{"slug": "john-ii-casimir-vasa", "label": "John II Casimir Vasa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_Casimir_Vasa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53452", "qid": "Q53452", "description": "King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1609, 1672], "span_label": ["1609 CE", "1672 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["John II Casimir of Poland"], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-iii-sobieski", "label": "John III Sobieski", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexis-of-russia", "label": "Alexis of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "polishrussian-war-16541667", "label": "Polish–Russian War (1654–1667)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "warsaw", "label": "Warsaw", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grand-duke-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lviv", "label": "Lviv", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crimean-khanate", "label": "Crimean Khanate", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#January–March", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, dies after a reign of 15 years. The throne remains vacant for six months until Wladyslaw's younger half-brother, John II Casimir Vasa, is elected by Poland's Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346163846#April–June", "title": "1648", "revid": 1346163846, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – The Treaty of Zboriv is signed by representatives of King John II Casimir of Poland and the representatives of the Cossacks and Crimean Khanate to partially settle the Khmelnytsky Uprising.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#July–September", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1656, "year_label": "1656 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland, crowns the Black Madonna of Częstochowa as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów, after the miraculous saving of the Jasna Góra Monastery during the Deluge, an event which changed the course of the Second Northern War. The King swears a vow, the Lwów Oath, pledging to protect Poland's people from being conquered again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372048661#April–June", "title": "1656", "revid": 1372048661, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1656, "year_label": "1656 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – Poland's capital, Warsaw, is recaptured by Poland's John II Casimir Vasa 11 months after the capital had fallen on July 25, 1655 to Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372048661#April–June", "title": "1656", "revid": 1372048661, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1656, "year_label": "1656 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – The Truce of Vilna is signed between Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In addition to agreeing to a temporary ceasefire in their ongoing war, Tsar Alexis of Russia agrees to help defend the commonwealth against Sweden's invasion in return for Tsar Alexis being named heir to the thrones of Poland and Lithuania by King John II Casimir Vasa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372048661#October–December", "title": "1656", "revid": 1372048661, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1661, "year_label": "1661 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – Polish and Lithuanian forces, led by King Jan II Kazimierz (who is also the Grand Duke of Lithuania) defeat the Russian Army at the Battle of Kushliki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986603#October–December", "title": "1661", "revid": 1365986603, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – The Battle of Matwy, the bloodiest engagement of Lubomirski's rebellion, takes place in Poland at the village of Matwy. Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, who has led the revolt against Poland's King Jan II Kazimierz, defeats a larger number of troops led by John III Sobieski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Poland and Lithuania sustain 4,000 deaths compared to 200 rebel casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#July–September", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1668, "year_label": "1668 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Jan II Kazimierz Waza abdicates his titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania after a 20-year reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989896#July–September", "title": "1668", "revid": 1365989896, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#Deaths", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Deaths"}}]}