Battle of Vác (1684)

Battle in the Great Turkish War

For the battle in 1849, see Battle of Vác (1849).

Battle of Vác

Part of the Great Turkish War
| Date| 27 June 1684

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Location|

Vác, Budin Eyalet

Result|  Holy Roman Empire victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire|  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Duke Charles of Lorraine|  Kara Ibrahim Pasha
Strength
38,000[1]–43,000[2]|  18,000[2]
Casualties and losses
100[3]|  2,000[4]

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Great Turkish War

Central Europe

* Vienna
* Párkány
* 1st Esztergom
* Visegrád
* Vác
* 1st Buda
* Eperjes
* 2nd Esztergom
* Érsekújvár
* Kassa
* 2nd Buda
* Pécs
* Mohács
* Székesfehérvár
* Szigetvár
* Kanizsa

Balkans

* Virovitica
* Santa Maura
* Vrtijeljka
* Coron
* Kalamata
* Navarino
* Modon
* Nauplia
* Patras
* Acropolis of Athens
* Derventa
* 1st Belgrade
* Negroponte
* Kostajnica
* Batočina
* 1st Niš
* Vidin
* Skopje
* Štip
* Kačanik
* Mytilene
* Kanina
* 2nd Niš
* 2nd Belgrade
* Slankamen
* 3rd Belgrade
* Petrovaradin
* Chios
* Oinousses
* Zeytinburnu
* Andros
* Cenei
* Olasch
* Bihać
* Action of 6 July 1697
* Zenta
* Sarajevo
* Samothrace

Eastern Europe

* Chițcani
* Reni
* Studenitsa [ru; uk]
* Moldavia
* Crimean
* Kamenets
* Novoselka [uk]
* Zernest
* Oradea
* Hodów
* Ustechko
* Azov campaigns
* Lugos
* Podhajce
* Martynów [pl]

The Battle of Vác was fought on June 27, 1684,[5] near the city of Vác in central Hungary, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War. The Austrian army was victorious.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Ernst Trost: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen; Vienna, Munich 1985; p. 47
2. ^ a b Wheatcroft 2008, p. 204.
3. ^ a b Bodart 1908, p. 105.
4. ^ Wheatcroft 2008, p. 205.
5. ^ Meyer Setton, Kenneth (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the seventeenth century. American Philosophical Society. p. 273. ISBN 0-87169-192-2.

## Bibliography

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* Bodart, G. (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905).
* Wheatcroft, Andrew (2008). The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01374-6.

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