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Siege of Vienna: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 17, 1683 - September 12, 1683
Location Austria • Vienna
Participants Austria • Ottoman Empire • Poland

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Key People

Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Charles IV, duke of Lorraine and Bar; detail from an engraving by J. Peeters
Charles IV Leopold
duke of Lorraine and Bar
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Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman vizier

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