Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of John III Sobieski

Battles of John III Sobieski

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1629–1696)

John III Sobieski is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1664 and 1691: 12 battles and 2 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (9), Austria (2), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,516 km apart end to end, 270 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676 (7), Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (2), Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99 (2).

Battle of PodhajceBattle of KalnikBattle of KrasnobródBattle of NiemirówBattle of KomarnoBattle of KalushBattle of LwówBattle of ŻurawnoBattle of PererîtaSiege of HlukhivBattle of KhotynBattle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaSiege of HlukhivBattle of KhotynBattle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaKyivWarsawBudapestMinskZagrebChișinăuDniproOdessaLvivKraków500 km49.741N, 25.126E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1664: 1 engagements1667: 1 engagements1671: 1 engagements1672: 4 engagements4 in 16721673: 1 engagements1675: 1 engagements1676: 1 engagements1683: 3 engagements1691: 1 engagements16641691
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Hlukhiv, 1664Battle of Podhajce, 1667Battle of Kalnik, 1671Battle of Krasnobród, 1672Battle of Niemirów, 1672Battle of Komarno, 1672Battle of Kalush, 1672Battle of Khotyn, 1673Battle of Lwów, 1675Battle of Żurawno, 1676Battle of Párkány, 1683Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Battle of Vienna, 1683Battle of Pererîta, 169116641691
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
January 1664Siege of HlukhivHlukhiv, UkraineCossack–Russian victory
1667Battle of PodhajcePidhaitsi, Ukraine676 km WPolish–Lithuanian victory
1671Battle of KalnikUkraine311 km EBattle – Polish-Lithuanian victory; Siege – Cossack-Tatar...
5 October 1672Battle of KrasnobródKrasnobród, Poland474 km NWPolish-Cossack victory
1672Battle of NiemirówUkraine51 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
1672Battle of KomarnoUkraine56 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
1672Battle of KalushUkraine81 km SEPolish-Lithuanian victory
11 November 1673Battle of KhotynKhotyn, Ukraine168 km EPolish–Lithuanian victory
1675Battle of LwówUkraine228 km NWPolish–Lithuanian victory
25 September 1676Battle of ŻurawnoZhuravno, Ukraine66 km SSee #Aftermath; Treaty of Żurawno
1683Battle of PárkányŠtúrovo, Slovakia437 km WChristian Coalition victory
14 July 1683Second Turkish Siege of ViennaVienna, Austria180 km WChristian coalition victory
12 September 1683Battle of ViennaKahlenberg, Austria4 km NWChristian coalition victory
1691Battle of PererîtaPererîta, Moldova783 km EPolish-Lithuanian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Marcello Bacciarelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.