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Event

Siege and Battle of Vienna (1683 CE)

Ottoman high-water mark in Central Europe; followed by Habsburg reconquest of Hungary.

Islamic

Event Details

  • Date: Siege 14 July-11 September 1683; battle 12 September 1683
  • Type: siege
  • Civilizations: western-atlantic, islamic

Description

Ottoman high-water mark in Central Europe; followed by Habsburg reconquest of Hungary.

Quantitative facts and their sourcing

  • Siege 14 July - 11 September 1683; relief battle 12 September; outcome: Christian coalition victory.
  • Wikipedia-compiled (stub): Ottoman total casualties 66,000-79,000; coalition 16,500-20,000; at least 57,220 civilians enslaved by Ottomans.
  • Candidate formal sources listed in the Wikipedia infobox/lead for this topic (METADATA-VERIFIED ONLY via Crossref/Open Library; NOT read; relevance to the figures above unverified): Şakul Kahraman 2021, II. Viyana Kusatmasi / Yedi Basli Ejderin Fendi.
  • PRIMARY-SOURCE (read 2026-10-12): A True and Exact Relation ... (London, 1683) pp. 1-2: the siege was raised and the Ottoman army defeated on 12 September 1683 "after a Siege of Sixty days"; the besiegers attacked "with Two hundred thousand Men" (contemporary claim); Starhemberg signalled the relief army from St Stephen's tower; the relief descended from the Kahlenberg. Christian loss figure in the OCR is illegible and NOT used.

Confidence

low-medium. Numbers marked "Wikipedia-compiled (stub)" come from a secondary aggregator and must be upgraded to page-level scholarly citations before any Official use.

Citations

  • true-exact-relation-vienna-1683-ia [PRIMARY-READ] Anonymous (London, 1683) (1683). A True and Exact Relation of the Raising of the Siege of Vienna and the Victory obtained over the Ottoman Army, the 12th of September 1683 (London, 1683; Early English Books scan); archive.org, read. Early English Books 1641-1700 (scan: Internet Archive). https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_a-true-and-exact-relatio_1683. Read 2026-10-12; location: pp. 1-2.
  • duffy1979-siege-warfare [formal] Christopher Duffy (1979). Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660. Routledge & Kegan Paul. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21295439W. Verified 2026-10-11 (Open Library record found; edition exists, page-level not checked).
  • wp-battle-of-vienna-1683 [STUB (secondary aggregator)] Wikipedia contributors (2026). Battle of Vienna (Wikipedia; secondary aggregator, stub-grade). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna. Verified 2026-10-11 (resolves).
  • m-sakul2021-ii-viyana-kusatmasi-yedi-basli-ejderin [formal] Şakul Kahraman (2021). II. Viyana Kusatmasi / Yedi Basli Ejderin Fendi. Timaş Publishing. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL35358792M. Verified 2026-10-11 (Open Library record found; edition exists, page-level not checked).

Review status

SOFT draft. Not Official. Needs editor review of CAD tags (estimated) and page-level citation upgrade.

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siege · Siege 14 July-11 September 1683; battle 12 September 1683

Siege and Battle of Vienna (1683 CE)

Ottoman high-water mark in Central Europe; followed by Habsburg reconquest of Hungary.

Evidence: Primary text read Draft estimate

What the record says

  • Note Siege 14 July - 11 September 1683; relief battle 12 September; outcome: Christian coalition victory.
  • Unverified (Wikipedia-compiled) Wikipedia-compiled (stub): Ottoman total casualties 66,000-79,000; coalition 16,500-20,000; at least 57,220 civilians enslaved by Ottomans.
  • Candidate sources Candidate formal sources listed in the Wikipedia infobox/lead for this topic (METADATA-VERIFIED ONLY via Crossref/Open Library; NOT read; relevance to the figures above unverified): Şakul Kahraman 2021, II. Viyana Kusatmasi / Yedi Basli Ejderin Fendi.
  • Primary text PRIMARY-SOURCE (read 2026-10-12): A True and Exact Relation ... (London, 1683) pp. 1-2: the siege was raised and the Ottoman army defeated on 12 September 1683 "after a Siege of Sixty days"; the besiegers attacked "with Two hundred thousand Men" (contemporary claim); Starhemberg signalled the relief army from St Stephen's tower; the relief descended from the Kahlenberg. Christian loss figure in the OCR is illegible and NOT used.

Confidence. low-medium.

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Sources and evidence

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