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Night attack at Târgoviște

The night attack at Târgoviște (Romanian: Atacul de noapte de la Târgoviște) was a battle fought between forces of Prince Vlad III of Wallachia and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The battle started after Mehmed II, who already had tense relations with Vlad, discovered his alliance with Hungary's king Matthias Corvinus and ordered his forces to ambush him.

Night attack at Târgoviște
Night attack at Târgoviște · Theodor Aman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1462
Where
Târgoviște
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Romania101 CE – today

Before and after

Second Battle of St Albans1461Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina1463Show on timeline

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