Bayezid I the Thunderbolt27 June 1389
Inflicts a crushing defeat on the Serbian army after the assassination of Murad I. After the assassination of his father, Murad I, has all the Serb prisoners executed
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Inflicts a crushing defeat on the Serbian army after the assassination of Murad I. After the assassination of his father, Murad I, has all the Serb prisoners executed
Turkish victory over the Serbs. Thrace, Macedonia & southern Bulgaria are added to the Ottoman Empire. The Serbian nobility is wiped out. The Serbian King Lazar I is taken prisoner & executed. Stabbed to death by a Serbian noble, Milos Obilic, who posed as a Serbian deserter. Murad I gives the Prince of Serbia an ultimatum, surrender & stepdown or die
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