Long War (Ottoman wars)

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Fifteen Years War
Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars
Date 1593 - c.1606 Location Hungary Result Treaty of Zsitva-Torok (Žitava).
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria Holy Roman Empire Hungary Croatia Transylvania Wallachia Cossacks Spain Papal States Bohemia Venice Tuscany Persia Serbs Knights of St. Stephen	Ottoman Turks Moldavia Crimean Chanate
Commanders
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor Michael the Brave	Murad III Mehmet III Ahmed I
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown, heavy	Unknown, heavy

Ottoman-Habsburg wars Mohacs - Campaign of Ferdinand I - Balkan campaign of Suleiman - Vienna - Little War - Koszeg - Tunis - Osijek - Preveza - Campaign of Suleiman (1543) - Eger - Malta - Szigetvar - Lepanto (1571) - Thirteen Years War - Keresztes - Saint Gotthard - Vienna (1683) - Mohacs (1687) - Slankamen - Zenta - Peterwardein - Grocka

The Long War or Thirteen Years' War (July 29, 1593 - 1604/November 11, 1606) was one of the numerous wars between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire that took place after the Battle of Mohács.

Participants of the war were the Habsburgs, Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia (with the aid of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferrara, Tuscany, Mantua and the Papal State) and the Ottoman Empire.

The war started on July 29, 1593 when the Ottoman army under Sinan Pasha launched a military campaign against the Habsburg monarchy, continued with the Battle of Mezőkeresztes or Cerestes on October 24-26, 1596, and it ended with the Peace of Žitava on November 11, 1606. The war mostly was fought in Royal Hungary (mostly in present-day southern Slovakia), the Ottoman Empire (mostly in Transdanubia and present-day Croatia) and in present day southern Romania. The last phase of the war (1604 - 1606) corresponds to the uprising of Stephen Bocskay.

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