Death, Taxes, And Jihad

Battle of Vienna                                                         Franz Geffels (fl, 1635-1671)

It's interesting that, on September 11-12, 1683, the army of the Holy Roman Empire and the commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania defeated the Army of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna, in present-day Austria. Read more about this battle that many historians believe affirmed the survival of western Europe and its Judeo-Christian civilization from destruction by Islamic jihad.

Readers may also be interested in the Siege of Vienna, an attempt by Suleiman the Magnificent to take the city in 1529.