{"slug": "michael-the-brave", "label": "Michael the Brave", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_the_Brave", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118755", "qid": "Q118755", "description": "Romanian prince and voivode of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia (1558–1601)", "entries": 10, "years": 6, "span": [1558, 1601], "span_label": ["1558 CE", "1601 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "principality-of-transylvania-15701711", "label": "Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sigismund-bathory", "label": "Sigismund Báthory", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rudolf-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "moldavia", "label": "Moldavia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (1593–1601) (d. 1601)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141988#Births", "title": "1558", "revid": 1368141988, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Battle of Calugareni: The Wallachians, led by Michael the Brave, accomplish a great tactical victory against a vast army of Turks, led by Sinan Pasha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#July–September", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Battle of Giurgiu: Michael the Brave, led by Transylvanian Prince Sigismund Báthory, again defeats the Turkish army led by Sinan Pasha, pushing them on the east side of the Danube.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#October–December", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – The Principality of Wallachia becomes a vassal state of the Austrian Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire, after Michael the Brave (Mihai Pătrașcu, with a regnal name of Michael II) signs an agreement at Prague with Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor to receive protection from the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#April–June", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – Prince Michael II of Wallachia begins the siege of Nicopolis (now Nikopol in Bulgaria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Battle of Sellenberk: Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory near Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#October–December", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Michael the Brave becomes ruler of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, formally uniting the three Danubian Principalities under one Romanian ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#April–June", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, arrives in Prague to enlist the assistance of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor in driving Ottoman troops out of Transylvania. Michael leaves on March 5, having received a pledge of Austrian troops to the fight.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#January–March", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – The Battle of Guruslău takes place in Goroszlo in (now Guruslău in Romania), as Wallachian troops led by Michael the Brave and Giorgio Basta defeat Transylvanian defenders commanded by Sigismund Báthory. Wallachia, assisted by Austrian troops from the Holy Roman Empire, retakes the Principality of Transylvania from Ottoman rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#July–September", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – Prince Michael the Brave of Wallachia (b. 1558)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#July–September", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Deaths › July–September"}}]}