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    1683 ( MDCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1683rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 683rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1680s decade.

  2. The defeat of the Ottoman army outside the gates of Vienna in 1683 is usually regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. But how significant was it really, and for whom? Walter Leitsch | Published in History Today Volume 33 Issue 7 July 1983.

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  4. A pivotal moment in Vienna’s long past came in 1683 when the Ottoman Empire laid siege to the city. The outcome changed the course of Austrian and European history and gave birth to numerous stories (and myths). Siege lasted around two months. The Polish king, Jan III Sobieski, eventually relieved the city. Marked the beginning of the end for ...

  5. On the 15th of July 1683, 300,000 Ottoman soldiers stood before the gates of the city on the Danube. Confident of the superiority of his forces, the Ottoman general Kara Mustafa bides time. Vienna has to fall sooner or later. A constant barrage of artillery fire and a massive deployment of explosives cause the city's fortifications to crumble.

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