Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans
1371 CE – 1459 CE · 88 years
The Ottomans systematically conquered the Balkans over nearly a century, culminating in the fall of Serbia — reshaping southeastern Europe for the next five centuries.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Ottoman Empire
- Serbian Empire, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine remnants
Key moments
Defining events in the Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans.
- 1371 Battle of Maritsa
- 1389 Battle of Kosovo
- 1396 Battle of Nicopolis
- 1444 Battle of Varna
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
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1354 CE – 1453 CETrade route · Europe
Venice–Constantinople Route
800 CE – 1600 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1371 CE and 1459 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Ottoman wars in EuropeFrans Geffels · Public domain
- Mausoleum at HalicarnassusJona Lendering · CC0
- Eastern Roman Empire 565 CEMnohohrishnyi · CC0
- Hundred Years' WarAntoine Leduc, Sylvie Leluc et Olivier Renaudeau (dir.), D'Azincourt à Marignan. Chevalie… · Public domain
- Milan CathedralJiuguang Wang · CC BY-SA 3.0
