Poland-Lithuania

Overview

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795. This state was among the largest, most populated countries of 16th- to 18th-century Europe. At its peak in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth spanned approximately 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi) and supported a multi-ethnic population of around 12 million as of 1618. The official languages of the Commonwealth were Polish and Latin, with Catholicism as the state religion.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
• SNAPSHOT1600
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire152

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Russian-Polish Conflicts1500–1795
  Major conflict · 1.0M dead
• Great Turkish War1683–99
  Major conflict · 500K dead
• Deluge (Swedish Invasion of Poland)1655–60
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Swedish Great Northern War1700–21
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Great Northern War1700–21
  Major conflict · 200K dead
• Battle of Vienna1683
  Major conflict · 50K dead
• Battle of Grunwald1410
  Major conflict · 40K dead
• Time of Troubles1598–1618
  Major conflict
• Polish-Ottoman Conflicts1500–1720
  Significant · 500K dead
• Swedish-Polish Wars1600–60
  Significant · 500K dead
• Polish-Russian War1605–18
  Significant · 300K dead
• Decline of the Teutonic Order1409–1525
  Significant · 200K dead
• Livonian War1558–83
  Significant · 200K dead
• Russo-Polish War1654–67
  Significant · 100K dead
• Polish-Swedish War1655–60
  Significant · 100K dead
• War of Polish Succession1733–35
  Significant · 100K dead
• Polish-Teutonic War (1409-1411)1409–11
  Significant · 30K dead
• Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)1454–66
  Significant
• Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars1487–1537
  Significant
• Second Northern War1655–60
  Significant
• Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)1672–76
  Significant
• Polish–Russian War of 17921792
  Significant
• Kościuszko Uprising1794
  Significant
• Khmelnytsky Uprising1648–57
  Regional · 200K dead

+ 128 more in the atlas.