Funds for war against Ottoman Empire. The sejm decided, king John III Sobieski triumphant. Warsaw 1690.

The sejm was convened by the king John III Sobieski on 31 October 1689. The pre-sejm sejmiks took place on 5-7 December 1689. The sejm lasted from 16 January to 6 February 1690. Tomasz Działyński, the starost [“starostwo” was a Polish term for eldership office] of Briatań, was elected the marshal. Sejm took place after reaching a settlement between the royal coalition and Sapieha family, who formed a strong opposition in Lithuania against the king. It ended up with adopting high taxes, which were to provide sources for war against Ottoman Empire.

See: Ustawodawstwo, zob. zob. Volumina legum, Wyd. J. Ohryzko, t. 5, Petersburg 1860, s. 805-885.H. Olszewski, Sejm Rzeczypospolitej epoki oligarchii (1652-1763). Prawo-praktyka-teoria-programy [Sejm of the Commonwealth in the oligarchy era (1652-1763). Law-practice-theory-programs], Poznań 1966; W. Czapliński, Sejm w latach 1587-1696 [1587-1696 Sejm], in: Historia sejmu polskiego [The history of Polish sejm], t. 1, Warszawa 1984, red. J. Michalski, s. 217-299. R. Kołodziej, „Ostatni wolności naszej klejnot”. Sejm Rzeczypospolitej za panowania Jana III Sobieskiego [“The last jewel of our freedom”. Sejm of the Commonwealth under the rule of John III Sobieski], Poznań 2014.