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.