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Hace 6 días · On August 24, 1683, the Polish king, John III Sobieski, appointed Stefan Kunicki with mission of recruiting Cossacks for a war against the Ottomans. The new Hetman had appointed Kazimyr Staneskyi and Andriy Mohyla [ru; uk].
Hace 23 horas · Up till today, the Polish king has his exhibition room in the Vatican Museums that presents a great painting of the battle. Unfortunately, the battle was one of the last of his great deeds. Jan III Sobieski built a great palace on the outskirts of today’s Warsaw – in Wilanów. There the king died on 17 June 1696 after a heart attack.
8 de ago. de 2024 · Bursztynowa korona króla Sobieskiego zaginęła w mrokach historii. Wciąż może jednak być szansa na jej odnalezienie.
Hace 1 día · Sigismund III Vasa[ a] (20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
28 de jul. de 2024 · Jan Chryzostom Pasek (born c. 1636, near Rawa Mazowiecka, Kingdom of Poland [now in Poland]—died August 1, 1701, Niedzieliska, Poland) was a Polish soldier best remembered for his memoirs, which provide an excellent example of Polish Baroque prose. Pasek received some education in a Jesuit school.
Hace 5 días · Sealed by the Treaty of Buczacz (Buchach; 1672), by which all Polish Ukraine came under Turkish suzerainty, this defeat was only wiped out by a brilliant victory of Sobieski’s at Khotin (1673), which also, after Michael’s early death, carried him to the throne against an Austrian candidate. John III Sobieski (1674–96)
Hace 4 días · Sobieski, ruling as John III (1674–96), sought to improve Poland’s position and at first considered conquering Prussia in alliance with France. But that plan did not succeed. With the papacy and the Habsburgs preparing for all-out war against Turkey, John reverted to an anti-Turkish policy and concluded an alliance with Austria .
