Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Battles of Charles X Gustav of Sweden

King of Sweden (1622-1660)

Charles X Gustav of Sweden is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1655 and 1659: 7 battles and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Poland (8), Denmark (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,450 km apart end to end, 272 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Northern War (4), Deluge (4).

Siege of DanzigBattle of WojniczBattle of JarosławBattle of KcyniaSiege Of CopenhagenSiege of KrakówBattle of ŻarnówBattle of WarsawBattle of GołąbAssault on CopenhagenSiege of KrakówBattle of ŻarnówBattle of WarsawBattle of GołąbAssault on CopenhagenBerlinPragueLvivGdańskDresdenKaliningradBrest500 km52.821N, 17.618E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1655: 4 engagements4 in 16551656: 4 engagements4 in 16561658: 1 engagements1659: 1 engagements16551659
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Kraków, 1655Siege of Danzig, 1655Battle of Żarnów, 1655Battle of Wojnicz, 1655Battle of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Gołąb, 1656Battle of Jarosław, 1656Battle of Kcynia, 1656Siege Of Copenhagen, 1658Assault on Copenhagen, 165916551659
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1655Siege of KrakówKraków, PolandSwedish victory
1655Siege of DanzigGdańsk, Poland487 km NPolish-Lithuanian-Dutch victory
1655Battle of ŻarnówPoland362 km SSwedish victory
3 October 1655Battle of WojniczWojnicz, Poland150 km SSwedish victory
1656Battle of WarsawWarsaw, Poland252 km NSwedish-Brandenburger victory
1656Battle of GołąbGołąb, Poland102 km SESwedish victory
15 March 1656Battle of JarosławJarosław, Poland173 km SPolish-Lithuanian victory
1 June 1656Battle of KcyniaKcynia, Poland488 km NWSwedish victory
February 1658Siege Of CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark436 km NWDano-Dutch victory
11 February 1659Assault on CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark0 km WDano-Dutch victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Sébastien Bourdon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.