Battle of Obertyn

1531 CE.

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The Battle of Obertyn (August 22, 1531) was fought between Moldavian Voivode Petru Rareş and Polish forces under hetman Jan Tarnowski, in the town of Obertyn, south of the Dniester River, now in Ukraine. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Obertyn, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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