The Battle of Cenei (1696) took place in the

Banat of Temeswar The Banat of Temeswar or ''Banat of Temes'' was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and the follow ...

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/Temeshvar) between the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

and the

Habsburg Empire The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

. The Ottomans were victorious. The Habsburg army numbered at most 40,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. The Ottoman army was led by Sultan Mustafa II. The Habsburg troops were led by Frederick August I of Saxony.

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Cenei Cenei ( hu, Csene; german: Tschene; sr, Ченеј, Čenej; hr, Čenej) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included Checea until 2004, when it was split off to form a ...

1696 in Europe