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The film Bram Stoker's Dracula begins in 1462 with the Ottoman invasion of Wallachia; a night battle (ostensibly this attack) takes place, ending with Vlad Țepeș's victory. The Big Finish Productions audio drama Son of the Dragon depicts the battle from the perspective of the Fifth Doctor and his companions.
Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453. After striking a blow to the weakened Byzantine Empire in 1356 (or in 1358 – disputable due to a change in the Byzantine calendar), (see Süleyman Pasha) which provided it with Gallipoli as a basis for operations in Europe, the Ottoman Empire started its westward expansion into the European continent in the middle of the 14th ...
The Romanian expression România Mare (Great or Greater Romania) refers to the Romanian state in the interwar period and to the territory Romania covered at the time. At that time, Romania achieved its greatest territorial extent, almost 300,000 km 2 or 120,000 sq mi [ 266 ] ), including all of the historic Romanian lands.
Ghyka, Matila. A Documented Chronology of Roumanian History – from prehistoric times to the present day, Oxford 1941. Florescu, R. Radu; McNally, T. Raymond. Dracula: Prince of many faces – His life and his times. ISBN 978-0-316-28656-5. Inalcik, Halil. The Ottoman Empire – The Classical Age 1300–1600. ISBN 1-84212-442-0. Iorga, Nicolae.
Depiction of a Romanian cavalryman capturing an Ottoman flag during the Romanian War of Independence The Romanian War of Independence was a military conflict from 1877 to 1878. Fought as a part of the larger Russo-Turkish War , the conflict saw the Principality of Romania , at the time a nominal vassal of the Ottoman Empire , gain its ...
The Ottoman army launched a two-pronged attack via Nicopolis, and Vidin-Craiova. Another Ottoman army group, led by Vlad I of Wallachia, Mircea's nephew, who was attempting to take the throne with Turkish support, was invading along the Ialomiţa River. Faced with a much larger force, Mircea applied guerrilla tactics, and delayed direct ...
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The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English. Tarih Bilgi Bankası: Online history database in Turkish. Tarihte Bugün: Online history database in Turkish. E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, London, 1910