7/27/2023 0 Comments Battle of vienna imagesPolish aid which in 1683 defeated the Turkish armies before the gates,Īnd saved Vienna. So, perhaps that Austria even exists as a great power, and can hope toīe a greater in south-eastern Europe, is owing in no small degree to the Wedge into the midst of the former dominions of the Sultan. Great diminution of Turkish territory in Europe.Īt the present moment, in 1883, the power of Austria is driven as a Transylvania, Podolia, the Ukraine, the Morea and Azof. Treaty of Ryswick between France and the allies. The English Revolution secures England for the side of the Spain, Holland, the Pope, Savoy and other Princes of the Empire,ġ688. League of Augsburg between theĮmperor and the Circles of Western Germany, joined ultimately by Truce of Ratisbon between France and the Empire.ġ686. Defeat of the Turks by John Sobieski and the Duke League of the Empire, Poland and the Pope, supported by otherĪnti-French powers, against the Turks. Treaty of Laxenberg between the Emperor and the Upper GermanĬircles against France, followed by similar treaties between the Treaty between Holland and Sweden against France.ġ682. seizes Strassburg and makes other aggressions upon Treaties of Nimuegen between the French and the allies.ġ681. Tekeli heads an insurrection in Hungary against the Emperor.ġ678-79. Treaty of Zurawna between Turks and Poles the former retainġ677. Poland cedes most of PodoliaĪnd the Ukraine, and pays tribute to Turkey.ġ673. Treaty ofīuksacs between the Turks and Poles. French attack upon Holland provokes a general war. Conspiracy in Hungary against the Emperor crushed.ġ672. The Turks take Candia from the Venetians.ġ671. Truce with Austria, by which the Turks retain most of Hungary.ġ669. The "Campaigns of Eugene," published under the same authority mentionedġ664. Some of the matter of it is, I believe, contained in I regret that I have been unable to use the account of the campaign ofġ683 published in Vienna, by the Director of the War Archives, since Instance, as that the crescent moon was eclipsed on the day of the I have been obliged to reject some statements of Salvandy's, such, for Turkish Empire, etc.," translated, London, 1676, etc. Montecuculi " De la Guillatière's "View of the Present State of the Military Maxims," published late in the seventeenth century "Works of "History of the Turks " Salvandy's "History of Poland " "Memoirs ofĮugene," by De Ligne "Memoirs of Charles, Duke of Lorraine, and his Schimmer's "Sieges of Vienna " Von Hammer's My principal authorities are "Sobieski's Letters to his Queen," editedīy Count Plater, Paris, 1826 Starhemberg's "Life and Despatches,"Įdited by Count Thürheim, Vienna, 1882 "Campaigns of Prince Eugene, of Worth the telling, and to explain not only the details, but the widerīearings also, of a great crisis in European history, no satisfactoryĪccount of which exists, I believe, in English, and the two hundredth I have thought it worth while to tell to the general reader a story The historical scholar will find nothing new in the following pages but ( The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.) Images of the original pages are available through ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VIENNA 1683***Į-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Martin Pettit,Īnd the Online Distributed Proofreading Teamįrom page images generously made available by The History and Consequences of the Defeat of the Turks before Vienna, September 12, 1683, by John Sobieski, King of Poland, and Charles Leopold, Duke of Lorraine Located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of theĬountry where you are located before using this ebook. Under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this You may copy it, give it away or re-use it This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United StatesĪnd most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no The Project Gutenberg eBook of Vienna 1683, by Henry Elliot Malden The Project Gutenberg eBook, Vienna 1683, by Henry Elliot Malden
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