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| 1624 | Birth |  |
| 17th Aug Olesko Birth of John III, near Lwow |
| 1665 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the Polish Armies |
| 1665 | Grand Marshal John III | |
| Appointed Grand Marshal & given field command of the Polish Armies |
| 1665 | Grand Marshal | |
| Appointed Grand Marshal & given field command of the Polish Armies |
| 1668 | Commander | |
| Appointed Comander-in-Chief |
| 1669 | Diplomacy | |
| Bribed by Louis XIV to support the French candidate for the election to the Diet |
| 1672 | Invasion of Poland | |
| The Turks invade Poland, occupy Lublin & capture the strategic fortress of Kamieniec |
| 1672 | Treaty of Buczac | |
| Buczac King Michael cedes territories & pays tribute to the Turks & Cossacks |
| 1673 | Battle of Chocim, 2nd | |
| 11th Nov Chocim Despite the Treaty of Buczac John continues to harass the Turks |
| 11th Nov Chocim Wins a victory at Chocim destroying the Turkish Army army of 30,000 |
| 1673 | Death | |
| 10th Nov King Michael dies, John puts himself forward as his successor |
| 1674 | Diet Warsaw | |
| 21st May The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King |
| 1674 | Election | |
| 21st May The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King |
| 1674 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Poland |
| 21st May The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King |
| 1675 | Alliance | |
| Secures an alliance with France |
| 1675 | Battle of Lwow | |
| Lwow Defeats a force of Turks & Tartars |
| Lwow Liberates Polish territory from the Turks, except for Kamieniec |
| 1675 | Invasion of Poland | |
| Some 60,000 Turks & 100,000 Tartars invade Poland & recapture Chocim |
| 1676 | Battle of Zorawno | |
| Zorawno With an army of 16,000 succesfully defends the Dneister River |
| 1676 | Invasion of Poland | |
| About 200,000 Turks invade Poland under Ibrahim Pasha |
| 1676 | Treaty of Zorawno | |
| Zorawno Western Ukraine is returned to Poland & Turkey keeps Chocim & Kanieniec |
| 1677 | Alliance | |
| Secures an alliance with Sweden against Frederick William |
| 1683 | Alliance | |
| Signs an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor after Austria is threatened by Turkey |
| 1683 | Council War | |
| 3rd Sep Stettelsdorf Handed the marshall's baton by the Herman of Baden during the Turkish siege of Vienna |
| 1683 | Invasion of Austria | |
| 11th Sep John comes to the Austrian's defence after the Turks reach Vienna |
| 1683 | Marshal | |
| 3rd Sep Stettelsdorf Appointed Marshal |
| 1683 | Siege of Vienna | |
| 18th July Wilanow Leaves Wilanow & heads for Vienna to attack the Turkish occupiers |
| 29th July Cracow Arrives in Cracow where he assembles his Polish army, 27,000 combat troops & 28 cannon |
| 3rd Sep Stettelsdorf Handed the Marshall's baton by the Herman of Baden during the Turkish siege of Vienna |
| 3rd Sep Stettelsdorf Raises the siege of Vienna |
| 12th Sep Vienna Attacks the Turks & wins the battle after leading an attack on Kara Mustafa's HQ |
| 12th Sep Vienna Comes to the assistance of the Austrians against theTurks, forces the Turks to rereat |
| 1684 | Alliance | |
| Forms a Holy Alliance with the Emperor, the Pope & Venice |
| 1686 | Invasion of Moldavia | |
| Invades Moldavia in order to gain access to the Black Sea but fails |
| 1686 | Invasion of Walachia | |
| Walachia Invades Walachia in order to gain access to the Black Sea but fails |
| 1686 | Rule of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine Under the Eternal treaty Poland abandons its claims to the Ukraine to Russia |
| 1686 | Treaty of Eternal Peace | |
| Ukraine Under the Eternal treaty Poland abandons its claims to the Ukraine to Russia |
| 1696 | Death | |
| 17th June Dies at Wilanow |
