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Siege of Szigetvár

Siege of Szigetvár was a siege conducted on 6 August 1566 at Szigetvár, in what is now Hungary; it lasted 33 days. It was part of the Ottoman Wars in Europe, which ran from 1354 to 1683. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Siege of Szigetvár
Johann Peter Krafft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 August 1566lasted 33 days
WhereSzigetvár, Hungary46.051N, 17.797E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsHabsburg Empire; Kingdom of Croatia; Kingdom of HungaryagainstOttoman Empire; Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
Part ofOttoman Wars in Europe1354 to 1683

Where it sits in the Ottoman Wars in Europe

Battle of Sırp Sındığı, 1364Battle of Pločnik, 1385Battle of Savra, 1385Battle of Kosovo, 1389Siege of Ohrid, 1395Battle of Tripolje, 1402Siege of Novo Brdo, 1440Battle of Hermannstadt, 1442Battle of Pollog, 1453Battle of Kruševac, 1454Siege of Berat, 1455Battle of Albulena, 1457Battle of Ohrid, 1464Battle of Meçad, 1465Battle of Vaikal, 1465Siege of Krujë, 1467Siege of Krujë, 1467Siege of Rhodes, 1480Battle of Krbava Field, 1493Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands, 1501Battle of Dubica, 1513Siege of Knin, 1522Siege of Rhodes, 15221552 Siege of Eger, 1552Siege of Temesvár, 1552Siege of Szigetvár, 1566Léva castle's duel, 1581Battle of Slunj, 1584Siege of Bihać, 1592Battle of Brest, 1592Battle of Vezekény, 1652Battle of Petrovaradin, 1716Battle of Tendra, 1790Battle of Lopate, 1796Battle of Kolašin, 1858Battle of Tashkessen, 187713641877Siege of Szigetvár, 1566
36 placed engagements of the Ottoman Wars in Europe in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 August 1566
to 8 September 1566
PlaceSzigetvár, Hungary
46.051N, 17.797E
KindSiege, early modern
Territorial changeOttomans capture Szigetvár and place it under their Budin Eyalet
Commanders
  • Nikola IV Zrinski
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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.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Szigetvár
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Szigetvár today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 127 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 106 to 214 m, 108 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 67% cropland, 13% tree cover, 11% grassland.

cropland: 67%tree cover: 13%grassland: 11%built-up: 9%cropland 67%tree cover 13%grassland 11%built-up 9%
west to east, 10.0 km112 to 143 mnorth to south, 10.0 km107 to 157 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1566

Siege of Szigetvár is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q606621, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Szigetvár, revision 1381060888, 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.