siege, notable, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Siege of Danzig

Name: Siege of Danzig
Start: 1807-03-19
Location: Gdańsk, Poland

Siege of Danzig was a siege conducted on 19 March 1807 at Gdańsk, in what is now Poland; it lasted 44 days. It was part of Campaigns of Prussia and Poland. The recorded result: French-allied victory. Recorded strength: 39,000; 100 heavy guns & mortars against 16,000; (siege); 8,000 Russians; (reinforcements).

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Panoramic view of the Siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807, Castle of Versailles.. Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought19 March 1807lasted 44 days

WhereGdańsk, Poland54.367N, 18.633E

OutcomeFrench-allied victory

BelligerentsFrench Empire; Polish Legions; Kingdom of Italy; Kingdom of Saxony; Duchy of BadenagainstKingdom of Prussia; Russian Empire; United Kingdom (naval)

Casualties and losses6,000; (siege); 400; (relief attempt)and10,000; (siege); 1,500; (relief attempt)

Part ofCampaigns of Prussia and Poland

Where it sits in Campaigns of Prussia and Poland

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Record

Date	19 March 1807 to 2 May 1807
Place	Gdańsk, Poland 54.367N, 18.633E
Kind	Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	39,000; 100 heavy guns & mortars	16,000; (siege); 8,000 Russians; (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses	6,000; (siege); 400; (relief attempt)	10,000; (siege); 1,500; (relief attempt)
Commanders	François Joseph Lefebvre Jan Henryk Dąbrowski	Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth Nikolay Kamensky

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Danzig 1813, same recorded site
Siege of Danzig in 1577 1577, same recorded site
Siege of Danzig 1734, same recorded site
Siege of Danzig 1655, same recorded site
Battle of Oliwa 1627, 1.8 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 8 times between 1577 and 1939.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Halle 17 October 1806
All 3 engagements of Campaigns of Prussia and Poland

Elsewhere in 1807

Siege of Danzig is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q901954, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Danzig (1807), revision 1370740624, 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.