battle, early modern

Battle of Lanckorona

Name: Battle of Lanckorona
Start: 1771-05-23
Location: Gmina Lanckorona, Poland

Battle of Lanckorona was a battle fought on 23 May 1771 at Gmina Lanckorona, in what is now Poland. It was part of Q591608.

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Modlitwa konfederatów barskich przed bitwą pod Lanckoroną.. Artur Grottger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought23 May 1771

WhereGmina Lanckorona, Poland49.846N, 19.715E

BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstBar Confederation; France; Holy Roman Empire

Part ofQ591608

Where it sits in Q591608

4 placed engagements of Q591608 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	23 May 1771
Place	Gmina Lanckorona, Poland 49.846N, 19.715E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	1,000 infantry; (1st & 2nd clashes); *3,000–3,500 men; 8 cannons.
Commanders	Alexander Suvorov	Charles Dumouriez Jozef Miaczinsky

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Jordanów 1939, 23 km S
Siege of Kraków (1345) 1345, 28 km NE
Siege of Kraków 1655, 29 km NE
Siege of Kraków 1657, 29 km NE
Siege of Kraków 1587, 29 km NE

In the same war

Before: Skirmish near Kościan 1770
After: Battle of Stołowicze 23 September 1771

Elsewhere in 1771

Battle of Lanckorona is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2351517, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battles of Lanckorona, revision 1382459542, 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.