Major conflict1566
Siege of Szigetvar
Szigetvar · Kingdom of Hungary
Estimated casualties
20K – 30Kestimated dead
Garrison of ~2,300 nearly annihilated; Ottoman losses heavy (estimates up to 20,000-25,000). Combined often cited 20,000-30,000.
SOURCEWikipedia / Clodfelter
From 5 August to 8 September 1566 the Ottoman army under Suleiman the Magnificent besieged the Croatian-Hungarian fortress defended by Nikola Zrinski. Both Suleiman (of natural causes) and Zrinski died; the pyrrhic Ottoman victory halted the campaign against Vienna.
Belligerents2
- Ottoman Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
ON THE MAPOttoman Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia: Siege of Szigetvar
- Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts (4th ed., 2017)
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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