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  1. DateSiege: 14 July – 12 September 1683 · (1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day) · Battle: 12 September 1683
    LocationVienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (now Vienna, Austria)
    ResultChristian coalition victory
    Territorial changesCoalition of Christians establishes Holy League to further push back the Ottomans · Beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire · Beginning of the Great Turkish War · Ottomans fail to take Vienna, coalition (later the Holy League) forces invade territories in Hungary and the Balkans under Ottoman rule
    Overview

    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 by the Holy Roman Em… See more

    Prelude

    Capturing the city of Vienna had long been a strategic aspiration of the Ottoman Empire, due to the control the city had over the Danube and the overland trade routes to Germany and the Eastern Mediterranean. During the … See more

    Events during the siege

    The main Ottoman army laid siege to Vienna on 14 July. On the same day, Kara Mustafa sent the traditional demand that the city surrender to the Ottoman Empire. Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg, leader of th… See more

    Ottoman siege casualties (July 17–September 12, 1683)

    In this table, only household and retinue troops’ numbers are certain, 78,500 and 44,200 while other troops’ numbers are rounded, 50,000 Tatars, 10,000 Wallachian, 170,000 rear service etc. Based on this, Kahraman … See more

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