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Battle of Zenta

Battle of Zenta was a battle fought on 11 September 1697 at Senta, in what is now Serbia. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Holy League victory.

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Battle of Zenta 11 September 1697
Battle of Zenta 11 September 1697. Jacques-Ignace Parrocel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought11 September 1697
WhereSenta, Serbia45.926N, 20.098E
OutcomeHoly League victory
BelligerentsHabsburg Monarchy; Kingdom of Hungary; Serbian MilitiaagainstOttoman Empire; Crimean Tatars; Kuruc rebels
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, 169716831697Battle of Zenta, 1697
24 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date11 September 1697
PlaceSenta, Serbia
45.926N, 20.098E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength50,000 men
Commanders
Battle of ZentaBattle of ZentaBattle of SzőregSiege of SzegedBattle of HegyesFirst Siege of SzenttamásSecond Siege of SzenttamásBattle of SzőregSiege of SzegedBattle of HegyesFirst Siege of SzenttamásSecond Siege of SzenttamásBelgradeTimișoaraNovi SadPécsKaposvárOsijekReșițaOradea100 km45.926N, 20.098E
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 Battle of Zenta
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Zenta today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-22. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 84 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 67 to 102 m, 35 m of relief, flat country and today it is 45% cropland, 23% grassland, 16% built-up.

cropland: 45%grassland: 23%built-up: 16%tree cover: 12%water: 4%cropland 45%grassland 23%built-up 16%tree cover 12%water 4%
west to east, 10.0 km70 to 85 mnorth to south, 10.0 km70 to 87 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.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: TURK ARMY
Strength50,000100,000
Casualties500 (1.0%)30,000 (30.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1092
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width4.2 km2.7 km
Attacker advanced1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 48), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Zenta 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 Q517486, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Zenta, revision 1382486173, 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.