Early Modern era · 1705

Battle of Warsaw

The Battle of Warsaw (also known as the Battle of Rakowitz or Rakowiec) was fought on 31 July 1705 (Gregorian calendar) near Warsaw in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Great Northern War and the 1701–1706 Swedish invasion of Poland. The battle was part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne, and was fought between Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław Leszczyński and their allies.

Battle of Warsaw
Battle of Warsaw · Anonymous plate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
21 Jul 1705
Where
Wola
Era
Early Modern

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