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The medieval Serbian army was well known for its strength and was among the strongest in the Balkans before the Ottoman Empire's expansion. Prior to the 14th century, the army consisted of European-style noble cavalry armed with bows and lances (replaced with crossbows in the 14th century) and infantry armed with spears, javelins and bows.
Charles I's troops capture Belgrade and Mačva region Further incursion into central Serbia prevented; John XXII calls (due to the mass-presecution against the Catholic Church in Serbia) for a full-fledged crusade against Serbia which never came [17] Stefan Milutin is named the Rascian heretic by the Pope [18] War of Hum (1326–1329) Kingdom ...
The Ottoman army was much smaller, Byzantine Greek scholar Laonikos Chalkokondyles and different sources give the number of 800 up to 4,000 men, but due to most of the Serbian soldiers becoming intoxicated, Şâhin Şahin Paşa conducted a night raid on the Serbian camp, slaughtering a large part of the Serbian Army, killing King Vukašin and ...
Remains of Ras, medieval capital of Serbia (12th-13th century) Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Dečani, built in the 14th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Gračanica. The medieval period in the history of Serbia began in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, [1] and lasted until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century. [2]
Medieval Serbian military personnel (2 C, ... Serbian military personnel killed in action ... Serbian mercenaries (8 P) S. Serbian soldiers (2 C, 87 P)
The modern Serbian military dates back to the Serbian revolution which started in 1804 with the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman occupation of Serbia.The victories in the battles of Ivankovac (1805), Mišar (August 1806), Deligrad (December 1806) and Belgrade (November–December 1806), led to the establishment of the Principality of Serbia in 1817.
Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Defeat Bulgarian-Serbian War (1291) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Victory War of Hum (1326–1329) Kingdom of Serbia: Banate of Bosnia: Defeat Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Victory Serbian Empire (1346–1371)
Members of the Serbian intelligentsia in the region, mostly functionaries, teachers, priests and former soldiers, were detained by Bulgarian forces—ostensibly so that they could be deported to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia—before being taken into the forests around Surdulica and killed. An estimated 2,000–4,000 Serbian men were executed by ...