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The Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Gazimestan or Amselfeld was fought in 1389, Northwest from Priština, between the Serbs (or a Balkan coalition: see comment below; and Wikipedia, under "Army composition", footnote 6) and the Ottoman Empire. A memorial marks the site of Serbia’s greatest national shrine, Kosovo Polje, the Field of Blackbirds. The battle is celebrated on St Vitus' Day, June 28. Four months from now.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the battle in Gazimestan in 1389, was fought between Balkans coalition vs turks, there was hungarians, croatians, bosnians, albanians and bulgarian princes involved... you dont have the facts streight.

Tyrannosaurus Z. said...

Thanks, Zoran. Correction added.