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Siege of Vienna

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Date:
July 17, 1683 - September 12, 1683
Location:
Austria
Vienna
Participants:
Austria
Ottoman Empire
Poland
Key People:
Charles IV Leopold
John III Sobieski
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa
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Siege of Vienna, (July 17–September 12, 1683), expedition by the Ottomans against the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Leopold I that resulted in their defeat by a combined force led by John III Sobieski of Poland. The lifting of the siege marked the beginning of the end of Ottoman domination in eastern Europe. The leader of the Hungarian Calvinists, Imre Thököly, appealed to the Ottoman grand vizier, Kara Mustafa, to attack the Habsburg capital. With the tacit support of the Hungarian army, 150,000 Ottoman troops laid siege to Vienna, succeeded in capturing the outer fortifications, and began to tunnel to the ...(100 of 300 words)

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