Only 8 months left 'til the 340th anniversary of the 1683 Battle of Vienna! The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the imperial city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, both under the command of King John III Sobieski) against the Ottomans and their vassal and tributary states. The battle marked the first time the Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire had cooperated militarily against the Ottomans, and it is often seen as a turning point in history, after which "the Ottoman Turks ceased to be a menace to the Christian world". In the ensuing war that lasted until 1699, the Ottomans lost almost all of Hungary to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. You can learn more about the Battle of Vienna (1683) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna (NOT meant to be phishing or anything) By the way, that character on the bottom right of this picture is a Polish Winged Hussar, in case you're wondering. :) NOTE: The red is not blood. NOTE 2: This isn't meant to be a political project in any way or form. It's just teaching you some 17th century Polish history.
Credit to everyone. ... No thumbnail for this one. UwU
