Early Modern era · 1683

Battle of Párkány

The Battle of Párkány (Turkish: Ciğerdelen Savaşı) was fought between October 7–9, 1683 in the town of Párkány (today: Štúrovo), in the Ottoman Empire, and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Ottoman War and the Great Turkish War. The battle was fought in two stages. In the first stage Polish troops under John III Sobieski were defeated by the Ottoman army under Kara Mehmed Pasha on October 7, 1683.

Battle of Párkány
Battle of Párkány · Juliusz Kossak, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
7 Oct 1683 – 9 Oct 1683
Where
Štúrovo
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Before and after

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