September 11, 1565 - The Knights Hospitaller, badly outnumbered and outgunned, repulse the Turks from Malta, the last home of the Order. The last epic battle of Crusader Knights results in the first great defeat of the greatest Islamic empire in history.
September 11, 1683 - King Jan III Sobieski of Poland leads a relief force that crushes a massive Turkish army at the gates of Vienna, capital of the Hapsburg empire, utilizing the largest cavalry charge in recorded history. The defeat marks the last time the Turks would seriously threaten Western Europe.
The Islamic Jihad is not invincible.
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