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Siege of Jasna Góra

Siege of Jasna Góra was a siege conducted on 28 November 1655 at Jasna Góra Monastery, in what is now Poland; it lasted 29 days. It was part of Deluge, which ran from 1655 to 1660. The recorded result: Polish–Lithuanian victory. Recorded strength: 3,200 against 310.

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Siege of Jasna Góra
January Suchodolski, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought28 November 1655lasted 29 days
WhereJasna Góra Monastery, Poland50.813N, 19.097E
OutcomePolish–Lithuanian victory
BelligerentsSwedish Empireagainst22px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Casualties and losses300 killed and woundedand12 killed and wounded
Part ofDeluge1655 to 1660

Where it sits in Deluge

Battle of Wojnicz, 1655Battle of Kościanem (1655), 1655Siege of Jasna Góra, 1655Battle of Krosno, 1655Battle of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Gołąb, 1656Siege of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Sandomierz, 1656Siege of Zamość, 1656Battle of Jarosław, 1656Battle of Baranów Sandomierski, 1656Battle of Kozienice, 1656Battle of Warka, 1656Battle of Lubrze, 1656Battle of Filipów, 1656Capture of Warsaw (1657), 1657Battle of Skałat, 1657Battle of Szkudy, 1658Siege of Toruń, 165816551658Siege of Jasna Góra, 1655
19 placed engagements of Deluge in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date28 November 1655
to 27 December 1655
PlaceJasna Góra Monastery, Poland
50.813N, 19.097E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength3,200310
Casualties and losses300 killed and wounded12 killed and wounded
Commanders
  • Augustyn Kordecki
  • Stanisław Warszycki
Siege of Jasna GóraSiege of Jasna GóraBattle of CzęstochowaLiberation of CzęstochowaSiege of OlsztynBattle of KruszynąBattle of MokraSiege of OlsztynBattle of KruszynąBattle of MokraKrakówŁódźKatowiceWrocławGliwiceOstravaBytomOpole100 km50.813N, 19.097E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1655 and 1939.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1655

Siege of Jasna Góra is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815146, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jasna Góra, revision 1370742096, 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.