Wallenstein then joined the army of the Emperor Rudolf II in Hungary, where he saw, under the command of Giorgio Basta, two years of armed service (1604–1606) against the Ottoman Turks and Hungarian rebels.
The commune is the site of a battle in 1600 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and the Hungarian noblemen supported by the Austrian general Giorgio Basta (see Battle of Mirăslău).
Giorgio Armani | Giorgio de Chirico | Giorgio Strehler | Giorgio Agamben | Giorgio Moroder | Giorgio Morandi | Porto San Giorgio | Giorgio Napolitano | San Giorgio a Cremano | Giorgio Tozzi | Giorgio La Malfa | Giorgio Albertazzi | Gian Giorgio Trissino | San Giorgio Maggiore | San Giorgio di Piano | Giorgio Mainerio | Bajina Bašta | San Giorgio su Legnano | Giorgio Panariello | Giorgio Gaber | Giorgio Calabrese | Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli | San Giorgio di Nogaro | Giorgio Samorini | Giorgio Ronconi | Giorgio Massari | Giorgio Gaslini | Giorgio Gaja | Giorgio Di Centa | Giorgio Corbellini |