This is a list of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Poland–Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results 1558–1583 Livonian War Russian invasion of Livonia (1558–1560) Lithuanian–Muscovite war (1562–1570) Truce 1570–1576 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory (1577–1582) Livonian Confederation(1558–61, Lithuanian protectorate since 1559) (1559–61, 1562–69)From 1569: (1569–70, 1577–82) Principality of Transylvania (1577–82) Crimean Khanate
Denmark–Norway (1560–62, 75–83) Kingdom of Sweden (1560–64, 70–75, 77–83) Zaporozhian Cossacks Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate Polish–Lithuanian, Dano–Norwegianand Swedish victory Livonia, Courland and Semigalliato Poland–Lithuania Estonia to Sweden Ösel to Denmark–Norway Military and economic disasterfor Russia (Muscovy) 1587–1588 War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) Siege of Kraków Battle of Byczyna Sigismund III Supporters of Sigismund Vasa,mainly Poles Maximilian III Supporters of Maximilian of Austria,mainly Germans, but includingmany Poles and Hungarians Sigismund victory 1598–1599 War against Sigismund Polish–Swedish union under Sigismund III Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Swedish Empire Protestant Swedish separatists Duke Charles of Södermanland Defeat End of Polish–Swedish union Charles became king of Sweden (1604) 1600–1629 Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Kingdom of Sweden Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo 1618: Swedish victory 1625: Swedish victory 1629: Swedish victory 1605–1618 Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthFalse Dmitry IFalse Dmitry II Tsardom of RussiaDon Cossacks Costly victory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthreached largest territorial extent Sigismund renounced Russian throne 1606–1608 Zebrzydowski Rebellion Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Rokosz Government victory 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War Battle of Humenné Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Kingdom of Hungary Denmark Dutch Republic Kingdom of France Peace of Westphalia 1620–1621 Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Treaty of Khotyn 1632–1634 Smolensk War Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks Tsardom of Russia Victory Treaty of Polyanovka (Polanów) 1633–1634 Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia
Budjak Horde Inconclusive 1648–1657 Khmelnytsky Uprising Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Crimean Khanate Defeat Loss of the Cossack Hetmanate(vassalised by the Tsardom of Russia) The Ruin (Ukrainian history) 1654–1667 Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia Tsardom of Russia Defeat 1655–1661 Second Northern War The (Russo-)Swedish Deluge (in Poland) The Ruin (in Ukraine) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Tsardom of Russia Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia Principality of Transylvania Grand Duchy of Lithuania Brandenburg-Prussia Treaty of Oliva 1667–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Victory Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) 1672–1676 Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wallachia Crimean Khanate Principality of MoldaviaLipka Tatars Defeat Treaty of Buchach Treaty of Żurawno 1683–1699 Great Turkish War Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) Holy Roman Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia
Republic of Venice
MontenegroVassal states:
Shamkhalate of Tarki
Treaty of Karlowitz 1697–1702 Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702) House of Sapieha RadziwiłłHouse of WiśniowieckiPac familyOgiński family 1700–1721 Great Northern War Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (list of battles) Inconclusive for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) ;not signed by Poland–Lithuania or Saxony ;signed by Saxony ;signed by Poland–Lithuania 1704–1706 Civil war in Poland (1704–1706)(part of the Great Northern War) Warsaw ConfederationSupported by: Sandomierz ConfederationSupported by: Warsaw Confederation victory Treaty of Altranstädt 1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession Poland loyal to Stanisław ISupported by: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of Sardinia Poland loyal to Augustus IIISupported by: (from 1734) Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia Treaty of Vienna (1738) Augustus III confirmed as king ofPoland and grand duke of Lithuania Stanisław received Lorraineas compensation 1768–1772 War of the Bar Confederation(list of battles) Bar Confederation Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Kingdom of Prussia Defeat of the Bar Confederation First Partition of Poland (1772) 1792 Polish–Russian War of 1792(list of battles) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian EmpireTargowica Confederation Defeat Constitution of 3 May 1791 Second Partition of Poland (1792) 1794 Kościuszko Uprising(list of battles) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tadeusz Kościuszko Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Defeat Third Partition of Poland (1795): Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist.
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