The large Ottoman Army, attempted to capture Habsburg capital of Vienna in 1683, but suffered a crushing defeat, which also ended with the formation of anti-Ottoman alliance, The Holy League, and the beginning of the Great Turkish War.

[1] The Holy League brought together several European states such as Habsburg Monarchy, Russia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republic of Venice and united them against the Ottoman Empire.

[2] On August 29, 1688, Dalmatian governor Giorlamo Cornaro gathered all available forces, and besieged the town of Knin.

[2] The well-aimed Venetian cannon fire damaged the town walls and caused casualties among Ottoman troops defending it.

He also loaded the remaining captives on Venetian ships and deported them eastwards, after he accused them of being "hardline plunderers".