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Siege of Kraków

Siege of Kraków was a siege conducted in 1587 at Kraków, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Polish Succession, which ran from 1587 to 1588. The recorded result: Polish-Lithuanian victory.

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Etching of the 1587 siege of Kraków by Adolf Lautensack
Etching of the 1587 siege of Kraków by Adolf Lautensack. Adolf Lautensack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1587
WhereKraków, Poland50.061N, 19.937E
OutcomePolish-Lithuanian victory
BelligerentsPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthagainstArchduchy of Austria
Part ofWar of the Polish Succession1587 to 1588

Where it sits in the War of the Polish Succession

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4 placed engagements of the War of the Polish Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1587 (year precision)
to 29 November 1587
PlaceKraków, Poland
50.061N, 19.937E
KindSiege, early modern
Commanders
  • Maximilian III of Austria
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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 7 times between 1345 and 1918.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1587

Siege of Kraków is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510162, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kraków (1587), revision 1370742608, 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.