On This Day - What happened 29 August 1526 AD

Suleiman the Magnificent conquered the southern and central parts of the Kingdom of Hungary as part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, and, after his historic victory in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, he established Ottoman rule in the territory of present-day Hungary (except the western part) and other Central European territories.

The Hungarian Empire was defeated by the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Mohcs.