The Battle of Giurgiu took place on 27–30 October 1595. It was part of the

Long Turkish War The Long Turkish War or Thirteen Years' War was an indecisive land war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the Principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia. It was waged from 1593 to 1606 but in Europ ...

(1591/1593–1606), a border conflict between the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

over Balkan territories.

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Battle of Giurgiu The Battle of Giurgiu took place on 27–30 October 1595. It was part of the Long Turkish War (1591/1593–1606), a border conflict between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. Th ...

Battles involving Wallachia Battles involving Transylvania Battles involving Moldavia

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

Military history of Romania History of Muntenia 1595 in the Ottoman Empire 1595 in Europe Battles of the Long Turkish War Michael the Brave