The Khmelnytsky Uprising was a Cossack revolt against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by the Zaporozhian hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. It grew out of the grievances of the Cossacks over their status, and those of the Orthodox peasantry in Ukraine, who suffered from the rule of Polish landlords and the Catholic Church's dominance. After early victories at Zhovti Vody and Korsun, with the help of the Crimean Tatars, the rebels took control of large areas of Ukraine. The uprising was accompanied by massacres of Poles and especially of Jews, and by heavy losses among all groups. Khmelnytsky founded a Cossack state, the Hetmanate, and in 1654 placed it under the protection of the Russian tsar.
Before and after
- June 1644The Manchus take Beijing and found Qing rule
- from September 1644 to July 1645Sieges of Taunton
- from 23 June 1645 to 1 January 1669Cretan War of 1645-1669
- 21 June 1646Birth of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- from 1648 to 1657Khmelnytsky Uprising
- from 1648 to 1653Fronde
- 6 April 1648Construction of Red Fort
- from 29 April 1648 to 16 May 1648Battle of Zhovti Vody
- from 1 May 1648 to 27 September 1669Siege of Candia
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