Ottomans · 1526
Battle of Mohacs
Hungary's army was destroyed in about two hours and its king drowned while fleeing. Most of Hungary came under Ottoman rule.
Key facts
- When
- 1526
- Where
- Mohacs, Hungary
- Sides
- Ottomans vs Kingdom of Hungary
- Commanders
- Suleiman I vs Louis II
- Result
- Ottoman victory
- Type
- Ottomans
- Chapter
- 5. The Ottomans
Who led it
- Suleiman the Magnificent1494 to 1566
The longest reigning sultan, at 46 years.
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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