siege, notable, early modern
Siege of Buda
Siege of Buda was a siege conducted on 16 June 1684 at Buda, in what is now Hungary. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 7,000 inside Buda; 17,000 relief forces against 34,000–43,000.
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Record
| Date | 16 June 1684 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Buda, Hungary 47.467N, 19.050E | |
| Part of | Great Turkish War (1683 to 1699) | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Result | Ottoman victory | |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire | Holy Roman Empire |
| Commanders | Grand Vizier Kara Ibrahim Pasha; Abdi Pasha the Albanian | Charles V, Duke of Lorraine; Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden; Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg |
| Strength | 7,000 inside Buda; 17,000 relief forces | 34,000–43,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 24,000–30,000 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Buda 1686, same recorded site
- Siege of Buda 1541, same recorded site
- Siege of Buda 1602, same recorded site
- Siege of Buda 1603, same recorded site
- Siege of Buda 1530, same recorded site
In the same war
- Before: Second Turkish Siege of Vienna 14 July 1683
- After: Battle of Vác 27 June 1684
- All 15 engagements of Great Turkish War
Elsewhere in 1684
- Siege of Luxembourg Luxembourg
- Siege of Santa Maura Greece
- Battle of Jazłowiec Ukraine
Siege of Buda is one of 979 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 81 in present-day Hungary.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3625456, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Buda (1684), revision 1370739850, 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.