Battle of Szalankemen
August 19, 1691
Imperial forces under Margrave Louis of Baden crushed an Ottoman army on the Danube in present-day Serbia. Grand Vizier Kopruluzade Fazil Mustafa was killed. The Ottoman position in Hungary collapsed completely, and Habsburg armies pushed south toward Belgrade. The map of the Balkans was being redrawn by force of arms, and the Ottoman Empire's European frontier was contracting year by year.
In context
Also in 1691 (4 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
- Before: July 1, 1690: Battle of the Boyne
- After: 1692: Battle of La Hogue
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.