Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

Battles of Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

army commander of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1560-1621), 1571 to 1621

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1601 and 1621: 10 battles and 1 siege across 5 present-day countries, most in Latvia (4), Estonia (3), Russia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,445 km apart end to end, 1,044 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11 (7), Polish–Muscovite War (2), Moldavian Magnate Wars (1).

Battle of RakvereBattle of GuzówSiege of PärnuBattle of SalisBattle of DaugavgrivaPrince Władysław's March on MoscowBattle of KokenhausenBattle of WeissensteinBattle of KircholmBattle of MoscowBattle of KhotynBattle of KokenhausenBattle of WeissensteinBattle of MoscowBattle of KhotynÜrümqiKyivViennaTashkentStockholm2000 km57.462N, 57.609E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1601: 1 engagements1603: 1 engagements1604: 1 engagements1605: 1 engagements1607: 1 engagements1609: 3 engagements3 in 16091612: 1 engagements1617: 1 engagements1621: 1 engagements16011621
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kokenhausen, 1601Battle of Rakvere, 1603Battle of Weissenstein, 1604Battle of Kircholm, 1605Battle of Guzów, 1607Siege of Pärnu, 1609Battle of Salis, 1609Battle of Daugavgriva, 1609Battle of Moscow, 1612Prince Władysław's March on Moscow, 1617Battle of Khotyn, 162116011621
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 June 1601Battle of KokenhausenKoknese, LatviaPolish–Lithuanian victory
5 March 1603Battle of RakvereRakvere Rural Municipality, Estonia307 km NPolish–Lithuanian victory
25 September 1604Battle of WeissensteinPaide, Estonia68 km SWPolish-Lithuanian victory
27 September 1605Battle of KircholmSalaspils, Latvia238 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
6 July 1607Battle of GuzówGuzów, Poland651 km SRoyalist Victory
28 February 1609Siege of PärnuPärnu, Estonia816 km NPolish-Lithuanian victory
23 March 1609Battle of SalisSalacgrīva, Latvia71 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
6 October 1609Battle of DaugavgrivaDaugavgrīva, Latvia79 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
1612Battle of MoscowMoscow, Russia843 km ERussian victory
1617Prince Władysław's March on MoscowRussia3,134 km NETruce of Deulino
1621Battle of KhotynKhotyn, Ukraine4,238 km WPolish-Lithuanian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.