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TIMELINE OF THE... GREAT TURKISH WAR

Late-17th century

IMPERIAL TENSIONS

The Habsburg Holy Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire compete for control of the Balkans and neighbouring territories. The Ottomans in particular want to expand westwards and achieve their long-held strategic ambition to capture the Habsburg capital of Vienna. Meanwhile, the Russians and Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth plan to take Ottoman territory on the northern Black Sea coast.

12 September 1683

01 BATTLE OF VIENNA

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