ConflictEurope

The siege of Vienna

Sep 13, 1683

The Ottomans' last thrust into central Europe

In depth

The battle is often presented as a clash of civilisations, but the alliances cut across: France had for decades cooperated with the Ottomans against the Habsburgs. The date has acquired a new and charged political use in modern European far-right rhetoric, worth knowing when one meets references to 1683.

For children

An Ottoman army besieged Vienna for two months before a Polish-German relief force drove them back. After this the Ottomans gradually withdrew southwards, and the Habsburgs took Hungary.

Connects to

The Ottoman empire at its heightJan 1, 1520 – Jan 1, 1566
Constantinople fallsJan 1, 1453
The Thirty Years' War and the Peace of WestphaliaJan 1, 1618 – Jan 1, 1648

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