Battle of Mohács (1526)

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Mohács (1526) was a decisive Ottoman victory over the Kingdom of Hungary that led to the collapse of medieval Hungarian statehood and the expansion of Ottoman dominance in Central Europe.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Mohács	9
Battle of Mohács (1526) canonical	6
First Battle of Mohács	1
Ottoman campaign against Hungary in 1526	1

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Target entity: Battle of Mohács (1526)
Context triple: [Janissaries, notableBattle, Battle of Mohács (1526)]

A. Battle of Mohi
The Battle of Mohi was a major 1241 clash in which Mongol forces decisively defeated the Kingdom of Hungary, marking a critical moment in the Mongol expansion into Central Europe.
B. Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596)
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.
C. Battle of Zenta
The Battle of Zenta was a decisive 1697 clash in the Great Turkish War in which Habsburg forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the Ottoman Empire, significantly shifting the balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe.
D. Battle of Varna
The Battle of Varna was a decisive 1444 clash near Varna on the Black Sea in which an Ottoman victory crushed a major Christian crusading army and secured Ottoman dominance in the Balkans.
E. Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna was a pivotal 1683 clash in which a European coalition led by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire lifted the Ottoman siege of Vienna, marking a major turning point in the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Mohács (1526)
Target entity description: The Battle of Mohács (1526) was a decisive Ottoman victory over the Kingdom of Hungary that led to the collapse of medieval Hungarian statehood and the expansion of Ottoman dominance in Central Europe.

A. Battle of Mohi
The Battle of Mohi was a major 1241 clash in which Mongol forces decisively defeated the Kingdom of Hungary, marking a critical moment in the Mongol expansion into Central Europe.
B. Battle of Mezőkeresztes (1596)
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.
C. Battle of Zenta
The Battle of Zenta was a decisive 1697 clash in the Great Turkish War in which Habsburg forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the Ottoman Empire, significantly shifting the balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe.
D. Battle of Varna
The Battle of Varna was a decisive 1444 clash near Varna on the Black Sea in which an Ottoman victory crushed a major Christian crusading army and secured Ottoman dominance in the Balkans.
E. Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna was a pivotal 1683 clash in which a European coalition led by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire lifted the Ottoman siege of Vienna, marking a major turning point in the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aftermath	civil war in Hungary ⓘ election dispute between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Mohács
belligerent	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	heavy Hungarian casualties ⓘ relatively light Ottoman casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength	Hungarian army heavily outnumbered ⓘ Ottoman army numerically superior to Hungarian army ⓘ
commander	John II Sigismund Zápolya ⓘ surface form: György Szapolyai Louis II of Hungary ⓘ Pál Tomori ⓘ Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Hungarian national remembrance days ⓘ
conflictBetween	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
consequence	Habsburg involvement in Hungarian affairs ⓘ beginning of long-term Ottoman domination over central parts of Hungary ⓘ collapse of medieval Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ expansion of Ottoman influence in Central Europe ⓘ partition of Hungary ⓘ power vacuum in Central Europe ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
date	29 August 1526 ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Vienna (1529) ⓘ surface form: First Ottoman siege of Vienna (1529)
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Habsburg rivalry
location	near Mohács ⓘ southern Hungary ⓘ
memorial	Mohács National Memorial Site ⓘ
modernCountry	Hungary ⓘ
notableDeath	Louis II of Hungary ⓘ many members of Hungarian high nobility ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: Ottoman expansion into Europe Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
precededBy	Battle of Mohács (1526) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman campaign against Hungary in 1526
primaryTacticHungarians	frontal cavalry charge ⓘ
primaryTacticOttomans	use of artillery and disciplined infantry ⓘ
result	Ottoman victory ⓘ decisive Ottoman victory ⓘ
significance	key step in Ottoman advance toward Vienna ⓘ symbol of national tragedy in Hungarian collective memory ⓘ turning point in Hungarian history ⓘ
terrain	marshy plain ⓘ
year	1526 ⓘ

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