Mohács

Mohács stands on the Danube in southern Hungary and belonged to the medieval county of Baranya. On 29 August 1526, an Ottoman army under Suleiman defeated the Hungarian royal army near the town; King Louis II died in the aftermath. The defeat opened a succession struggle and contributed to the later division of the Hungarian kingdom.

Under Ottoman rule Mohács served as the seat of a sanjak. Allied forces took the town in 1686, and in 1687 another battle, later called the second battle of Mohács, was fought near Harsány. The imperial victory formed part of the campaign that displaced Ottoman rule in much of Hungary.