Lviv was besieged by Cossacks, marking one of the first times the High Castle was taken by storm.

The Jesuit collegium in Lviv was elevated to the status of an academy, later becoming the first university in Ukraine.

Lviv faced a siege by Turkish forces, another significant military challenge for the city.

Lviv came under Austrian and later Austro-Hungarian rule following the First Partition of Poland. This period saw the city become the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.