Habsburg Capital · event 1 of 11

1683

The second Ottoman siege is broken. After two months, a relief army under Jan Sobieski charges down from the Kahlenberg. The Ottoman advance into central Europe ends here, and the Baroque city is built on the confidence that follows.

The Habsburg Capital era

  1. 1683
  2. 1713
  3. 1740
  4. 1762
  5. 1766
  6. 1805 and 1809
  7. 1814–15
  8. 1848
  9. 1857
  10. 1869
  11. 1873

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