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Siege of Esztergom

Type Event Region Hungary Time 1543

In September 1543 Ottoman sultan Suleiman I again campaigned in Hungary, besieging and capturing Esztergom, the former Hungarian capital and archbish…

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1543Esztergom Castle · HungaryOttoman forces besieged Esztergom on the upper Danube; the garrison ultimately fell, and Hungary's religious and symbolic political city passed into Ottoman control.

Sources

Ottoman–Habsburg wars https://www.britannica.com/event/Ottoman-Habsburg-wars
The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600 — Halil İnalcık (2001)