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Siege of Danzig

Siege of Danzig was a naval engagement fought in 1734 at Gdańsk, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Polish Succession, which ran from 1733 to 1735. The recorded result: Russo-Saxon victory.

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Siege of Danzig (1734)
Siege of Danzig (1734). anonymous plate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1734
WhereGdańsk, Poland54.367N, 18.633E
OutcomeRusso-Saxon victory
BelligerentsAugustus III; Russian EmpireImperial Navy Electorate of SaxonyagainstStanisław I; Kingdom of France
Part ofWar of the Polish Succession1733 to 1735

Where it sits in the War of the Polish Succession

Siege of Kehl, 1733Siege of Pizzighettone, 1733Siege of Milan, 1733Siege of Danzig, 1734Battle of Wyszecinem, 1734Siege of Philippsburg, 1734Battle of Colorno, 1734Battle of San Pietro, 1734Battle of Guastalla, 1734Siege of Mirandola, 1734Siege of Mirandola, 1735Battle of Clausen, 1735Raid on Quistello, 173917331739Siege of Danzig, 1734
13 placed engagements of the War of the Polish Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1734 (year precision)
to 9 July 1734
PlaceGdańsk, Poland
54.367N, 18.633E
KindNaval engagement, early modern
Strength12,000 initially; 37,000 to 60,000 regulars totally4,500 initially; ~24,445 totally5 Crown regiments of the Polish army totally (at least 7,000)
Casualties and losses801 killed; 1,753 wounded; 12 missing; 8,000 in totalUnknown, but the garrison capitulated.
Commanders
  • Stanisław I
  • Louis de Bréhan de Plélo
  • Berndt Otto Stackelberg, Jr.
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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 8 times between 1577 and 1939.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1734

Siege of Danzig is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2354105, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Danzig (1734), revision 1370740617, 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.