Siege of Belgrade (1521)

Siege of Belgrade
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Date 25 June - 29 August 1521 Location Nándorfehérvár, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Belgrade, Serbia) Result Decisive Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mihály Móré Balázs Oláh Petar Ovčarević	Suleiman I
Units involved
Šajkaši

The Siege of Belgrade occurred from 25 July - 29 August 1521. Sultan Suleiman I laid siege to the Hungarian fortress of Belgrade. The walls were undermined by mining and seven days of heavy bombardment. Thereafter the city was assaulted and conquered without great difficulty and with little loss of soldiers.^[1] Belgrade became an important military base for further operations in Europe and the seat of the Pashalik of Belgrade.^[2] During Ottoman rule Belgrade became one of Europe's largest cities.^[3] The conquest eventually led to the Battle of Mohács and to the conquest of a large part of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Ottomans.

References

1. The acts and monuments of John Foxe: Vol. IV, John Fox and George Townsend, 1846, p.52
2. The Age Of Nepotism by Vahid Razavi, 2009, p.23
3. The Age Of Nepotism by Vahid Razavi, 2009, p.23