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Battle of Belgrade
1688
20 August 1688
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Later Turkish-Habsburg Wars

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Campaigning in Hungary after victory at Vienna (1683), Charles V of Lorraine won again at Harkany (1687) before Maximilian Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, took command and marched against the Turkish stronghold of Belgrade, abandoned by General Yegen Osman. The citadel fell after a 21-day bombardment and most of Serbia and Transylvania fell to the Habsburg army.


   
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