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Siege of Belgrade

Siege of Belgrade was a siege conducted on 2 October 1690 at Belgrade, in what is now Serbia; it lasted 6 days. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought2 October 1690lasted 6 days
WhereBelgrade, Serbia44.817N, 20.467E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstHoly Roman Empire
Part ofGreat Turkish War1683 to 1699

Where it sits in the Great Turkish War

Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Nils Bielke's Campaign Against the Ottoman Empire, 1684Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Vác, 1684Battle on Vrtijeljka, 1685Siege of Érsekújvár, 1685Osijek Campaign, 1685Battle of Eperjes, 1685Battle of Gran, 1685Battle of Kassa, 1685Battle of Buda, 1686Siege of Pécs, 1686Battle of Mohács, 1687Siege of Belgrade, 1688Battle of Batočina, 1689Battle of Niš, 1689Battle of Zernest, 1690Siege of Belgrade, 1690Battle of Slankamen, 1691Siege of Belgrade, 1693Battle of Ustechko, 1694Battle of Lugos, 1695Battle of Ulaş, 1696Battle of Zenta, 169716831697Siege of Belgrade, 1690
24 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date2 October 1690
to 8 October 1690
PlaceBelgrade, Serbia
44.817N, 20.467E
KindSiege, early modern
Territorial changeOttomans capture Belgrade from the Holy Roman Empire.
Commanders
  • Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
  • Ferdinand Gobert von Aspremont-Lynden
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 15 times between AD 592 and 1944.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1690

Siege of Belgrade is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509869, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1690), revision 1370739435, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.