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Battle of Pieskowa Skała

Battle of Pieskowa Skała was a battle fought on 4 March 1863 at Pieskowa Skała, in what is now Poland. It was part of the January Uprising, which ran from 1863 to 1864. The recorded result: Polish Tactical victory.

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Fought4 March 1863
WherePieskowa Skała, Poland50.244N, 19.780E
OutcomePolish Tactical victory
BelligerentsPolish InsurgentsagainstRussian Empire
Part ofJanuary Uprising1863 to 1864

Where it sits in the January Uprising

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47 placed engagements of the January Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date4 March 1863
PlacePieskowa Skała, Poland
50.244N, 19.780E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Commanders
Battle of Pieskowa SkałaBattle of Pieskowa SkałaBattle of SkałaBattle of BogucinBattle of KrzywopłotyBattle of Miechowem (1734)Battle of MiechówBattle of SkałaBattle of BogucinBattle of KrzywopłotyOstravaRzeszówKielceZlínŽilinaOpoleOlomouc100 km50.244N, 19.780E
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Battle of Pieskowa Skała is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9173428, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pieskowa Skała, revision 1370586049, 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.