The siege of Vienna, in 1529, was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna, Austria. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, while the defenders, led by Niklas Graf Salm, numbered no more than 21,000.Nevertheless, Vienna was able to survive the siege, which ultimately lasted just over …

Hamburg was found in the 9th century as a mission settlement to convert the Saxons. Since the Middle Ages, it was an important trading center in Europe.The convenient location of the port and its independence as a city and state for centuries strengthened this position.. The city was member in the medieval Hanseatic trading league and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman …

Le Epistulae morales ad Lucilium ("Lettere morali a Lucilio") sono una raccolta di 124 lettere suddivise in 20 libri, scritte da Lucio Anneo Seneca negli ultimi mesi di vita. L'opera venne messa a punto negli anni del disimpegno politico del filosofo, tra il 62 e il 65, ed è giunta parzialmente incompleta. Il destinatario delle missive è Lucilio Iuniore, governatore della Sicilia oltreché ...

Khair ad-Din bzw. Chaireddin, von den ... Khair ad-Din konnte mit osmanischer Militärhilfe 1529 die Spanier aus Bône und Constantine vertreiben. Dank seiner erfolgreichen Raubzüge wurde er im August 1533 von Süleyman zum Oberbefehlshaber der …