siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Danzig
Siege of Danzig was a siege conducted in January 1813 at Gdańsk, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Russo–Prussian victory.
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Record
| Date | January 1813 (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Gdańsk, Poland 54.367N, 18.633E | |
| Part of | War of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Russo–Prussian victory | |
| Belligerents | French Empire; Confederation of the Rhine; Kingdom of Bavaria; Kingdom of Saxony | Prussia; Russian Empire |
| Commanders | Jean Rapp; Étienne Heudelet; Charles Grandjean | Duke of Württemberg; Matvei Platov; Fyodor Lewis |
| Casualties and losses | 14 generals and 15,000 soldiers captured | Unknown |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Danzig 1807, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig in 1577 1577, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig 1734, same recorded site
- Siege of Danzig 1655, same recorded site
- Battle of Oliwa 1627, 1.8 km
In the same war
Elsewhere in 1813
- Battle of Vitoria Spain
- Battle of the Thames Canada
- Battle of Lake Erie Canada
- Battle of Mecca Saudi Arabia
- Battle of San Lorenzo Argentina
Siege of Danzig is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Poland.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1992111, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Danzig (1813), revision 1370740630, 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.