Battle of Kosovo: Ottomans Defeat Serbia, Balkans Change Forever
Ottoman forces crushed the Serbian army on the Field of Kosovo, killing Prince Lazar and shattering organized resistance in the Balkans. The defeat opened southeastern Europe to Ottoman expansion for the next five centuries and became the foundational myth of Serbian national identity, commemorated every year on Vidovdan.
June 28, 1389
637 years ago
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