Battle of Vienna
September 12, 1683
A relief army of Germans, Austrians, and Polish hussars under King Jan III Sobieski swept down from the Kahlenberg hills and shattered the Ottoman siege in a single afternoon. Kara Mustafa was strangled for the failure. The Ottoman advance into Europe was finished; the slow imperial retreat had begun, and the long liberation of Hungary and the Balkans could commence.
In context
Also in 1683 (3 other events on record)
- Siege of Vienna Begins · Europe · War
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- Pennsylvania Treaty at Shackamaxon · North America · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
- Before: August 10, 1680: Pueblo Revolt
- After: 1685: Monmouth Rebellion
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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