The siege of Temesvár (today:
Timișoara
Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...
,
Romania
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) was a siege during the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848, also known in Hungary as Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 () was one of many Revolutions of 1848, European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in ...
between the
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. Duri ...
and
Hungarian Revolutionary Army. The Hungarians unsuccessfully tried to capture the
Timișoara Fortress
Timișoara Fortress (, , , , ) is a historical fortress in western Romania around which the town of Timișoara was built.
It is presumed that there was an earlier Fortification, earthworks fortification built by the Pannonian Avars, Avars, but ...
.
The siege ended with the
Battle of Temesvár.
References
Sources
Temesvár története*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111229161751/http://www.freeweb.hu/erdkoz/temesvar/temesvar_tel.htm Temesvár az erdélyi közérdekű adatbázisban
Sieges of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Sieges involving Hungary
Sieges involving Austria
History of Timișoara
1849 in Hungary
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