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Siege of Warsaw

Siege of Warsaw was a siege conducted in 1656 at Warsaw, in what is now Poland. It was part of Deluge, which ran from 1655 to 1660. The recorded result: Polish-Lithuanian victory.

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Battle of Warsaw 1656
Battle of Warsaw 1656. Erik Dahlbergh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1656
WhereWarsaw, Poland52.233N, 21.017E
OutcomePolish-Lithuanian victory
BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Part ofDeluge1655 to 1660

Where it sits in Deluge

Battle of Wojnicz, 1655Battle of Kościanem (1655), 1655Siege of Jasna Góra, 1655Battle of Krosno, 1655Battle of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Gołąb, 1656Siege of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Sandomierz, 1656Siege of Zamość, 1656Battle of Jarosław, 1656Battle of Baranów Sandomierski, 1656Battle of Kozienice, 1656Battle of Warka, 1656Battle of Lubrze, 1656Battle of Filipów, 1656Capture of Warsaw (1657), 1657Battle of Skałat, 1657Battle of Szkudy, 1658Siege of Toruń, 165816551658Siege of Warsaw, 1656
19 placed engagements of Deluge in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1656 (year precision)
to 1 July 1656
PlaceWarsaw, Poland
52.233N, 21.017E
KindSiege, early modern
Commanders
Siege of WarsawSiege of WarsawSiege of WarsawWarsaw UprisingBattle of WarsawCapture of Warsaw (1657)Liberation of Warsaw concentration campSiege of WarsawŁódźLublinBiałystok100 km52.233N, 21.017E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 18 times between 1656 and 1944.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1656

Siege of Warsaw is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q964544, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Warsaw (1656), revision 1382321762, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.