Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of John II Casimir Vasa

Battles of John II Casimir Vasa

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672)

John II Casimir Vasa is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1649 and 1664: 5 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (4), Belarus (2), Poland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,527 km apart end to end, 361 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Khmelnytsky Uprising (3), Russo-Polish War (3), Deluge (2).

Sovereign's Campaign of 1654Siege of WarsawSiege of HlukhivBattle of ZborivBattle of BerestechkoBattle of ZhvanetsBattle of WarsawBattle of KushlikiBattle of ZborivBattle of BerestechkoBattle of ZhvanetsBattle of WarsawBattle of KushlikiKyivMinskVilniusKharkivDniproLvivKrakówGdańskKaliningradBryansk500 km52.059N, 27.463E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1649: 1 engagements1651: 1 engagements1653: 1 engagements1654: 1 engagements1656: 2 engagements2 in 16561661: 1 engagements1664: 1 engagements16491664
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Zboriv, 1649Battle of Berestechko, 1651Battle of Zhvanets, 1653Sovereign's Campaign of 1654, 1654Battle of Warsaw, 1656Siege of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Kushliki, 1661Siege of Hlukhiv, 166416491664
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1649Battle of ZborivZboriv, UkraineSee Aftermath; Treaty of Zboriv
28 June 1651Battle of BerestechkoBerestechko, Ukraine73 km NPolish–Lithuanian victory
September 1653Battle of ZhvanetsZhvanets, Ukraine223 km SESee Aftermath
1654Sovereign's Campaign of 1654Belarus564 km NRussian–led victory
1656Battle of WarsawWarsaw, Poland494 km WSwedish-Brandenburger victory
1656Siege of WarsawWarsaw, Poland1 km EPolish-Lithuanian victory
1661Battle of KushlikiKušliki, Belarus608 km NEPolish–Lithuanian victory
January 1664Siege of HlukhivHlukhiv, Ukraine564 km SECossack–Russian 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, Daniel Schultz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.