John III Sobieski

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John III So·bies·ki (s

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) 1629-1696.

King of Poland (1674-1696) who was a leader in the military expulsion of the Turks from Christian Europe. He formed an alliance with the pope, the Holy Roman emperor, and the rulers of Vienna (1684).

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No references found			Only one more historical fact should be added: Approximately one hundred years later, at the gates of Vienna, the "allied" forces, under the leadership of a Polish King, John III Sobieski, finally defeated the Ottoman Turks in 1683 (July 14th-September 12th) and stopped the Moslem armies' advance into Europe. After Lepanto. (Letters to the Editor) by The New American			John Galsworthy John Glenn John Greenleaf Whittier John Griffith Chaney John Haldane John Hancock John Hanning Speke John Harvard John Hasbrouck Van Vleck John Heming John Hemminge John Henry John Henry Newman John Henry O'Hara John Herschel John Herschel Glenn Jr. John Hop John Hope Franklin John Howard Northrop John Hoyer Updike John Huss John Huston John I John II John III John III Sobieski John Irving John IV John Jacob Astor John James Audubon John James Osborne John James Rickard Macleod John Jay John Joseph McGraw John Joseph Pershing John Keats John Keble John Kenneth Galbraith John Knox John L. H. Down John L. Lewis John Lackland John le Carre John Lennon John Llewelly Lewis John Locke John Luther Jones John Lyly John M. Browning John Macleod John Major			John Hus John Hus John Huss John Huss John Huston John Huston John Hutchinson John Hyrcanus John Hyrcanus I John I John I John I of Bohemia John I of Constantinople John I of Constantinople John I. Rivers Associates John Ievins Style Bugger Up John II John II John II Comnenus John II Komnenos John II of Burgundy John II of France John II the Good John II, Duke of Burgundy John III John III John III Doukas Vatatzes John III Ducas Vatatzes John III of Poland John III of Poland John III Sobieski John III Sobieski of Poland John III Sobieski of Poland John III Sobieski, King of Poland John III Sobieski, King of Poland John Innes Manufacturers Association John Ireland John Irving John Italus John IV John IV John J John J John J John J. Astor John J. Audubon John J. McCarthy John J. McCarthy Observatory John J. McMullen Associates John J. Pershing John J. Wright Middle School John Jackson John Jackson Miller John Jacob Aster John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) John Jacob Niles John James Audubon John James Audubon State Park John James Ingalls

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