Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil war or internal conflict, result unknown, mixed results, stalemate, ceasefire or indecisive)
The Anjou were largely expelled from Albania (1281) by a coalition of Byzantines and local Albanian forces, only durrazo and Aulon remain under Angevin rule.
Andrea I Muzaka establishes a de facto independent territorial rule, which later included the Myzeqe area west of Berat between the Devoll and the Vjosa
Tanusio Thopia defended Durazzo from the Serbian empire.[3] (date unknown)
Stefan Dušan continues his expansion into Albania, in 1343–1345, captures Kanina and Valona. However, he fails to subdue southern Albania, only manages to obtain nominal submission.[2]
In 1350, Muzaka captures Berat by defeating the forces of Stefan Dušan.[4]
In 1355 after the death of Stefan Dušan, a Serbian Army was defeated by Karl Thopia in the Battle of Achelous.[5] After the Battle, Karl Thopia establishes the Principality of Albania, and gained independence from Serbian rule.
Albanian forces with support from Aromanian tribes besiege and attack Ioannina from 1367 to 1370.[9]
An agreement is made where the daughter, Irene, of the ruler of Epirus, Thomas Preljubović marries the son, Gjin, of the ruler of Arta, Pjetër Losha. This ends the siege.
The Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, Juan Fernández was captured in the battle by Gjin Bua Shpata and was sold by Shpata to the Ottoman Turks for a huge prize.
Preljubović, leader of Epirus, appealed for help from the Ottomans and Frank's who provide the Epirotes with an auxiliary force.
Thomas Preljubović uses his new auxiliary to good use by capturing many fortresses in the Despotate of Arta, but Albanians under Gjon Shpata, together with the Mazarakii tribe held their defensive positions and ultimately defeated Thomas once again.
Muriq reinforces Skurra but the latter is killed in battle by the Epirotes in 1403.
Skurras' son, Pal, seeks Ottoman aid, ceding Angelokastron to the Ottoman Empire. However, only a small Ottoman contingent is sent which is defeated in battle in 1406.
Pal retreats from most of his areas the same year and cedes Naupaktos to Venice in 1407.
Tocco captures Angelokastron from the Ottomans in 1408.
A Tocco attack against the city of Arta is repelled by Albanians under Muriq in 1408.
A local rebellion breaks out in the Shkodër area in early 1405. The Balšići intervene in favour of the rebels and capture all of the region including Drivast, but fail to capture Rozafa Castle in Shkodër.
The Venetians retake Drivast in August 1405, followed by the Zetan coastal towns of Bar, Ulcinj and Budva.
Peace is negotiated in 1409 however the Venetians broke the peace agreement shortly afterwards, resulting in the Zetans resuming war in early 1410. Shkodër is besieged.
Peace is made in early 1413 although both sides are unsatisfied.
Albanian rebels led by Andrea Thopia attack Ottomans in Central Albania in 1432, beginning the revolt. Krujë is unsuccessfully besieged.
Rebels capture Vlorë in May 1432. An Ottoman invasion force of 10,000 men is defeated in the Winter of 1432 by forces of Gjergj Arianiti at the Central valley of the Shkumbin.
A second Ottoman invasion force is defeated, again by Gjergj Arianiti, in South-Central Albania, August 1434.
With Venetian aid, Ottomans take back Dagnum in 1435.
A third Ottoman invasion force is defeated by Gjergj Arianiti in April 1435, ending hostilities until 1436.
Attempts are made to ally the Albanian rebels with the Holy Roman Empire by Sigismund, however talks end when a fourth Ottoman invasion force subdues Albania in mid-1436, committing massacres against the civilian population and defeating the un-unified rebel forces.
Balec is garrisoned by the Albanians but a Venetian offensive retakes and burns down the fortress. An Albanian assault against a Venetian fortress by Hamza Kastrioti is defeated.
With Durazzo, Scutari, and Dagnum close to surrender, Venetians make peace in October.
Venice keeps Dagnum and cedes all territory on the Albanian side of the Drin to the League. Venice also pays Skanderbeg a lifetime pension and provides trade privileges to the Arianiti.
The Albanian army under Skanderbeg was delayed from reaching the Battle of Kosovo (1448) as it was prevented from linking with Hunyadi's army by the Ottomans and Serbian despot Đurađ Branković.[15][16]
As a Result Skanderbeg burned And pillaged Serbia from Pirot to Belgrade, burning dozens of Serbian towns and cities.[17][18][19][20][21]
Pjeter Bogdani organized a resistance against the Ottomans and a pro-Austrian movement in Kosovo in 1689 that included Muslim and Christian Albanians.
Pjetër Bogdani contributed a force of 6,000 Albanian soldiers to the Austrian army which had arrived in Pristina and accompanied it to capture Prizren.
It reported that the "Germans" in Kosovo had made contact with 20,000 Albanians who had turned their weapons against the Turks.
Shkodran forces march into Montenegro northwards in 1796 but are defeated at the Battle of Martinići, near modern-day Gornji Martinići, 3.5km north of Spuž.
Lješkopolje is taken by the Albanians as forces under Bushati prepares to raid Cetinje.
Shkodran Albanians are intercepted and engage the Montenegrin at Battle of Krusi, suffering defeat. The leader of the Shkodran Albanians, Kara Mahmud Pasha, is killed.
Shkodran forces fall back to Podgorica, within Ottoman territory.
The Ottomans demand that Mustafa Bushati, leader of the Pahsalik of Scutari, hand over the districts of Dukakin, Debar, Elbasan, Ohrid and Trgovište.
Bushati refuses and, with support from Serbia, invades Ottoman lands in Europe, taking Prizren and Skopje followed by Sofia in mid-March.
Ottomans besiege Shkodër in April and the rebels are defeated at Skopje in May. Bushati withdraws from Prizren and Skopje to defend Shkodër. After a 6-month siege, Bushati surrenders Shkodër in November, ending the war.
Following a poor harvest and increased centralisation by the Montenegrin Prince, tribes in Brda and Crmnica rise up and attempt to secede from Montenegro.
The rebellion is quickly crushed and the ringleaders shot.
League of Prizren captures areas of Kosovo and prevents Montenegrin annexation of Ulcinj.
Great Powers blockade Ulcinj and request the Ottomans "to pacify" the League.
Ottoman forces take Prizren, dismantle the League and deport the leaders of the League from Kosovo. They then invade Ulcinj and deliver it to Montenegro.
Yugoslav forces and institutions pull out of Kosovo
Return of Albanian refugees
KLA wins politically and militarily
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↑ Ciriacono, Salvatore (October 15, 2014). "Scanderbeg tra storia e storiografia"(PDF). Archived(PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. «Indignato per non aver potuto correre in aiuto di Hunyadi, in una guerra che forse poteva mutare il destino dell'Albania e dell'intera penisola balcanica, Scanderbeg corse per la Serbia saccheggiandola e mettendola a ferro e fuoco, per punire il krajl infedele. Se ne tornò poi a Croia, amareggiato, verso la fine di novembre»
↑ Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The fifteenth century. American Philosophical Society. p.100. ISBN978-0-87169-127-9. Scanderbeg intended to go "peronalmente" with an army to assist Hunyadi, but was prevented from doing so by Branković, whose lands he ravaged as punishment for the Serbian desertion of the Christian cause.
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