Great Turkish War
The Great Turkish War was fought between 1683 and 1699 by Ottoman Empire and the winning Holy League (the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland-Lithuania, Venice and Russia). Intensive fighting began in 1683 after the Ottomans failed to take the city of Vienna during the siege and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The defeated Ottoman Empire lost for the first time large amounts of territory: in Hungary and the Poland–Lithuania, as well as part of the western Balkans. The war was also significant in that it marked the first time Russia was involved in an alliance with Western Europe.
Great Turkish War Media
The northern Balkans in 1683, before the war. The northwestern portion is shown as belonging to the Habsburgs, the bulk of the Balkans under the Ottomans, with the far-northeastern area being Polish. Habsburg Empire Ottoman Empire
The northern Balkans, after the Treaty of Karlowitz. Habsburg Empire Ottoman Empire
Nafplion, or Napoli di Romagna, in the mid-16th century
The conquest of Preveza in 1684
Depiction of the Venetian siege of the Acropolis of Athens during 1687
The Battle of Párkány in October 1683
Defence of the fortifications of Vienna by civilians, oil painting by Romeyn de Hooghe
Sobieski at Vienna by Stanisław Chlebowski – king John III of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
