Battle of Zernest 1690
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1690 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Romania | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Great Turkish War | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Habsburg monarchy, Heissler of Heitersheim, Holy Roman Empire, Imre Thököly, Mihály Teleki, Ottoman Empire, Principality of Transylvania, Principality of Wallachia | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 46.5632, 25.3409 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Zernest was fought on 11 August 1690, near the town of Zernest (Zărnești) in southeastern Transylvania (today in Romania), between the allied forces of Transylvania and the Holy Roman Empire, and the forces of the Ottoman Empire and their vassals, the Crimean Tatars and Wallachians, and the allied Hungarian Kurucs.
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