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Great Turkish War

1683 CE – 1699 CE · 16 years

The Ottoman Empire's failed siege of Vienna in 1683 triggered a 16-year war that permanently rolled back Ottoman power in Europe. The Holy League recaptured Hungary and much of the Balkans — the first time the Ottomans lost major European territory.

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Great Turkish War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Holy League (Austria, Poland, Venice, Russia)
  • Ottoman Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Great Turkish War.

  1. 1683 Battle of Vienna
  2. 1686 Siege & Capture of Buda
  3. 1687 Second Battle of Mohács
  4. 1697 Battle of Zenta

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1683 CE and 1699 CE.

1683 CE Siege of Vienna 1688 CE Nine Years' War (War of the Grand Alliance) 1689 CE Jacobite Risings 1690 CE Battle of the Boyne 1684 CE Rozvi Empire Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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