List of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth explained

This is a list of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Poland–Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
1558–1583	Livonian War Russian invasion of Livonia (1558–1560) Lithuanian–Muscovite war (1562–1570) Truce 1570–1576 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory (1577–1582)	Livonian Confederation (1558–61, Lithuanian protectorate since 1559) (1559–61, 1562–69) From 1569: (1569–70, 1577–82) Principality of Transylvania (1577–82) Crimean Khanate----- Denmark–Norway (1560–62, 75–83) Kingdom of Sweden (1560–64, 70–75, 77–83) Zaporozhian Cossacks	Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate	Polish–Lithuanian, Dano–Norwegian and Swedish victory Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Estonia to Sweden Ösel to Denmark–Norway Military and economic disaster for Russia (Muscovy)
1587–1588	War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) Siege of Kraków Battle of Byczyna	Sigismund III Supporters of Sigismund Vasa, mainly Poles	Maximilian III Supporters of Maximilian of Austria, mainly Germans, but including many Poles and Hungarians	Sigismund victory
1598–1599	War against Sigismund	Polish–Swedish union under Sigismund III Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Protestant Swedish separatists Duke Charles of Södermanland	Defeat End of Polish–Swedish union Charles became king of Sweden (1604)
1600–1629	Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Kingdom of Sweden	Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo 1618: indecisive; 1625: Swedish victory 1629: Swedish victory
1605–1618	Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth False Dmitry I False Dmitry II	Tsardom of Russia Don Cossacks	Costly victory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth reached largest territorial extent Sigismund renounced Russian throne
1606–1608	Zebrzydowski Rebellion	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Rokosz	Government victory
1618–1648	Thirty Years' War Battle of Humenné	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Kingdom of Hungary	Denmark Dutch Republic Kingdom of France	Peace of Westphalia
1620–1621	Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks	Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia	Treaty of Khotyn
1632–1634	Smolensk War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks	Tsardom of Russia	Victory Treaty of Polyanovka (Polanów)
1633–1634	Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia Budjak Horde	Inconclusive
1648–1657	Khmelnytsky Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Crimean Khanate	Defeat Loss of the Cossack Hetmanate (vassalised by the Tsardom of Russia) The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
1654–1667	Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia	Tsardom of Russia	Defeat
1655–1661	Second Northern War The (Russo-)Swedish Deluge (in Poland) The Ruin (in Ukraine)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Tsardom of Russia Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia	Principality of Transylvania Grand Duchy of Lithuania Brandenburg-Prussia	Treaty of Oliva
1667–1671	Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Crimean Khanate	Victory Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)
1672–1676	Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wallachia	Crimean Khanate Principality of Moldavia Lipka Tatars	Defeat Treaty of Buchach Treaty of Żurawno
1683–1699	Great Turkish War Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)	Holy Roman Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Republic of Venice Montenegro	Vassal states Shamkhalate of Tarki	Treaty of Karlowitz
1697–1702	Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702)	House of Sapieha	Radziwiłł House of Wiśniowiecki Pac family Ogiński family
1700–1721	Great Northern War Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (list of battles)	Holstein-Gottorp Warsaw Confederation Crimean Khanate Great Britain	Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate Saxony Duchy of Courland Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Sandomierz Confederation	Inconclusive for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) ; not signed by Poland–Lithuania or Saxony ; signed by Saxony ; signed by Poland–Lithuania
1704–1706	Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (part of the Great Northern War)	Warsaw Confederation Supported by:	Sandomierz Confederation Supported by:	Warsaw Confederation victory Treaty of Altranstädt
1733–1738	War of the Polish Succession	Poland loyal to Stanisław I Supported by: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of Sardinia	Poland loyal to Augustus III Supported by: (from 1734) Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia	Treaty of Vienna (1738) Augustus III confirmed as king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania Stanisław received Lorraine as compensation
1768–1772	War of the Bar Confederation (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Kingdom of Prussia	Defeat First Partition of Poland (1772)
1792	Polish–Russian War of 1792 (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire Targowica Confederation	Defeat Constitution of 3 May 1791 Second Partition of Poland (1792)
1794	Kościuszko Uprising (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tadeusz Kościuszko Jan Henryk Dąbrowski	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia	Defeat Third Partition of Poland (1795): Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist.

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