Battle of Vienna

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battle historical event

The Battle of Vienna was a pivotal 1683 clash in which a European coalition led by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire lifted the Ottoman siege of Vienna, marking a major turning point in the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → historical event →
alliedForce	Bavarian contingents → Franconian contingents → Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire → Polish Crown Army → Saxon contingents →
alsoKnownAs	Relief of Vienna →
belligerent	Habsburg Monarchy → Holy League forces → Holy Roman Empire → Ottoman Empire → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
casualtiesSide	heavy Ottoman casualties → lighter Christian coalition casualties →
commander	Charles V, Duke of Lorraine → Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg → George Frederick of Waldeck → John III Sobieski → Kara Mustafa Pasha → Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden →
commemoratedBy	monuments in Kraków → monuments in Vienna →
date	1683-09-12 →
followedBy	Battle of Mohács (1687) → Battle of Párkány →
hasSiegeContext	Siege of Vienna (1683) →
holyRomanEmperor	Leopold I →
involvedUnitType	Ottoman janissaries → Polish winged hussars →
location	Archduchy of Austria → Holy Roman Empire → Vienna →
month	September →
notableFeature	decisive winged hussar charge → largest cavalry charge of its time →
opposingForce	Ottoman field army → Ottoman vassal contingents →
partOf	Great Turkish War → Ottoman–Habsburg wars →
polishCommander	John III Sobieski →
precededBy	Battle of Khotyn (1673) →
religiousDimension	conflict between Christian coalition and Muslim Ottoman Empire →
result	Christian coalition victory →
siegeLifted	Second Ottoman siege of Vienna →
strategicConsequence	beginning of Habsburg reconquest of Hungary → end of major Ottoman offensives into Central Europe →
turningPointIn	Ottoman expansion into Central Europe → Ottoman–Habsburg wars →
year	1683 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Turkish War → Great Turkish War ("Siege of Vienna (1683)") →	hasPart
John III Sobieski → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →	notableBattle
Kingdom of Poland → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria →	participatedIn
Battle of Vienna ("Relief of Vienna") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Vienna ("Siege of Vienna (1683)") →	hasSiegeContext
Battle of Vienna ("Second Ottoman siege of Vienna") →	siegeLifted
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period ("Battle of Vienna (1683)") →	significantEvent