Battle of Khotyn (1673)

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 Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John III Sobieski
Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł		 Hüseyin Pasha
Strength
29,052–30,000 35,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed and wounded 20,000–30,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim, also known as the Hotin War, 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.

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