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Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeaster

Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe. Large losses on both sides including Sultan Murad and Serbian leader Prince Lazar. (NS date)

Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe. Large losses on both sides including Sultan Murad and Serbian leader Prince Lazar. (NS date)

Events Before

  1. King John I of Portugal (29) marries Philippa of Lancaster (26), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, in Po

    King John I of Portugal (29) marries Philippa of Lancaster (26), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, in Porto, consolidating an Anglo-Portuguese Alliance that endures to the present day

  2. King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda

    King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda

  3. The Battle of Castagnaro begins.

    The Battle of Castagnaro begins.

  4. Battle of Näfels: Swiss canton of Glarus and its allied Old Swiss Confederation defeat the Habsburg forces of the Duchy

    Battle of Näfels: Swiss canton of Glarus and its allied Old Swiss Confederation defeat the Habsburg forces of the Duchy of Austria

  5. Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England

    Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England

Events After

  1. French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates

    French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates

  2. Lithuanian Civil War (1389-1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius

    Lithuanian Civil War (1389-1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius

  3. First trial for witchcraft in Paris

    First trial for witchcraft in Paris

  4. Anti-Semite monk in Seville, Spain stirs up people to attack Jews

    Anti-Semite monk in Seville, Spain stirs up people to attack Jews

  5. Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surrounds and sets fire to the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain, the surviving Jews are so

    Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surrounds and sets fire to the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain, the surviving Jews are sold into slavery

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