Mohacs

Mohacs, a market-town of Hungary, on the western arm of the Danube, 37 miles by rail ESE. of Fünfkirchen. It is a station for steamboats on the Danube, and the seat of considerable trade in wine, coal, timber, and agricultural produce. Pop. 12,385. Here, on 29th August 1526, Louis II. of Hungary, with 25,000 Hungarians, met the Sultan Soliman at the head of 200,000 Turks. The battle resulted in the disastrous defeat of the Hungarians, who lost their king, seven bishops, many nobles and dignitaries, and upwards of 22,000 men. In a second battle fought here on August 12, 1687, the Turks in their turn were defeated by an Austro-Hungarian army under Charles of Lorraine.