Early Modern era · 1683

Battle of Vienna

The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought between an Ottoman army commanded by Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha and a coalition of Imperial, German and Polish Crown forces under the overall command of King John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

When: 12 Sept 1683
Where: Kahlenberg
Era: Early Modern

Topics

Austria112 BCE – today

People

Eugene of Savoy1663 – 1736Prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)

Before and after

Moscow uprising of 16821682 Great Turkish War1683 – 1699 Show on timeline

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