Adrianople

A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer · 1881 · p. 1

A Turkish city named after the Emperor Adrian; unsucce fully besieged by the Goths in the 4th century; the army of Murad I. took the city in 1361; unconditionally surrendered to the Ru ians in August, 1829; peace was declared in this city between Ru ia and Turkey, September 14, 1829, and the city relinquished to the Turks.