Siege of Belgrade (1690)
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| Siege of Belgrade (1690) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Great Turkish War, the Ottoman–Habsburg wars, and the Polish–Ottoman War | |||||||||
 Siege of Belgrade in 1688 by Nypoort | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha |
Ferdinand Gobert von Aspremont-Lynden | ||||||||
The siege of Belgrade in 1690 was the fifth siege of that city, taking place during the Great Turkish War.
Belgrade had been conquered by the Austrians under the
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha to regroup their army and retake the initiative. In 1690, the Ottomans recaptured Niš and by October 2 they had reached Belgrade
.
The siege lasted for only six days, as the Austrians were forced to surrender when their main powder magazine was hit by a Turkish shell and exploded. Belgrade was then captured by the Ottomans.
The Turks would hold the city until the Austrians retook it in the 1717 siege.