Battle of Giurgiu

Battle of Giurgiu
	Part of the Long Turkish War and Ottoman-Wallachian wars
	; The battle as depicted by Theodor Aman
Date	27–30 October 1595
Location	Giurgiu
Result	Transylvanian–Wallachian victory
Belligerents
Transylvania; Wallachia; Moldavia; Holy Roman Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Bocskay; Michael the Brave; Sigismund Báthory; Ștefan Răzvan	Sinan Pasha
Strength
50,000–51,000 37,000–38,000 Transylvanians; 8,000 Wallachians; 3,000 Moldavians; 1,500 Austrian mercenaries; 300 Italian knights;	c. 40,000 (October 1595)
Casualties and losses
Unknown, thousands	5,000–10,000 killed, 2 ships sunk

The Battle of Giurgiu took place on 27–30 October 1595. It was part of the Long Turkish War (1593–1606), a border conflict between the Christian powers and the Ottoman Empire over Balkan territories.

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