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Battle of Harkany
1687
12 August 1687
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Later Turkish-Habsburg Wars

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Charles V of Lorraine inflicted a costly Turkish defeat at Vienna then, while campaigning in Hungary, captured Buda for the Holy League and used superior fire-arms to defeat a large Turkish army at Harkany, south of the famous battlefield of Mohacs. In the wake of the Turkish rout, Grand Vizier Suleiman Pasha was executed for failure and Sultan Mehmed IV was deposed.


   
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