These Serbian–Ottoman conflicts (or Serbian–Turkish conflicts) include those of medieval Serbia against the Ottoman Empire, until World War I.

Middle Ages

;Early encounters *

Battle of Demotika The Battle of Demotika was a battle that took place during the Byzantine civil war which began in 1352 between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and those of the Serbian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire. Background John Palaiologos obtaine ...

in October 1352 ;

Fall of the Serbian Empire The fall of the Serbian Empire was a decades-long process in the late 14th century. Following the death of childless Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, '' velikaši'', obtained the rule of its pr ...

* Battle of Maritsa in September, 1371 * Battle of Dubravnica in 1381 *

Battle of Pločnik The Battle of Pločnik was fought sometime between 1385 and 1387 near the village of Pločnik (near Prokuplje in today's southeastern Serbia), between the forces of Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, and the invading Ottoman Army of Sultan ...

in 1386 *

Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...

in 1389 ; Serbian Despotate * Battle of Tripolje in 1402 * Siege of Novo Brdo in 1412 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1425 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1427 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1437 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1438 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1439–44) * Crusade of Varna ** Battle of Nish (1443) ** Battle of Zlatitsa in 1443 **

Battle of Kunovica The Battle of Kunovica or Battle at Kunovitsa was the battle between crusaders led by John Hunyadi and armies of the Ottoman Empire which took place on 2 or 5 January 1444 near mountain Kunovica (Suva Planina) between Pirot and Niš. Battle ...

in 1444 ** Siege of Smederevo in 1453 * Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1454–55) **

Battle of Leskovac The Battle of Leskovac took place on September 24, 1454. During the Ottoman invasion, two Serbian armies were set up to defend the Despotate, with the 1st army being commanded by Nikola Skobaljić in Dubočica, near Leskovac, and the 2nd army ...

in 1454 ** Battle of Kruševac in 1454 * Ottoman invasion and conquest of Serbia in 1459 ** Siege of Belgrade in 1456 ** Siege of Smederevo in 1456 ** Conquest of Smederevo in 1459 In 1471, the Serbian Despotate was renewed in exile as a vassal of Hungary. Up until its demise in 1540, it spent its entirety fighting the Turks. The state provided support and auxiliary troops to the Kingdom of Hungary.

Ottoman period

; Ottoman Serbia * Jovan Nenad's uprising (1526–1527) *

Long War (Ottoman wars) The Long Turkish War or Thirteen Years' War was an indecisive land war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the Principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia. It was waged from 1593 to 1606 but in E ...

(1593–1606) ** Banat Uprising (1594) ** Serb Uprising of 1596–97 *

Great Turkish War The Great Turkish War (german: Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League ( tr, Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Pola ...

(1683–99) ** Pirot uprising (1737-38) * Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion (1788)

19th century

* Serbian Revolution ** First Serbian Uprising **

Hadži Prodan's Revolt Hagi, Hadži, or Hadzhi (Хаджи) is a name derived from hajji, an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, which was later adopted by Christian peoples as a word for ''pilgrim''. People Surname ...

** Second Serbian Uprising * Herzegovina Uprising (1852–62) * Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77) * Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878)

20th century

* First Balkan War (1912–1913) * World War I (1914–1918)

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