# List of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

This is a list of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).
    Victory
    Defeat
    Another result*
*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) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1559–61, 1562–69) From 1569: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (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 Swedish Empire | 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 Holy Roman Empire (1626–29) | Kingdom of Sweden (known as Swedish Empire after 1611) | Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo 1618: indecisive; 1625: Swedish victory 1629: Swedish victory |
| 1605–1618 | Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) (Dmytriads) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth False Dmitry I False Dmitry II | Tsardom of Russia Swedish Empire 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 | Swedish Empire Denmark Dutch Republic Kingdom of France | Peace of Westphalia |
| 1620–1621 | Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire 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 | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia Budjak Horde | Inconclusive |
| 1648–1657 | Khmelnytsky Uprising | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate | Cossack Hetmanate 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 Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia | Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate | Defeat |
| 1655–1661 | Second Northern War The (Russo-)Swedish Deluge (in Poland) The Ruin (in Ukraine) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Tsardom of Russia (1656–1658) Crimean Khanate Dutch Republic Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660) | Swedish Empire Principality of Transylvania Cossack Hetmanate (1657) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657) | Treaty of Oliva |
| 1667–1671 | Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate | Victory Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) |
| 1672–1676 | Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wallachia | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Moldavia Cossack Hetmanate 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 HRE states Habsburg monarchy Bavaria Franconia Saxony Swabia Duchy of Styria Royal Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Mantua Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia  Cossack Hetmanate Republic of Venice  Spanish Empire Montenegro rebel factions Albanian rebelsSerbian rebelsGreek rebelsBulgarian rebelsRomanian rebelsCroatian rebels | Ottoman Empire Vassal states: Crimean Khanate Shamkhalate of Tarki Upper Hungary (1683–5) Moldavia Wallachia Transylvania | 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) | Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1714) Warsaw Confederation (1704–1709)  Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Crimean Khanate (1710–1714)  Cossack Hetmanate (1708–1714) Dutch Republic (1700)  England (1700)  Scotland (1700)  Ireland (1700) Great Britain (1719–1720) | Tsardom of Russia  Cossack Hetmanate Kalmyk Khanate Saxony (1700–1706, 1709–1719) Duchy of Courland (1700–1701) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1701–1704, 1709–1719) Sandomierz Confederation (1704–1709) Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–1720) Prussia (1715–1720) Hanover (1715–1719) Great Britain (1717–1719) Montenegro (1711–1712) Moldavia (1711) | Inconclusive for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) 1720 Stockholm ceasefire offer [de; cs]; not signed by Poland–Lithuania or Saxony 1729 Stockholm peace declaration [de; cs; sv]; signed by Saxony 1732 peace declaration [cs; sv]; signed by Poland–Lithuania |
| 1704–1706 | Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (part of the Great Northern War) | Warsaw Confederation Supported by: Swedish Empire | Sandomierz Confederation Supported by: Tsardom of Russia | 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 Duchy of Parma | Poland loyal to Augustus III Supported by: Russian Empire Habsburg monarchy Holy Roman Empire (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 | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Habsburg monarchy | 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 Habsburg monarchy | Defeat Third Partition of Poland (1795): Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist. |