Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Stanisław Żółkiewski

Battles of Stanisław Żółkiewski

Polish noble (1547-1620)

Stanisław Żółkiewski is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1596 and 1620: 8 battles, 4 sieges and 1 campaign across 6 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Ukraine (3), Estonia (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,306 km apart end to end, 1,026 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Polish–Muscovite War (4), Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11 (3), Moldavian Magnate Wars (1).

Battle of BilotserkivSiege of WolmarSiege of FellinSiege of WeissensteinBattle of UdyczBattle of GuzówBattle of Tsarowy ZajmiszczBattle of Cornul lui SasBattle of RevalDe la Gardie CampaignSiege of SmolenskBattle of KlushinoBattle of CecoraBattle of RevalDe la Gardie CampaignSiege of SmolenskBattle of KlushinoBattle of CecoraÜrümqiAthensKyivViennaTashkent2000 km56.861N, 57.609E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1596: 1 engagements1601: 1 engagements1602: 3 engagements3 in 16021606: 1 engagements1607: 1 engagements1609: 2 engagements1610: 2 engagements1612: 1 engagements1620: 1 engagements15961620
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bilotserkiv, 1596Siege of Wolmar, 1601Siege of Fellin, 1602Siege of Weissenstein, 1602Battle of Reval, 1602Battle of Udycz, 1606Battle of Guzów, 1607De la Gardie Campaign, 1609Siege of Smolensk, 1609Battle of Tsarowy Zajmiszcz, 1610Battle of Klushino, 1610Battle of Cornul lui Sas, 1612Battle of Cecora, 162015961620
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1596Battle of BilotserkivBila Tserkva, UkrainePolish-Lithuanian victory
18 October 1601Siege of WolmarValmiera, Latvia914 km NPolish-Lithuanian victory
25 March 1602Siege of FellinViljandi, Estonia93 km NPolish-Lithuanian victory
31 May 1602Siege of WeissensteinPaide, Estonia58 km NPolish-Lithuanian victory
1602Battle of RevalTallinn, Estonia77 km NWPolish-Lithuanian victory
1606Battle of UdyczUdych, Ukraine1,258 km SPolish–Lithuanian victory
6 July 1607Battle of GuzówGuzów, Poland698 km NWRoyalist Victory
1609De la Gardie CampaignRussia4,231 km NEPolish–Lithuanian victory
29 September 1609Siege of SmolenskSmolensk, Russia3,457 km WPolish–Lithuanian victory
23 June 1610Battle of Tsarowy ZajmiszczTsaryovo-Zaymishche, Russia191 km NEPolish–Lithuanian victory
4 July 1610Battle of KlushinoKlushino, Russia27 km NPolish–Lithuanian victory
9 July 1612Battle of Cornul lui SasȘtefănești, Romania1,059 km SWOttoman–Moldavian–Tatar victory
1620Battle of CecoraPrut, Ukraine244 km NWOttoman 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, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.