Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jerzy Radziwiłł

Battles of Jerzy Radziwiłł

Lithuanian noble (1480-1541)

Jerzy Radziwiłł is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1514 and 1527: 3 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Belarus (2), Russia (1), Ukraine (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,063 km apart end to end, 354 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe (1).

Battle of BorysthenesBattle of OrshaSiege of OpochkaBattle of OlshanitsaBattle of BorysthenesBattle of OrshaSiege of OpochkaBattle of OlshanitsaKyivWarsawMinskRigaVilniusKharkivLvivKaliningradBryanskTver500 km53.189N, 29.637E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1514: 2 engagements2 in 15141517: 1 engagements1527: 1 engagements15141527
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Borysthenes, 1514Battle of Orsha, 1514Siege of Opochka, 1517Battle of Olshanitsa, 152715141527
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1514Battle of BorysthenesBelarusPolish–Lithuanian victory
8 September 1514Battle of OrshaVorsha, Belarus0 km NPolish–Lithuanian victory
1517Siege of OpochkaOpochka, Russia269 km NWRussian victory
27 January 1527Battle of OlshanitsaUkraine794 km SLithuanian 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, anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.