Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Leopold Joseph von Daun

Battles of Leopold Joseph von Daun

Austrian marshal, 1705 to 1766

Leopold Joseph von Daun is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1742 and 1762: 8 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Poland (3), Germany (3), Czech Republic (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,122 km apart end to end, 265 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Seven Years' War (5), War of the Austrian Succession (2), Third Silesian War (1).

Battle of LauffeldBattle of MaxenBattle of BurkersdorfSiege of SchweidnitzBattle of ChotusitzBattle of KolínBattle of LeuthenBattle of HochkirchBattle of TorgauBattle of ChotusitzBattle of KolínBattle of LeuthenBattle of HochkirchBattle of TorgauBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgMunichBratislavaStuttgartCologneNürnberg200 km50.753N, 11.185E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1742: 1 engagements1747: 1 engagements1757: 2 engagements2 in 17571758: 1 engagements1759: 1 engagements1760: 1 engagements1762: 2 engagements2 in 176217421762
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Kolín, 1757Battle of Leuthen, 1757Battle of Hochkirch, 1758Battle of Maxen, 1759Battle of Torgau, 1760Battle of Burkersdorf, 1762Siege of Schweidnitz, 176217421762
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 May 1742Battle of ChotusitzChotusice, CzechiaPrussian victory
2 July 1747Battle of LauffeldRiemst, Belgium699 km WFrench victory
18 June 1757Battle of KolínKolín, Czech Republic679 km EAustrian victory
5 December 1757Battle of LeuthenLutynia, Poland170 km NEPrussian victory
14 October 1758Battle of HochkirchHochkirch, Germany152 km WAustrian victory
21 November 1759Battle of MaxenMaxen, Germany59 km SWAustrian victory
3 November 1760Battle of TorgauSüptitz, Germany95 km NWPrussian victory
21 July 1762Battle of BurkersdorfBurkatów, Poland262 km EPrusso-Russian victory
October 1762Siege of SchweidnitzŚwidnica, Poland6 km NPrussian 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, Attributed to Martin van Meytens / Circle of Martin van Meytens / Workshop of Martin van Meytens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.