MILITARY PERSONNEL

Giorgio Basta

1550 - 1607

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Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt, Gjergj Basta or Gheorghe Basta (1550 – 1607) was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë Albanian origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1593–1606. He was later sent to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal and to restore Catholicism as the dominant religion in the region. On his orders, his ally Michael the Brave, who ruled Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, was assassinated on 9 August 1601, a few days after the common victory at the Battle of Guruslău, for trying to turn against Rudolf II. For this, he is often depicted as disloyal and violent by Romanian and Hungarian historians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giorgio Basta has received more than 132,761 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Giorgio Basta is the 578th most popular military personnel (up from 621st in 2019), the 1,499th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,556th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Giorgio Basta ranks 578 out of 2,058Before him are Georg Stumme, Woodes Rogers, Zhou Tai, Zhuge Jin, Rüdiger von der Goltz, and William Tecumseh Sherman. After him are Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Deng Ai, Aleksei Antonov, Elyesa Bazna, John Hanning Speke, and Gusztáv Jány.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Giorgio Basta ranks 13Before him are Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, and Karin Månsdotter. After him are Do-Aklin, Jacobus Gallus, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Michael Maestlin, and False Dmitry III. Among people deceased in 1607, Giorgio Basta ranks 5Before him are Domenico Fontana, Alessandro Allori, Caesar Baronius, and Anna d'Este. After him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Jacob van Heemskerck, Gillis van Coninxloo, Guidobaldo del Monte, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Basta ranks 1,499 out of 5,161Before him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898), Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte (1815), Antipope Benedict X (1048), Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Carlo Maria Giulini (1914), and Marco Materazzi (1973). After him are Massimiliano Allegri (1967), Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3), Stefano di Giovanni (1392), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), John Parricida (1290), and Desiderata of the Lombards (754).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Giorgio Basta ranks 27Before him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Armando Diaz (1861), Andreas Hofer (1767), and Roger of Lauria (1245). After him are Ugo Cavallero (1880), Hermocrates (-500), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Ottavio Piccolomini (1599), and Ettore Bastico (1876).