Siege of Šabac (1521) explained

Conflict:	Siege of Šabac
Partof:	the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Date:	7 July 1521
Place:	Šabac
Result:	Ottoman victory
Combatant1:	Kingdom of Hungary
Combatant2:	Ottoman Empire
Commander1:	Louis II
Commander2:	Suleiman I Ahmed Pasha
Casualties1:	All defenders killed
Casualties2:	Unknown

The siege of Šabac or Szabács occurred on 7 July in the year 1521 when the Ottoman Empire conquered the Šabac fortress.^[1]

In 1520 Suleiman the Magnificent ascended to the throne. The Ottomans under the leadership of Ahmed Pasha conquered the fortress of Šabac on 7 July in 1521.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Grčić, Mirko, and Ljiljana Grčić. "Genesis of the city Šabac and origin of its name." Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta" Jovan Cvijić", SANU 61, no. 1 (2011): 85-105.
2. Kásler, Miklós. "Ethnic and Demographic Changes in Hungary’s (More Than) 1100 Years Long History." POLGÁRI SZEMLE: GAZDASÁGI ÉS TÁRSADALMI FOLYÓIRAT 13, no. Spec. (2017): 295-325.
3. Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes<nowiki>]: A Historical Encyclopedia.] abc-clio, 2011. All of its defenders were killed. After its conquest Suleiman said that it was one of the cities he had conquered and that it must be improved. He ordered towers to be built around the fortress and a moat around it filled with water from Sava. Suleiman spent 10 full days on the Sava at Šabac overseeing the construction of the pontoon bridge.

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