Siege of Szigetvár

When

16 Aug 1566 – 18 Sep 1566

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

46.05° N, 17.80° E

Description

1566 battle in Hungary during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars

1566 battle in Hungary during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars

The siege of Szigetvár or the Battle of Szigeth was an Ottoman siege of the fortress of Szigetvár in the Kingdom of Hungary. The fort had blocked Sultan Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566. The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Habsburg monarchy under the leadership of Nikola IV Zrinski, the former Ban of Croatia, and the invading Ottoman army under the nominal command of Sultan Sule…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The siege of Szigetvár is begun by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Zigetvar Kalesini fethetti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Szigetvár durch die Truppen des Osmanischen Reiches dauert vom 6. August bis 8. September und endet nach zähem Kampf mit der türkischen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le sultan Süleyman assiège la forteresse de Szigetvár, défendue par les Croates et Hongrois de Nicolas Zrinyi, capitaine général de Transdanubie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сигетварская битва”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار سيكتوار في الفترة ما بين 6 أغسطس و8 سبتمبر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page