Battle of Khotyn (1673)

This article is about the battle that occurred in 1673. Not to be confused with the Battle of Khotyn (1621).

Battle of Khotyn (1673)
Part of the Ottoman–Polish War (1672–1676)

Painting of the battle by Jan van Huchtenburg in 1675
Date11 November 1673
Location
Khotyn, Podolian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E / 48.483; 26.500
Result Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth link Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John III Sobieski
Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł		 link Hüseyin Pasha
Strength
29,052–30,000[1] 35,000[2]
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed and wounded[3] 20,000–30,000 killed and wounded[3]
John III Sobieski during the battle

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim, also known as the Hotin War,[4] took place on 11 November 1673 in Khotyn, where the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under the Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown John Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces, with Moldavian and Wallachian regiments, led by Hüseyin Pasha. It reversed the fortunes of the previous year, when Commonwealth weakness led to the signing of the Treaty of Buchach, and allowed John Sobieski to win the upcoming royal election and become the King of Poland.

  1. ^ Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672–1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 376, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
  2. ^ Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672–1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 374, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
  3. ^ a b Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672–1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 392, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
  4. ^ DeVries, Kelly Robert (1 May 2014). "The European tributary states of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries". Choice. 51 (9).