siege, early modern

Siege of Riga

Name: Siege of Riga
Location: Riga, Latvia

Siege of Riga was a siege conducted in 1621 at Riga, in what is now Latvia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Riga. It was part of the Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25, which ran from 1621 to 1625. The recorded result: Swedish victory.

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Fought1621

WhereRiga, Latvia56.947N, 24.107E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSwedish victory

BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Part ofPolish–Swedish War of 1621–251621 to 1625

Where it sits in the Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25

5 placed engagements of the Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1621 (year precision) to 1621
Place	Riga, Latvia 56.947N, 24.107E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Riga captured
Strength	15,350 infantry; 2,500 cavalry; 56 cannons	3,700–7,000 city burghers; 300–400 soldiers; 40 cannons; Relief force; 1,500 men; 3 cannons
Casualties and losses		Thousands killed
Commanders	Gustavus Adolphus Carl Gyllenhielm Gustav Horn Jacob De la Gardie Georg Günther Kräill von Bemeberg	Krzysztof Radziwiłł

Placed at Riga; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Riga 1700, same recorded site
Siege of Riga 1709, same recorded site
Siege of Riga 1812, same recorded site
Siege of Riga 1700, same recorded site
Siege of Riga 1656, 0.2 km N

In the same war

After: Battle of Kroppenhof 28 November 1621
All 5 engagements of Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25

Elsewhere in 1621

Siege of Riga is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 58 in present-day Latvia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q10428015, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Riga (1621), revision 1385763367, 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.