The Great Turkish War was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition called the Holy League, made up of the Habsburg monarchy, Poland-Lithuania, Venice and later Russia. It began when the Ottomans besieged Vienna in 1683 and were defeated by a relief army under the Polish king John III Sobieski. The Holy League then went on the offensive, taking Buda in 1686 and winning victories at Mohacs and later at Zenta under Prince Eugene of Savoy. The war was ended by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, in which the Ottomans gave up most of Hungary and Transylvania to the Habsburgs. It marked the beginning of the decline of Ottoman power in central Europe.
Before and after
- from August 1678 to December 1678Kediri Campaign
- 4 December 1679Death of Thomas Hobbes
- 15 May 1681Construction of Canal du Midi
- 1682Founding of Philadelphia
- from 1683 to 1699Great Turkish War
- from 7 October 1683 to 9 October 1683Battle of Párkány
- 10 November 1683Birth of George II of Great Britain
- 19 December 1683Birth of Philip V of Spain
- 1684Construction of 10 Downing Street
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