Battle of Slunj

The Battle of Slunj was fought on 26 October 1584 between the Ottoman forces of the Bosnian Beglerbeg, Ferhad Pasha Sokolović, and Germanic and Croatian forces led by Jobst Joseph von Thurn and Tamás Erdődy, the Ban of Croatia, that ambushed the Ottoman Army stationed near the town of Slunj. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy. Ottoman troops were estimated at between 8-10,000 men, and the army of Thurn and Erdödy consisted of 1,330 cavalry and 700 infantry. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Ottoman forces.

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1584 Battle of Slunj

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1097 Battle of Gvozd Mountain

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1871 Rakovica Revolt

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1995-08-07T00:00:00Z

1991 — 1995 Croatian War of Independence

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1991	Croatia	Mediterranean country, sovereign state, unitary state, country	Wikidata
area	region	1993	Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1097	Battle of Gvozd Mountain	battle, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1584	Battle of Slunj	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1871	Rakovica Revolt	insurgency	Wikidata
event	war	1991	Croatian War of Independence	Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republic of Serbia, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, war, Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav People's Army	Wikidata
site	tower		Kula Radetina	fortified tower	Wikidata