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The siege of Vienna, in 1529, was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, while the defenders, led by Niklas Graf Salm, numbered no more than 21,000.
Siege of Vienna (1529), first Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. Battle of Vienna, 1683, second Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. Capture of Vienna (1805), French occupation during the War of the Third Coalition; Capture of Vienna (1809), French occupation during the War of the Fifth Coalition; Vienna Uprising (1848), Habsburg siege of the ...
Suleiman's march to Vienna was also an attempt to assist his vassal, John Szapolyai who claimed the throne of Hungary. Suleiman sent his army of 120,000 strong north on the 10 May 1529. His campaign was marked by speedy success, on September 8 Buda surrendered to the Ottomans and John Szapolyai was installed as King of Hungary.
The Battle of Vienna [a] took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 [2] after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. 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 ...
Monument of the siege of Kőszeg, located in the bourg of Kőszeg. Ferdinand's continued attempts to conquer Hungary, in particular the unsuccessful siege of Buda by the Habsburg commander Rogendorf in late 1530, made the sultan again want to organize a new raid on Vienna.
In 1529 Suleiman's conquests were checked at the siege of Vienna. Although from 1529 to 1566 the borders of the Ottoman Empire moved further west, none of the later campaigns achieved the decisive victory that would secure the new Ottoman possessions. [6] He annexed most of the Near East in his conflict with the Safavids. [4]
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Year 1529 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events ... Suleiman abandons the Siege of Vienna (a turning point in the Ottoman wars in Europe).