✦ History

Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)

February 1788 – August 4, 1791

Ended by Treaty of Sistova

The Habsburg Monarchy joined Russia in a war against the Ottoman Empire. Austria took Belgrade in 1789, but returned most of its gains in the Treaty of Sistova.

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Battles 4

July 2 – September 19, 1788
Siege of Khotyn (1788) Austro-Russian victory Khotyn Prince Josias of Coburg, Ivan Saltykov
September 21, 1788
Battle of Karánsebes Ottoman victory Caransebeș Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cenaze Hasan Pasha, Koca Yusuf Pasha
September 15 – October 8, 1789
Siege of Belgrade (1789) Austrian victory Belgrade Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Karl Clemens Graf Pellegrini, Joseph von Colloredo-Waldsee
September 22, 1789
Battle of Rymnik Austro-Russian victory Mărtinești Prince Josias of Coburg, Cenaze Hasan Pasha, Alexander Suvorov

Key commanders

Ottoman Empire 5

Abdul Hamid I belligerent leader Selim III belligerent leader Cenaze Hasan Pasha belligerent leader Koca Yusuf Pasha belligerent leader Hacı Mustafa Paşa military commander

Holy Roman Empire 8

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde belligerent leader Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz belligerent leader Eugen von Argentau belligerent leader Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen military commander Paul Kray military commander

Habsburg Monarchy 6

Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander Karl Clemens Graf Pellegrini military commander Joseph von Colloredo-Waldsee military commander Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor military commander Prince Josias of Coburg military commander Ivan Saltykov military commander

Russian Empire 3

Prince Josias of Coburg military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Andreas Karaczay military commander