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Battle of Petrovaradin

Battle of Petrovaradin was a battle fought on 5 August 1716 at Petrovaradin, in what is now Serbia. It was part of the Ottoman Wars in Europe, which ran from 1354 to 1683. The recorded result: Habsburg victory.

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Battle of Petrovaradin
Jan Pieter van Bredael, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 August 1716
WherePetrovaradin, Serbia45.252N, 19.863E
OutcomeHabsburg victory
BelligerentsHabsburg monarchy; 25px WürttembergagainstOttoman Empire; Crimean Khanate; 22px Hungarian Kuruc; Wallachia
Part ofOttoman Wars in Europe1354 to 1683

Where it sits in the Ottoman Wars in Europe

Battle of Sırp Sındığı, 1364Battle of Pločnik, 1385Battle of Savra, 1385Battle of Kosovo, 1389Siege of Ohrid, 1395Battle of Tripolje, 1402Siege of Novo Brdo, 1440Battle of Hermannstadt, 1442Battle of Pollog, 1453Battle of Kruševac, 1454Siege of Berat, 1455Battle of Albulena, 1457Battle of Ohrid, 1464Battle of Meçad, 1465Battle of Vaikal, 1465Siege of Krujë, 1467Siege of Krujë, 1467Siege of Rhodes, 1480Battle of Krbava Field, 1493Battle of Dubica, 1513Siege of Knin, 1522Siege of Rhodes, 15221552 Siege of Eger, 1552Siege of Temesvár, 1552Siege of Szigetvár, 1566Léva castle's duel, 1581Battle of Slunj, 1584Siege of Bihać, 1592Battle of Brest, 1592Battle of Vezekény, 1652Battle of Petrovaradin, 1716Battle of Tendra, 1790Battle of Lopate, 1796Battle of Kolašin, 1858Battle of Tashkessen, 187713641877Battle of Petrovaradin, 1716
35 placed engagements of the Ottoman Wars in Europe in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date5 August 1716
PlacePetrovaradin, Serbia
45.252N, 19.863E
KindBattle, early modern
Battle of PetrovaradinBattle of PetrovaradinSiege of PetrovaradinBattle of KátyBattle of KarlócaBattle of SlankamenFirst Siege of SzenttamásBattle of KátyBattle of SlankamenFirst Siege of SzenttamásBelgradeTimișoaraSzegedPécsTuzlaKaposvárOsijekArad100 km45.252N, 19.863E
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 Petrovaradin
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Petrovaradin today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-09-22. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 126 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 62 to 224 m, 162 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 37% built-up, 28% tree cover, 13% grassland.

built-up: 37%tree cover: 28%grassland: 13%water: 13%cropland: 8%built-up 37%tree cover 28%grassland 13%water 13%cropland 8%
west to east, 10.0 km73 to 136 mnorth to south, 10.0 km70 to 203 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.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: TURK ARMY
Strength63,00060,000
Casualties4,500 (7.1%)6,000 (10.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1092
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 54), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Petrovaradin 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 Q690391, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Petrovaradin, revision 1382804530, 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.