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For other conflicts called the Long War, see Long War
Long War

Long War can refer to*Long War , a war between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire from 1593 to 1606*Long War , a concept describing several wars from 1914 to 1990 as one long war...
.


The Long War or Thirteen Years' War (July 29, 1593 - 1604/November 11, 1606) was one of the numerous wars between the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austria branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918....
 and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 that took place after the Battle of Mohács
Battle of Mohács

The Battle of Moh?cs was fought on August 29, 1526 near Moh?cs, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King of Hungary Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent....
.

Participants of the war were the Habsburgs, Transylvania
Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountains, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crisana, Maramures, and Banat....
, Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
, Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (with the aid of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferrara, Tuscany, Mantua and the Papal State) and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
.

The war started on July 29, 1593 when the Ottoman army under Sinan Pasha
Sinan Pasha

Sinan Pasha was an Albania born Ottoman Empire Military of the Ottoman Empire and statesman....
 launched a military campaign against the Habsburg monarchy, continued with the Battle of Mezokeresztes or Cerestes on October 24-26, 1596, and it ended with the Peace of Žitava
Peace of Žitava

The Peace of Zsitvatorok was a peace treaty which ended the Long War between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy on November 11 1606....
 on November 11, 1606.






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For other conflicts called the Long War, see Long War
Long War

Long War can refer to*Long War , a war between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire from 1593 to 1606*Long War , a concept describing several wars from 1914 to 1990 as one long war...
.


The Long War or Thirteen Years' War (July 29, 1593 - 1604/November 11, 1606) was one of the numerous wars between the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austria branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918....
 and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 that took place after the Battle of Mohács
Battle of Mohács

The Battle of Moh?cs was fought on August 29, 1526 near Moh?cs, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King of Hungary Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent....
.

Participants of the war were the Habsburgs, Transylvania
Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountains, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crisana, Maramures, and Banat....
, Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
, Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (with the aid of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferrara, Tuscany, Mantua and the Papal State) and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
.

The war started on July 29, 1593 when the Ottoman army under Sinan Pasha
Sinan Pasha

Sinan Pasha was an Albania born Ottoman Empire Military of the Ottoman Empire and statesman....
 launched a military campaign against the Habsburg monarchy, continued with the Battle of Mezokeresztes or Cerestes on October 24-26, 1596, and it ended with the Peace of Žitava
Peace of Žitava

The Peace of Zsitvatorok was a peace treaty which ended the Long War between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy on November 11 1606....
 on November 11, 1606. The war mostly was fought in Royal Hungary
Royal Hungary

Royal Hungary was the name of a territory of medieval Hungary where the Habsburgs were recognized as King of Hungary and Croatia in the wake of the Ottoman Empire victory at the Battle of Moh?cs and subsequent partition of the country....
 (mostly in present-day southern Slovakia), the Ottoman Empire (mostly in Transdanubia
Transdanubia

Transdanubia is a traditional region of Hungary....
 and present-day Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
) and in present day southern Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. The last phase of the war (1604 - 1606) corresponds to the uprising of Stephen Bocskay
Stephen Bocskay

Stephen Bocskai or Istv?n Bocskai was a Magyars noble from Transylvania, between 1604-06 the leader of an anti-Habsburg Monarchy uprising in Royal Hungary - partly also in Moravia and Austria - , and from 1605-06 the prince of Transylvania....
.

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