The Battle of Mohács was fought on August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ...August 29, Events January 14 _ Treaty of Madrid. ...1526 between the The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság) or Hungary (Magyarország) is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. ...Hungarian army led by Louis Jagellion was born in 1506 as the son of (V)Ladislaus Jagiello, who died in 1516. ...Louis II and the The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923...Ottoman army led by Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (November 6, 1494 – September 5/6, 1566); in Turkish Süleyman , (nicknamed the Magnificent in Europe and the Lawgiver in the Islamic World, in Turkish Kanuni) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 and successor to Selim I. He was born at...Suleiman the Magnificent.

The Hungarians had long been opponents to the Muslims, the "Shield of Christianity" for Europe. The marriage of Louis to Maria of Austria (1505 – 1558) is also known variously as Mary, Marie or Maria of Hungary (after her marriage) of Austria (due to her country of origin) or of Habsburg acknowledging her powerful grandfather Maximilian I. Born in Brussels, she was promised to the then unborn Louis II of Hungary...Maria of Austria in 1522 drew the kingdom closer to the Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...Habsburgs and the Ottomans saw the need to break this nascent alliance, after Louis refused a peace offer the Ottomans decided to use military power. They attacked in June 1526, advancing up the For other uses of Danube, see Danube (disambiguation). ...Danube.

The Hungarian forces chose the battlefield, an open if uneven plain leading down to the river Danube. The Ottomans had been allowed to advance almost unopposed. While Louis waited in Buda is the western part of Budapest on the bank of the Danube. ...Buda, they had besieged several towns and crossed the Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ...Sava and the Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from Alto Adige, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast, forming most of the Croatian_Hungarian border before joining the Danube near Osijek. ...Drava. Louis had around 26,000 soldiers and the invading army was around 50,000 _ 60,000. The Hungarian army was arrayed to take advantage of the terrain and hoped to engage the Ottoman army piecemeal.

The actual battle lasted only two hours. As the first of Suleiman's troops, the Rumelia (or Roumelia) (in Turkish Rumeli, the East Roman or Byzantine Empire), a name commonly used, from the 15th century onwards, to denote the part of the Balkan Peninsula subject to the Ottoman Empire. ...Rumelian army, advanced onto the battlefield at 13.00 they were attacked and routed by Hungarian troops led by Pal Tomori. But as the main Ottoman force arrived in the early afternoon (around 14.00) the situation quickly changed, the Hungarian forces were slow to reinforce the successes on their right and when they did advance, too late, they became exposed. Nevertheless the Hungarian soldiers fought bravely, but decimated by Ottoman musket fire they could not last and either fled or were surrounded and killed or captured. Louis left the battlefield but was thrown from his horse in a river and died there. Around 16,000 Hungarian soldiers were killed and a similar number of Ottomans.

The Ottoman victory did not give them the security they wanted. It meant the end of the The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...Kingdom of Hungary but the Ottoman forces withdrew in September and the territory ended up split between the Ottomans and the Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...Habsburg Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (March 10, 1503 _ July 27, 1564) was one of the Habsburg emperors that at various periods during his life ruled over Austria, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary. ...Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria.

This battle is sometimes compared to the Battle of Crécy Conflict Hundred Years War Date August 26, 1346 Place South of Calais, near Crécy_en_Ponthieu Result Decisive English victory The Battle of Crécy took place on August 26, 1346, near Crécy_en_Ponthieu, in the Somme département of northern France and...Battle of Crécy that happened 180 years before on the other end of the continent, because there the slow A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...knights under heavy armor also suffered a major defeat at the hand of much less armored opposition. The Ottoman Empire's efficient light An army unit consisting of mounted soldiers are commonly known as cavalry. ...cavalry would continue to The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe marked the better part of the history of southeastern Europe, notably, giving infamy to the Balkans. ...wreak havoc in Europe for decades to come.