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Woodcut depicting an engagement between Albanian and Ottoman forces. On 14 May 1448, an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II and his son Mehmed laid siege to the castle of Svetigrad. The Albanian garrison in the castle resisted the frontal assaults of the Ottoman army, while Skanderbeg harassed the besieging forces with the remaining Albanian ...
Thopian-Zetan War (1385) Principality of Albania Ottoman Empire: Principality of Zeta: Victory. Albanian - Ottoman forces defeat Zetan forces. Balsha II is killed in the Battle of Savra. Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [4] Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly ...
Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [51] Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) Ottoman Empire (third and fourth battles) Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) Victory. Albanian and Aromanian forces are defeated in four battles against Epirote, Thessalian and Ottoman forces around Jannina.
The battle thus opened a new phase in the Ottoman-Albanian war which saw the high-water mark of the Albanian resistance and the fiercest Ottoman invasions of Albania in the war. [27] The war would last until the fall of Krujë in 1478. [32] The Albanian feminine first name Albulena, originating as a reference to the battle, is still in use today.
Ottoman Albania was a period in Albanian history from the Ottoman conquest in the late 15th century to the Albanian declaration of Independence and official secession from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. The Ottomans first entered Albania in 1385 upon the invitation of the Albanian noble Karl Thopia to suppress the forces of the noble Balša II ...
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]
Second Balkan War: The Treaty of Bucharest ended the war and recognized an independent Albanian state ruled by a constitutional monarchy. 1914: March: William, Prince of Albania, of Wied was installed as head of the new Principality of Albania by the International Commission of Control. September: World War I: The new Albanian state collapsed ...
Battle of Achelous (1359) Battle of Agri Pass; Albanian revolt of 1432–1436; Uprising of Dervish Cara; Albanian revolt of 1845; Albanian revolt of 1847; Albanian revolt of 1910; Malissori uprising; Albanian revolt of 1912; Albanian uprisings in the Ottoman Empire; Battle of Albulena; Battle of Ankara; Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha; Vlora ...