List of wars between Poland and Sweden
Appearance
This is a List of wars between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. Broadly construed, the term refers to a series of wars between 1562 and 1814. More narrowly, it refers to particular wars between 1600 and 1629. These are the wars included under the broader use of the term:
War | Notes | Treaty | Result |
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Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568) | Caused by the entrance of Poland–Lithuania in the Northern Seven Years War | Formal peace never signed, however the war ends when John III becomes king. | Swedish victory |
War against Sigismund | Started by Charles IX in an attempt to depose Sigismund III. | Continued by the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). | Swedish victory |
De la Gardie Campaign | Swedish intervention in the Polish–Russian War (1609–1618) | Truce signed after the Battle of Klushino | Polish–Lithuanian victory |
Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) | Continuation of the War against Sigismund. | Truce signed in 1611.[which?] | Disputed |
Polish–Swedish War (1617–1629) [1][2][3][4][5] | Last phase of the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629). | Treaty of Altmark | Swedish victory |
Second Northern War | Instigated by Charles X Gustav in an attempt to force John II Casimir to renounce his claim to the Swedish throne. | Treaty of Oliva | Disputed |
Swedish invasion of Poland | First stage of Great Northern War | Treaty of Altranstädt | Swedish victory |
Northern War (1709-1721) | Attempt to remove Sweden's baltic dominance | Treaty of Nystad | Coalition victory in 1721. |
War of the Fourth Coalition | Part of the Napoleonic Wars. | Treaty of Poznań Treaties of Tilsit |
French alliance victory |
War of the Sixth Coalition | Part of the Napoleonic Wars. | Congress of Vienna | Coalition victory |
See also
[edit]- List of wars involving Poland
- List of wars involving Sweden
- Polish–Ottoman Wars
- Polish–Russian Wars – Russo-Polish Wars
- Polish–Teutonic War – Military conflicts
- History of Sweden (1611–1648) – Rise of Sweden as a great power
References
[edit]- ^ Korzon, Tadeusz (1889). Historyja nowożytna: do 1648 roku (in Polish). Vol. 1. Kraków: G. Gebethner. OCLC 705855545. Retrieved 1 February 2021
- ^ Kiser, Edgar; Drass, Kriss A.; Brustein, William (1994). "The Relationship Between Revolt and War in Early Modern Western Europe". Journal of Political & Military Sociology. 22 (2): 305–324. ISSN 0047-2697.
- ^ Kotljarchuk, Andrej (2006). In the Shadows of Poland and Russia: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th Century (PDF). Sweden: Stockholm University. p. 71. ISBN 9189315634.
The first phase of the war (1600-1611) was a military success for the Commonwealth.
- ^ Jeremy Black (1996): The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare, Cambridge university, p. 171. ISBN 9780521470339
- ^ Leszek Podhorodecki, Rapier i koncerz, Warszawa 1985, ISBN 83-05-11452-X
Works cited
[edit]- Björlin, G. (1890). Gustaf II Adolf: läsning för ung och gammal (in Swedish). Retrieved November 9, 2024.