Siege of Vienna Begins
July 14, 1683
An Ottoman army of one hundred and fifty thousand under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa invested the Habsburg capital. Emperor Leopold I fled; the garrison under Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg dug in. For two months, the fate of central Europe hung on whether relief would reach Vienna before the mines under its walls collapsed the fortifications.
In context
Also in 1683 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of Vienna · Europe · War
- Qing Conquers Taiwan · East Asia · War
- 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.