Battle of Vienna

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The Battle of Vienna took place on 12 September 1683 at the gates of Vienna, between the Turkish army and a coalition of Austrians and Poles.

Commemorative plaque on the Kahlenberg near Vienna

Commemorative plaque on the Leopoldsberg near Vienna

Jan III Sobieski, Polish king

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

Sultan Mehmed IV

Kara Mustafa Pasha, Turkish commander

Sipahis

Janissaries
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