1683 War

Siege of Vienna

Name: Siege of Vienna
Start: 1683

The Christian coalition breaks the Ottoman offensive: the ebb begins in Central Europe.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1683 — the context national timelines leave out.

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Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

What was written of it

Nations are not something eternal. They began, they will end. The European confederation, probably, will replace them.

Ernest Renan 1882

What is a Nation?

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