Battle of Petrovaradin
August 5, 1716
Prince Eugene of Savoy, outnumbered two to one, destroyed an Ottoman army beneath the walls of the Danubian fortress. The grand vizier was killed. Austria began its deepest penetration yet into the Balkans. Eugene, Italian-born, French-reared, the greatest general of his age, had come fully into his powers. His subsequent capture of Belgrade cemented Habsburg dominance over the region for a generation.
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Also in 1716 (3 other events on record)
- Yoshimune Becomes Shogun · East Asia · Politics
- Leibniz Dies in Hanover · Europe · Science
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in Istanbul · Middle East · Science
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