Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596)

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596) was a major clash between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg-Transylvanian forces in Hungary that ended in a hard-fought Ottoman victory and marked a turning point in the Long Turkish War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Keresztes	5
Battle of Mezőkeresztes	3
Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596) canonical	2
Battle of Keresztes campaign operations of 1596	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Haçova ⓘ Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Keresztes
belligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Ottoman Empire ⓘ Principality of Transylvania ⓘ
campaign	Siege of Eger (1596) ⓘ surface form: Ottoman campaign of 1596 in Hungary
category	Battles involving Transylvania ⓘ Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Battles involving the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
combatantSide	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Principality of Transylvania ⓘ surface form: Transylvanian Principality
commander	Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria ⓘ Sultan Mehmed III ⓘ surface form: Mehmed III Mihály Vitéz Székely ⓘ Sigismund Báthory ⓘ Sinan Pasha ⓘ
conflictOf	Long Turkish War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Principality of Transylvania ⓘ
date	1596-10-24 ⓘ
endDate	1596-10-26 ⓘ
followedBy	later campaigns of the Long Turkish War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 16th century ⓘ
involvedEntity	armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg imperial troops Janissaries ⓘ Transylvanian troops ⓘ
location	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Mezőkeresztes ⓘ
monarchInvolved	Sultan Mehmed III ⓘ
notableFeature	initial Habsburg-Transylvanian success followed by Ottoman counterattack ⓘ
opponent	Habsburg-Transylvanian forces ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Long Turkish War ⓘ Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Keresztes campaign operations of 1596
presentDayLocation	Hungary ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ
relatedEvent	Siege of Eger (1596) ⓘ
result	Ottoman victory ⓘ
significance	secured Ottoman control over parts of northern Hungary ⓘ turning point in the Long Turkish War ⓘ
startDate	1596-10-24 ⓘ
theatre	Hungarian–Ottoman frontier ⓘ surface form: Hungarian front of the Long Turkish War
typeOfEngagement	pitched battle ⓘ
year	1596 ⓘ