Second Battle of Mohács

Timeline

1. 1687Hungarian plain in the middle Danube · HungaryAfter the fall of Buda, the Ottomans proposed peace talks, but the Empire refused and continued its southward advance. Grand Vizier Köprülü Pasha led his army into southern Hungary, intending to block the forces of Duke Charles V of Lorraine and the Elector of Bavaria; the two sides faced off along the line from Mohács to Harsány.
2. 1687Harsány hills · HungaryThe Ottomans attacked first, but the Janissaries and sipahi cavalry failed to break through the lines of the Margrave of Baden and others. The imperial forces then assaulted the unfinished Ottoman fortifications; troops under Prince Eugene and others charged into the enemy ranks, and the Ottoman army collapsed and fled, its field forces no longer able to control central Hungary.
3. 1687Pressburg · SlovakiaThe defeat sparked mutinies in the Ottoman army, and Sultan Mehmed IV was deposed shortly afterward. That autumn, the Hungarian Diet at Pressburg recognized the hereditary male-line Habsburg succession and crowned Leopold's son Joseph while his father was still alive, institutionalizing Habsburg rule over Hungary.