In questo giorno del 1683: la battaglia di Vienna si svolge sul monte Kahlenberg vicino a Vienna, dopo che la città era stata assediata dall’Impero ottomano per due mesi. La fine dell’assedio segna l’inizio della fine del dominio ottomano nell’Europa centrale e orientale.

The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, both under the command of King John III Sobieski, against the Ottomans and their vassal and tributary states.

The battle marked the first time the Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire had cooperated militarily against the Ottomans. The defeat is often seen as a turning point for Ottoman expansion into Europe, after which they would gain no further ground.

In the ensuing war that lasted until 1699, the Ottomans would cede most of Ottoman Hungary to Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.