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2 days ago · In the late 17th century, the king of the weakened Commonwealth, John III Sobieski, allied with Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to deal crushing defeats to the Ottoman Empire. In 1683, the Battle of Vienna marked the final turning point in the 250-year struggle between the forces of Christian Europe and the Islamic Ottomans.
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5 days ago · The year was 1683. The situation was dire. Turkish invaders from the Ottoman Empire were about to overrun Western Europe. European people everywhere — including the papal nuncio — implored and begged for help, turning to John III Sobieski, King of Poland.
4 days ago · Many examples of Poland’s fidelity could be cited but a few will suffice. It was Poland’s famous “winged hussars,” under the command of King John III Sobieski, which won the decisive victory in the Battle of Vienna in 1683, saving Europe from the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
4 days ago · Joseph Pronechen, September 2, 2008. Midway through 1683, Western Europe was on the brink of being overrun by Turkish invaders from the Ottoman Empire. Everyone, including the papal nuncio, pleaded for help to John III Sobieski, King of Poland and devotee of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
2 days ago · In 1683, John III Sobieski re-established military prowess when he halted the advance of an Ottoman Army into Europe at the Battle of Vienna. The successive Saxon era, under Augustus II and Augustus III, saw the rise of neighbouring countries in the aftermath of the Great Northern War (1700) and the War of the Polish Succession (1733). Partitions
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5 days ago · The magnificently reconstructed Royal Castle, decorated in late 18th-century style, is on Zamkowy Square. Other royal and aristocratic palaces are at Łazienkowski Park and at John III Sobieski’s Wilanów. South of Łazienkowski Park is Belweder (Belvedere) Palace, a former presidential residence used now for ceremonial occasions.
3 days ago · 1254 – Książę Barnim I nadał Gryfinu prawa miejskie oparte na prawie magdeburskim. 1581 – Powstał Trybunał Główny Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. 1681 – Król Jan III Sobieski wydał dekret zakazujący prawosławnym publicznego manifestowania swej wiary i domagania się zwrotu przejętych przez unitów cerkwi i klasztorów.
