Battle of Zernest, the Glossary
The Battle of Zernest was fought on 11 August 1690, near the town of Zernest in southeastern Transylvania (today Zărnești, in Romania), between the allied forces of Transylvania and the Holy Roman Empire, and the allied forces of the Ottoman Empire, Tatar allies, Wallachians, and Hungarian Kurucs.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: Banat, Carpathian Mountains, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Crimean Khanate, Cristian, Sibiu, Danube, Donat John, Count Heissler of Heitersheim, Emeric Thököly, Great Turkish War, Holy League (1684), Holy Roman Empire, Kuruc, Mihály Teleki, Ottoman Empire, Prince of Transylvania, Romania, Rucăr–Bran Pass, Serbia, Sultan, Transylvania, Voivode, Wallachia, Zărnești.
- 1690 in Europe
- 1690 in the Ottoman Empire
- Battles involving Wallachia
- Battles of the Great Turkish War
- Conflicts in 1690
- History of Transylvania (1683–1848)
- Zărnești
Banat
Banat (Bánság; Banat) is a geographical and historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central and Eastern Europe.
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Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.
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Constantin Brâncoveanu
Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654 – August 15, 1714) was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
See Battle of Zernest and Constantin Brâncoveanu
Crimean Khanate
The Crimean Khanate, self-defined as the Throne of Crimea and Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary, was a Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441–1783, the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde.
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Cristian, Sibiu
Cristian (Grossau; Kereszténysziget) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.
See Battle of Zernest and Cristian, Sibiu
Danube
The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.
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Donat John, Count Heissler of Heitersheim
Donat John Count Heissler of Heitersheim was an Imperial and Royal Marshal of the Habsburg empire.
See Battle of Zernest and Donat John, Count Heissler of Heitersheim
Emeric Thököly
Emeric Thököly de Késmárk (késmárki Thököly Imre; Imrich Tököli;; Tököli İmre; 25 September 1657 13 September 1705) was a Hungarian nobleman, leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father, Count István Thököly, before him.
See Battle of Zernest and Emeric Thököly
Great Turkish War
The Great Turkish War (Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League (Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia, and the Kingdom of Hungary.
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Holy League (1684)
The Holy League (Latin: Sacra Ligua) of 1684 was a coalition of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Kuruc
Kuruc (plural kurucok), also spelled kurutz, refers to a group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711.
See Battle of Zernest and Kuruc
Mihály Teleki
Mihály Teleki (Oradea, Principality of Transylvania, 1634 - Zărnești, 21 August 1690), was Chancellor of Transylvania and adviser to Prince Michael I Apafi.
See Battle of Zernest and Mihály Teleki
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Prince of Transylvania
The Prince of Transylvania (erdélyi fejedelem, Fürst von Siebenbürgen, princeps Transsylvaniae, principele TransilvanieiFallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last decades of the 16th century until the middle of the 18th century.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
See Battle of Zernest and Romania
Rucăr–Bran Pass
The Rucăr–Bran Pass, also called in English the Bran Pass (Törzburger Pass, Törcsvári-szoros), is a mountain pass in Romania, linking the counties of Brașov and Argeș.
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Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
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Sultan
Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.
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Transylvania
Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.
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Voivode
Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.
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Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (lit,; Old Romanian: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).
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Zărnești
Zărnești (Molkendorf, Zernescht; Zernest) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 21,624 as of 2021.
See Battle of Zernest and Zărnești
See also
1690 in Europe
- 1690 in Denmark
- 1690 in England
- 1690 in France
- 1690 in Ireland
- 1690 in Italy
- 1690 in Norway
- 1690 in Scotland
- 1690 in Sweden
- Battle of Zernest
- Nine Years' War
- Siege of Belgrade (1690)
1690 in the Ottoman Empire
- Battle of Mytilene (1690)
- Battle of Zernest
- Siege of Kanizsa (1690)
Battles involving Wallachia
- Battle of Brașov
- Battle of Breadfield
- Battle of Bucov
- Battle of Cecora (1620)
- Battle of Călugăreni
- Battle of Finta
- Battle of Giurgiu
- Battle of Guruslău
- Battle of Karanovasa
- Battle of Khotyn (1621)
- Battle of Khotyn (1673)
- Battle of Kosovo (1448)
- Battle of Kulevicha
- Battle of Mirăslău
- Battle of Nicopolis
- Battle of Posada
- Battle of Rovine
- Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)
- Battle of Sırpsındığı
- Battle of Valea Albă
- Battle of Varna
- Battle of Verbia
- Battle of Vienna
- Battle of Zernest
- Battle of Șelimbăr
- Night attack at Târgoviște
- Siege of Dâmbovița Fortress
- Siege of Golubac
- Siege of Kamenets
- Siege of Suceava (1653)
Battles of the Great Turkish War
- Azov campaigns (1695–1696)
- Battle of Štip
- Battle of Batočina
- Battle of Chițcani (1683)
- Battle of Derventa
- Battle of Eperjes
- Battle of Kassa
- Battle of Lugos
- Battle of Mohács (1687)
- Battle of Niš (1689)
- Battle of Olasch
- Battle of Párkány
- Battle of Podhajce (1667)
- Battle of Podhajce (1698)
- Battle of Reni
- Battle of Slankamen
- Battle of Vác (1684)
- Battle of Vienna
- Battle of Zenta
- Battle of Zernest
- Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689
- Osijek Campaign
- Siege of Érsekújvár (1685)
- Siege of Belgrade (1688)
- Siege of Belgrade (1690)
- Siege of Bihać (1697)
- Siege of Buda (1684)
- Siege of Buda (1686)
- Siege of Esztergom (1685)
- Siege of Kanizsa (1690)
- Siege of Pécs
- Siege of Virovitica (1684)
- Siege of Visegrád
Conflicts in 1690
- Battle of Beachy Head (1690)
- Battle of Cavan
- Battle of Chedabucto
- Battle of Cromdale
- Battle of Falmouth (1690)
- Battle of Fleurus (1690)
- Battle of Mytilene (1690)
- Battle of Port Royal (1690)
- Battle of Quebec (1690)
- Battle of Staffarda
- Battle of Ulan Butung
- Battle of Zernest
- Capture of Waterford
- Jacobite rising of 1689
- Leisler's Rebellion
- Raid on Salmon Falls
- Siamese revolution of 1688
- Siege of Athlone (1690)
- Siege of Belgrade (1690)
- Siege of Cork
- Siege of Kanizsa (1690)
- Williamite War in Ireland
History of Transylvania (1683–1848)
- Battle of Zernest
- Governor of Transylvania
- Laurențiu Man
- Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)
- Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan
- Satu Mare Swabians
- Siculicidium
- Supplex Libellus Valachorum
- Transylvanian Landlers
- Transylvanian School
- Treaty of Passarowitz
- Wallachian uprising of 1821
Zărnești
- Bârsa (Olt)
- Battle of Zernest
- Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Zărnești
- Piatra Craiului Mountains
- St. Nicholas Church, Zărnești
- Zărnești
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zernest
Also known as Battle of Zărneşti.