Europe

References

• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• "Serbia". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
• Pavlowitch, Stevan K. (2002). Serbia: The History behind the Name. London: Hurst & Company. ISBN 9781850654773.