Major conflict1683 – 1699 · 16 years

Great Turkish War

Central Europe · Ottoman Empire · Balkans

1683-1699 conflict between Ottoman and Christian coalition (Austria, Venice, Poland) reversed Ottoman European dominance.

Estimated casualties

500Ksingle estimate · no range published

What happened

The Ottoman siege of Vienna (1683) marked Ottoman final attempt at European conquest. Christian relief forces defeated Ottomans at Vienna. Subsequent Christian campaigns recovered Ottoman territories. Peace of Karlowitz (1699) established Christian dominance.

Why it mattered

Great Turkish War reversed Ottoman European expansion. The outcome presaged Ottoman decline as a European power.

Belligerents4

  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Ottoman Empire

ON THE MAPHoly Roman EmpirePoland-LithuaniaRussia (Tsardom, later Empire)Ottoman Empire

Conflict graph

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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48.21°N · 16.37°E · 1683 – 1699WARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / GREAT-TURKISH-WAR

Cite as: Great Turkish War (1683 – 1699). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/great-turkish-war · Sources & methodology