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Siege of Vienna

Siege of Vienna was a siege conducted on 29 January 1485 at Vienna, in what is now Austria; it lasted 4 months. It was part of the Austrian–Hungarian War, which ran from 1477 to 1488. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.

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Mátyás bevonulása Bécsbe, Philostratus kódex, Bibliotheca Corviniana. Feltételezés szerint a diadalmenetet tartó személy Corvin János
Mátyás bevonulása Bécsbe, Philostratus kódex, Bibliotheca Corviniana. Feltételezés szerint a diadalmenetet tartó személy Corvin János. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought29 January 1485lasted 4 months
WhereVienna, Austria48.208N, 16.373E
OutcomeHungarian victory
BelligerentsHoly Roman Empireagainst22px Kingdom of Hungary
Part ofAustrian–Hungarian War1477 to 1488

Where it sits in the Austrian–Hungarian War

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5 placed engagements of the Austrian–Hungarian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date29 January 1485
to 1 June 1485
PlaceVienna, Austria
48.208N, 16.373E
KindSiege, medieval
Strength2,000 foot soldiers; 1,000 cavalry; 20,000 civilians; Reinforcements: 200 cavalry; 300 fusiliers; 60 archers10,000 foot soldiers; 18,000 cavalry
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1485 and 1683.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1485

Siege of Vienna is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Austria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510505, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Vienna (1485), revision 1377667457, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.