First Ottoman siege of Vienna fails--ending Ottoman expansion in Europe

Category
War
Place
Austria
Date
1529
Reference
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"Rivalry between King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had weakened sixteenth-century Europe. Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I 'the Magnificent' had taken advantage of the divisions to capture Buda and make Hungary a vassal state. Alarmed, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria encouraged a Hungarian revolt in 1528, while Suleiman was in Persia. . . . The Austrians had a force of 22,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 72 cannons. The Ottomans numbering some 350,000 men arrived at Vienna on September 26, but abandoned their siege guns, bogged down along the muddy roads. The Turks laid mines under the walls and Austrian pikemen beat back the attacks of the janissaries . . ." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Suleiman the Magnificent
1520
1566
Turkish
Holy Roman Empire
800
1806
German