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Siege of Kanizsa

Siege of Kanizsa was a siege conducted on 21 April 1664 at Nagykanizsa, in what is now Hungary; it lasted 39 days. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 3,000–4,000 against 20,600; 7,400 Hungarians and Croatians; 7,000 Austrians; 5,000 Germans; 1,200 Bavarians.

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Fought21 April 1664lasted 39 days
WhereNagykanizsa, Hungary46.456N, 16.997E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsOttoman Empireagainst15px Habsburg Monarchy; 14px Kingdom of Hungary; 20px Kingdom of Croatia; 18px Electorate of Bavaria
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date21 April 1664
to 30 May 1664
PlaceNagykanizsa, Hungary
46.456N, 16.997E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength3,000–4,00020,600; 7,400 Hungarians and Croatians; 7,000 Austrians; 5,000 Germans; 1,200 Bavarians
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Sohrab Mehmed Pasha
  • Miklós Zrínyi
  • Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
  • Pietro Strozzi (1664)
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1543 and 1664.

Elsewhere in 1664

Siege of Kanizsa is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 121 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1104090, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kanizsa (1664), revision 1370742305, 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.