The general sejm in Warsaw. After the successful Relief of Vienna. 1685.

The sejm was convened in September 1684. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in January of 1685. Sejms was supposed to be called to Grodno but ultimately it gathered in Warsaw. The sejm debated from 16 February to 30 May 1685. Andrzej Giełgud, Great Lithuanian Scriptor, was elected the marshal of the Chamber of Deputies. This sejm was the first one after the struggle against the Turks (1683-1684) and after the victorious battle of Vienna (12 September 1683). High military wages for the war against Ottoman Empire were voted, passed and adopted.

See: 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. K. Matwijowski, Pierwsze sejmy z czasów Jana III Sobieskiego [First sejms from the times of John III Sobieski], Wrocław 1985; 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. Ustawodawstwo zob. Volumina legum, Wyd. J. Ohryzko, t. 5, Petersburg 1860, s. 707-762.