On September 12
On September 12, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Second Siege of Vienna and the turn of the Ottoman tide (1683).
On this day
In July 1683 the Ottoman grand vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha laid siege to Vienna with a great army, hoping to seize the Habsburg capital and open Central Europe to Ottoman power. The city held out for two months under desperate conditions.
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