Battle of Giurgiu

Part of the Long War (Ottoman wars)

The battle as depicted by Theodor Aman

Date	27–30 October 1595
Location	Giurgiu
Result	Christian victory

Belligerents

Wallachia

Principality of Transylvania

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Michael the Brave
Stephen Bocskay

Sinan Pasha

Strength

23,000 - 40,000^[1] (Bocksay's army)

13,200 Transylvanians
8,000 Székelys^[1]
artillery and 300 knights from Tuscany (under Silvio Piccolomini)^[2]^[3]
1,500 Germans (sent by Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria)
1,500 - 3,000 Moldavians (sent by Ştefan Răzvan)

8,000 (Michael's army) ^[4]

Long Turkish War

Sisak Veszprém Tata (1) Székesfehérvár (1) Romhány Banat Győr (1) Călugăreni Giurgiu Esztergom Brest Eger Keresztes Herzegovina Tata (2) Győr (2) Buda (1) Şelimbăr Kanizsa Mirăslău Guruslău Székesfehérvár (2) Braşov Buda (2)

The Battle of Giurgiu took place on 27–30 October 1595.^[5] It was one battle of the Long War, from 1591 or 1593 to 1606, the border conflict between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire over Balkan territories.^[6]

Michael the Brave defeated the Turkish army led by Sinan Pasha, pushing them on the right side of the Danube.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Zsigmond Báthori, Michael the Brave, and Giorgio Basta". mek.niif.hu. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
↑ Giurescu, C.C.; Giurescu, D.C. (1976). Istoria Românilor: De la mijlocul secolului al XIV-lea pînă la începutul secolului al XVII lea. Editura științifică. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
↑ Mihai Viteazul
↑ Petre P. Panaintescu, Mihai Viteazul
↑ George Marcu (coord.), Enciclopedia bătăliilor din istoria românilor, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2011
↑ Cathal J. Nolan (2006). The age of wars of religion, 1000-1650: an encyclopedia of global warfare and civilization. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 846. Retrieved 2012-03-23.