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Events on Saturday 26 October 1596 1
1596Battle of KeresztesOttoman forces rout a Habsburg-led Christian army in HungaryDuring the Long Turkish War, Sultan Mehmed III's Ottoman army defeated a combined Habsburg, Transylvanian, and allied Christian force near Keresztes in northern Hungary. The Christian army had nearly won before a collapse turned the battle into a decisive Ottoman victory. The defeat weakened the anti-Ottoman coalition for years afterward.