Siege of Kanizsa (1664)

Siege of Kanizsa (1664)
Part of Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)

The siege of Kanizsa on a copper engraving
Date21 April - 30 May, 1664
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Electorate of Bavaria
Commanders and leaders
Sohrab Mehmed Pasha Miklós Zrínyi
Wolfgang Julius
Pietro Strozzi
Strength
3,000–4,000
  • 20,600
    • 7,400 Hungarians and Croatians
    • 7,000 Austrians
    • 5,000 Germans
    • 1,200 Bavarians
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Siege of Kanizsa was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by Miklós Zrínyi to capture the Ottoman fortress of Kanizsa, the combined Hungarian-Austrian-German army on hearing of the incoming Turkish reinforcements had to withdraw after a month-long siege.