Siege of Vienna (1529)
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The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the O
Contemporary 1529 engraving of clashes between the Austrians and Ottomans outside Vienna, by Bartel Beham
Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Panoramic view of Vienna during the first Turkish siege, by Nikolaus Meldemann, 1530, Wien Museum
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, used as the informal headquarters of the Austrian resistance by Niklas Graf Salm, appointed head of the mercenary relief force.
Battle of Vienna
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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 E
Siege of Vienna (1529)
…the beginning of 150 years of bitter military tension between the Habsburgs and Ottomans, punctuated by reciprocal attacks and culminating in a second siege of Vienna in 1683. In August 1526, Sultan Suleiman I decisively defeated the forces of King Louis II of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács, paving the way for the…
Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Skirmish between Hungarian anti-Habsburg Kuruc rebels and Habsburg loyalists
The plundering of Perchtoldsdorf, parish church Perchtoldsdorf
The Ottomans before the walls of Vienna, by August Querfurt