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Battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács was a battle fought on 12 August 1687 at Nagyharsány, in what is now Hungary. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Holy Roman Empire victory. Recorded strength: 40,000 Habsburg troops; 20,000 Bavarian troops; Total: 50,000–60,000 men against 60,000 men.

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Battle of Mohács
József Borsos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought12 August 1687
WhereNagyharsány, Hungary45.851N, 18.409E
OutcomeHoly Roman Empire victory
BelligerentsHoly Roman EmpireagainstOttoman Empire
Part ofGreat Turkish War1683 to 1699

Where it sits in the Great Turkish War

Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Vác, 1684Battle on Vrtijeljka, 1685Siege of Érsekújvár, 1685Battle of Eperjes, 1685Battle of Gran, 1685Battle of Kassa, 1685Battle of Buda, 1686Siege of Pécs, 1686Battle of Mohács, 1687Siege of Belgrade, 1688Battle of Batočina, 1689Battle of Niš, 1689Battle of Zernest, 1690Siege of Belgrade, 1690Battle of Slankamen, 1691Siege of Belgrade, 1693Battle of Ustechko, 1694Battle of Lugos, 1695Battle of Ulaş, 1696Battle of Zenta, 169716831697Battle of Mohács, 1687
22 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 August 1687
PlaceNagyharsány, Hungary
45.851N, 18.409E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength40,000 Habsburg troops; 20,000 Bavarian troops; Total: 50,000–60,000 men60,000 men
Casualties and losses2,000 killed and wounded; 600 killed10,000; ----8,000 killed and wounded; 2,000 captured; 78 guns; 56 flags; 5,000 muskets
Commanders
  • Sarı Süleyman Pasha
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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.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Mohács
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Mohács today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 180 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 91 to 440 m, 349 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 53% cropland, 23% grassland, 21% tree cover.

cropland: 53%grassland: 23%tree cover: 21%cropland 53%grassland 23%tree cover 21%
west to east, 10.0 km95 to 183 mnorth to south, 10.0 km96 to 427 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1687

Battle of Mohács 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 Q690470, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mohács (1687), revision 1382486058, 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.