naval engagement, notable, early modern
Siege of Danzig
Siege of Danzig was a naval engagement fought in 1734 at Gdańsk, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Polish Succession, which ran from 1733 to 1735. The recorded result: Russo-Saxon victory.
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Record
| Date | 1734 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Gdańsk, Poland 54.367N, 18.633E | |
| Part of | War of the Polish Succession (1733 to 1735) | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, early modern | |
| Result | Russo-Saxon victory | |
| Belligerents | Augustus III; Russian EmpireImperial Navy Electorate of Saxony | Stanisław I; Kingdom of France |
| Commanders | Army: Peter Lacy; Burkhard Christoph von Münnich; Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels; Fleet: Thomas Gordon (admiral) | Stanisław I; General Johann Wilhelm von Vietinghoff (de); Gabriel de Rochon de Lapeyrouse (fr); Jean André, Marquis de Barailh (fr); Count Plélo; Baron von Stackelberg |
| Strength | 12,000 initially; 37,000 to 60,000 regulars totally | 4,500 initially; ~24,445 totally5 Crown regiments of the Polish army totally (at least 7,000) |
| Casualties and losses | 801 killed; 1,753 wounded; 12 missing; 8,000 in total | Unknown, but the garrison capitulated. |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Danzig 1655, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig 1807, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig 1813, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig in 1577 1577, same recorded site
- Battle of Oliwa 1627, 1.8 km
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Pizzighettone 11 November 1733
- After: Siege of Philippsburg 2 June 1734
- All 11 engagements of War of the Polish Succession
Elsewhere in 1734
- Battle of Bitonto Italy
- Siege of Gaeta Italy
- Siege of Trarbach Germany
- Siege of Ganja Azerbaijan
- Siege of Capua Italy
Siege of Danzig is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Poland.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2354105, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Danzig (1734), revision 1370740617, 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.