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Battle of Slankamen

Battle of Slankamen was a battle fought on 19 August 1691 at Stari Slankamen, in what is now Serbia. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Imperial victory; Imperial conquest of most of Croatia. Recorded strength: 20,000–33,000 men; 90 guns against 50,000 men; 158 guns.

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Battle of Slankamen 1691
Battle of Slankamen 1691. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought19 August 1691
WhereStari Slankamen, Serbia45.133N, 20.233E
OutcomeImperial victory; Imperial conquest of most of Croatia
BelligerentsHoly Roman Empire; Habsburg Croatia; Serbian MilitiaagainstOttoman Empire; Kuruc rebels
Casualties and losses7,300and25,000
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 Slankamen, 1691
22 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date19 August 1691
PlaceStari Slankamen, Serbia
45.133N, 20.233E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength20,000–33,000 men; 90 guns50,000 men; 158 guns
Casualties and losses7,30025,000
Commanders
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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 Slankamen
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 Slankamen today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-09-22. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 135 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 68 to 270 m, 202 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 51% cropland, 25% tree cover, 13% grassland.

cropland: 51%tree cover: 25%grassland: 13%water: 6%built-up: 5%cropland 51%tree cover 25%grassland 13%water 6%built-up 5%
west to east, 10.0 km70 to 149 mnorth to south, 10.0 km71 to 227 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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Elsewhere in 1691

Battle of Slankamen is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q690481, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Slankamen, revision 1370589530, 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.