NIKOPOLI  , or Nrcororas (See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish, Nighebolu or Nebul), the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of a sub-prefecture in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• PLEVNA (Bulgarian Pleven)

Plevna (Pleven), See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria . Pop . (1908) 5236, including 3339 . See also:

• TURKS

Turks and 1615 Bulgarians . Nikopoli is picturesquely situated on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, where it receives the Osem . Until the creation of a new See also:

• PORT

port at Somovit, in the neighbourhood, Nikopoli served as an outlet for the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of Plevna, Lovtcha and other towns in the interior, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal export being cereals . The chief See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are tanning and fishing . As a military See also:

• POST

post the town has for centuries been important . A ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle still dominates the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and fortifications stretch down to the See also:

• RIVER

river . Nikopoli occupies the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Asamus, but by some See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval confusion bears the name of See also:

• NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis ad Istrum, which was founded by See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan several See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles down the river, at the inflow of the Iatrus or Yantra, at the spot still called Nikup . The following are the chief points in the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HISTORY

history of the place: —See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the fortress by See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary in 1392 and 1395; defeat of Sigismund and his hosts in 1396 by Bayezid I.; See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of the town by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus I. of Hungary in 1444; defeat of the Turks by Bathori in 1595 and by See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael of See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia in 1598; capture of the town by Pasvan-oglu in 1797; occupation of the fortress by the Russians under Kamensky in 181o; destruction of the Turkish flotilla and storming of the Turkish See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp by Govarov in 1829; capture and burning of the town by the Russians under See also:

• KRUDENER, BARBARA JULIANA, BARONESS VON (1764-1824)

KrUdener on the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1877 .