siege, early modern

Capture of Belgrade

Name: Capture of Belgrade
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Capture of Belgrade was a siege conducted in July 1739 at Belgrade, in what is now Serbia. It was part of the Austro-Turkish War, which ran from 1737 to 1739. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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FoughtJuly 1739

WhereBelgrade, Serbia44.800N, 20.467E

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstHabsburg Austria

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy

Part ofAustro-Turkish War1737 to 1739

Record

Date	July 1739 (month precision) to 18 September 1739
Place	Belgrade, Serbia 44.800N, 20.467E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	The Ottoman army captured Belgrade in 1739
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy
Commanders	Ivaz Mehmed Pasha Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha	George Olivier, count of Wallis

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Belgrade 1456, 1.9 km N
Siege of Belgrade 1521, 1.9 km N
Siege of Belgrade 1688, 1.9 km N
Siege of Belgrade 1789, 1.9 km N
Siege of Belgrade 1690, 1.9 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 592 and 1941.

Elsewhere in 1739

Capture of Belgrade is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5036987, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1739), revision 1375791029, 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.