The Battle of Rovine was one of the most important battles in the early medieval history of Romania. The battle took place at 17 May 1395 between the valachian army lead by voievode Mircea cel Bǎtrân agains an ottoman invasion army lead by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering aproximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Romanian army, which was about 10,000 men. Legend says that on the eve of the battle, dressed as a peace emmisary, Mircea cel Bǎtrân talked to Bayezid I asking him to leave Wallachia, and promising to grant him safe passage. Howewer, the sultan insisted on fighting. See also the town of Battle, East Sussex, England Generally, a battle is an instance of combat between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Events End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. ... Beyazid I Beyazid I (ca 1354–1403; Bayezıt, nicknamed Yıldırım, the Thunderbolt) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Beyazid I Beyazid I (ca 1354–1403; Bayezıt, nicknamed Yıldırım, the Thunderbolt) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah. ...

The exact site of the battle is unknown, but the Romanian army was victorious, mainy because of its archers, who decimated ottoman ranks at the beginning of the battle. Then the Romanian cavalry charged and routed the Ottomans, who fled in disorder across the river Danube. The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Danube in Budapest Length 2,888 ¹ km Elevation of the source 1,078 ² m Average discharge 30 km. ...

An epic description of the battle is found in the poem "Scrisoarea a III-a" ("The Third Letter") written by the Romanian national poet, Mihai Eminescu. Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu a. ...