Wars, politics & history

Battle of Khotyn

11 November 1673

1673 battle where Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under John Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces under Hussain Pasha. It took place on 11 November 1673 in what is now Ukraine. The setting was Khotyn. It was part of the Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676. Those involved included the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Ottoman Empire and Principality of Wallachia.

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