In 1402, he turned on, and defeated, the Ottoman Turks, thus giving Christendom a breathing-space after the crushing defeats inflicted on it by the Ottomans at Kosovo in 1389 and Nicopolis seven years later.
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Nicopolis:
From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικ?πολι? ?(Nikópolis).