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 Empire, led by the Habsburg monarchy, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, both under the command of Polish King John III Sobieski, against the Ottomans and their vassal and tributary states.
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Holy Roman EmpireEuropean political entity (800/962–1806)
WallachiaRegion of Romania from 1330 to 1862
Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthBi-confederate monarchy in Europe (1569–1795)
Great Turkish WarConflicts between Ottomans and Holy League (1683–1699)
ViennaCapital and largest city of Austria
Kara Mustafa PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1676 to 1683
John III SobieskiRuler of Poland–Lithuania from 1674 to 1696
CannonLarge-caliber gun
Ottoman–Habsburg wars1526–1791 series of wars in Europe
