Late Middle Ages · Europe · War

1474

Battle of Drazenci

1474

Ottoman forces under Mehmed II's western commanders pushed into Croatia, raiding as far as the Sava and returning with slaves and cattle. The Croatian borderland was becoming an Ottoman hunting ground. Hungarian and Venetian defenders could only react. The pattern of seasonal Balkan raids was now fixed for the next century and a half.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: February 19, 1473: Copernicus Born in Torun
After: March 6, 1475: Michelangelo Born at Caprese

Before and after in War

Before: August 11, 1473: Battle of Otlukbeli
After: 1475: Ottomans Take Caffa

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.