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150,000 as of 10 September 1683, [4] down from 170,000 at the start of the campaign, according to documents on the order of battle found in Kara Mustafa's tent. [5] [Note 1] – alternative estimates. Approximately 150 cannons [6] Viennese garrison: 11,000 soldiers [11] + 5,000 volunteers [11] 312 guns but only 141 operational [11] (strength on ...
1683 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. As of the start of 1683, the ...
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Intensive fighting began in 1683 and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The war was a resounding defeat for the Ottoman Empire, which for the first time lost substantial territory, in Hungary and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as in part of the western Balkans.
Tripartite periodization became standard after the German historian Christoph Cellarius published Universal History Divided into an Ancient, Medieval, and New Period (1683). For 18th-century historians studying the 14th and 15th centuries, the central theme was the Renaissance , with its rediscovery of ancient learning and the emergence of an ...
He reigned over the Kingdom of France until his death in 1715, making his reign the longest of any monarch in history at 72 years and 110 days. 1643: L'incoronazione di Poppea, by Monteverdi, first performed. 1644: Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected Pope Innocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644. 1644: The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming ...
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