List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire

The main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries and the maximum territory at the zenith of power (second half of the 16th century) stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa. The number of battles the empire fought is quite high. But here only the more important battles are listed. Among these, the battles fought in the 20th century (Turco-Italian War, Balkan Wars, and World War I ) as well as the sieges (like the sieges of Constantinople, Cairo, Belgrade, Bagdad, etc.) which most lists include as battles are not shown except in cases where the siege is followed by a battle (i.e. Vienna, Khotyn, Plevna).,^[1][2]

List of battles

Main article: Ottoman Empire

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Europe

Asia

Africa

Sea

( Color legend for the location of the battle )

Year	Name	Opponent
1302	Bapheus	Byzantine Empire
1303	Dimbos	Byzantine Empire
1329	Pelekanon	Byzantine Empire
1355	Ihtiman	Bulgarian Empire
1364[dn 1]	Maritsa	Serbia, Bulgarian Empire
1381	Dubrovnica	Serbia
1385	Savra	Serbia
1388	Bileca	Bosnia
1389	Kosovo	Serbia, Bosnia, Realm of Branković
1395	Rovine	Wallacia (South Romania)
1396	Nicopolis	Crusades[dn 2] (Hungary, France, Knights Hospitaller, Venice)
1402	Ankara	Timurid Empire
1444	Varna	Crusades (Hungary, Poland and many others)
1448	Second Kosovo	Hungary, Wallacia
1457	Ujëbardha	Albania
1464	Ohrid	Albania
1473	Otlukbeli	Akkoyunlu Turkmens
1475	Vasliu	Moldavia (North Romania)
1476	Valea Alba	Moldavia
1479	Câmpul Pâinii	Hungary, Serbia
1493	Krbava	Croatia, Hungary
1499	Zonchio	Venice
1500	Modon	Venice
1514	Chaldiran	Safavid Persia
1516	Marj Dabiq	Mamluk Egypt
1516	Yaunis Khan	Mamluk Egypt
1517	Ridanieh	Mamluk Egypt
1526	Mohács	Hungary, Holy Roman Empire, Papal States, Poland
1529	Formentera	Holy Roman Empire
1538	Preveza	Holy League (Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Genoa, Knights of Malta, Papal States)
1541	Algiers	Holy Roman Empire
1545	Sokhoista	Georgia
1552	Ponza	Genoa
1558	Mostaganem	Holy Roman Empire
1560	Cerbe	Holy Roman Empire, Genoa, Papal states, Knights of Malta
1571	Lepanto	Holy League (Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Genoa, Papal states, Knights of Malta)
1578	Çıldır	Safavid Persia
1583	Torches[dn 3]	Safavid Persia
1588	Wadi al-Laban	Morocco
1593	Sisak	Holy Roman Empire, Croatia
1596	Keresztes	Holy Roman Empire and many more
1620	Tutora	Poland-Lithuania, Moldavia
1621	Khotyn (1621)	Poland-Lithuania
1649	Focchies	Venice
1654	Dardanelles (1654)	Venice
1654	Dardanelles (1655)	Venice
1654	Dardanelles (1656)	Venice
1654	Dardanelles (1657)	Venice
1663	Köbölkút	Holy Roman Empire
1664	Saint Gotthard	Holy Roman Empire
1673	Khotyn (1673)	Poland-Lithuania
1683	Vienna	Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania
1687	Second Mohács	Holy Roman Empire
1691	Slankamen	Holy Roman Empire
1695	Oinousses Islands	Venice
1696	Andros	Venice
1697	Zenta	Holy Roman Empire
1711	Pruth River	Russian Empire
1716	Petrovaradin	Holy Roman Empire
1717	Imbros	Venice
1717	Matapan	Venice, Portugal, Knights of Malta, Papal States
1737	Banja Luka	Holy Roman Empire
1739	Grocka	Holy Roman Empire
1739	Stavuchany	Russian Empire
1770	Aspindza	Georgia
1770	Chesma	Russian Empire
1770	Larga	Russian Empire
1770	Kagul	Russian Empire
1789	Fokşani	Holy Roman Empire, Russian Empire
1789	Rymnik	Holy Roman Empire, Russian Empire
1790	Kerch Strait	Russian Empire
1798	Pyramids	France
1799	Abukir	France
1807	Arpachai	Russian Empire
1807	Athos	Russian Empire
1812	Al Safra	Saudi Arab rebels
1813	Jeddah	Saudi Arab rebels
1815	Čegar	Serbian rebels
1821	Alamana	Greek rebels
1821	Dragashani	Greek rebels
1822	Dervenakia	Greek rebels
1822	Chios	Greek rebels
1825	Gerontas	Greek rebels
1827	Kamatero	Greek rebels
1827	Navarino	Russian Empire, United Kingdom, France
1829	Kulevicha	Russian Empire
1830	Algiers	France
1831	Third Kosovo	Bosnia (revolters)
1839	Konya	Egypt (revolters)
1839	Nizib	Egypt (revolters)
1853	Oltenitza	Russian Empire
1853	Sinop	Russian Empire
1854	Kurekdere	Russian Empire
1855	Eupatoria	Russian Empire
1877	Kızıl Tepe	Russian Empire
1877	Plevna	Russian Empire, Romania, Bulgaria (revolters)
1877	Shipka	Russian Empire, Bulgaria (revolters)
1877	Tashkessen	Russian Empire
1878	Plovidiv	Russian Empire
1878	Mouzaki	Greece
1897	Domokos	Greece

The sultans of the Ottoman Empire participated in some of the battles listed above. For those battles see List of the Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated

See also

• List of treaties of the Ottoman Empire

Notes

1. ^ Some sources show the date as 1371. But according to Ottoman chronicles the date is 1364^{[citation needed]}
2. ^ In most Ottoman European battles troops from many countries fought against Ottomans. Here, only the major opponents are listed.
3. ^ The battle continued during the night, both sides using torches. Hence the name

References

1. ^ Nicolae Jorga: Geschiste des osmanischen , trans. by Nilüfer Epçeli, Yeditepe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009, ISBN 975 6480 17 3^{[page needed]}
2. ^ Prof.Dr.Yaşar Yücel-Prof.Dr.Ali Sevim: Türkiye Tarihi II, III, IV, AKDTYK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1990,^{[page needed]}