Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.[citation needed]

Long Turkish War

1593–1606 Habsburg–Ottoman war

The Long Turkish War, Long War, or Thirteen Years' War was an indecisive land war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia. It was waged from 1593 to 1606, but in Europe, it is sometimes…

List of princes of Wallachia

This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which led to the creation of Romania.

Michael the Brave

16th-century ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania

Michael the Brave, born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia, Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes.In Romanian national historiography, Michael the Brave has often been…

Ottoman Empire

Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)

The Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm 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…

Battle of Călugăreni

1595 battle of the Ottoman Long War

The Battle of Călugăreni took place during the history of early modern Romania on 23 August [O.S. 13 August] 1595 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and the Ottoman army led by Koca Sinan Pasha. It was part of the Long Turkish War, fought between Christian and…

Tactical victory

Accomplishment of a military operation's tactical objective

In military tactics, a tactical victory may refer to a victory that results in the completion of a tactical objective as part of an operation or a result in which the losses of the "defeated" outweigh those of the "victor" although the victorious force failed to meet its…

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August 23

Day of the year

August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year.