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Siege of Vienna

Austria · Warfare / Austria War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1529–1683Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1529

Philip of Austria10 September 1529

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Heads a garrison of 17,000 defending Vienna from the Turks

Nicholas of Salm15 October 1529

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Helps force the Turks to withdraw from their siege of Vienna

William von Roggendorf15 October 1529

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Helps force the Turks to withdraw from their siege of Vienna

1682

Leopold I14 July 1682

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Vienna is besieged by a combined force of Hungarian & Turk forces. Leopold is forced into exile in Poland

Leopold I11 September 1682

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

John Sobieski III rescues Vienna from the Turks & Hungarians

1683

Eugenie Maurice Savoy1 September 1683

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Junior officer in the Allied army which comes to the relief of Vienna from the Turks

Charles V Lorraine12 September 1683

Vienna · Warfare / Austria War

Helps defeat a Turkish Army as part of an Allied army going to the relief of Vienna

Names involved

Charles V LorraineEugenie Maurice SavoyLeopold INicholas of SalmPhilip of AustriaWilliam von Roggendorf

Provenance

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