Siege of Danzig (1577) 1577
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1577 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Poland | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Danzig rebellion | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 54.3667, 18.6333 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Danzig was a six-month siege in 1577 of the city of Danzig, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (today Gdańsk) by Stephen Báthory, the head of state of the Commonwealth. The siege ended in a negotiated agreement. It formed part of the Danzig rebellion.
The conflict began when the city of Danzig, along with the Polish episcopate and a portion of the Polish szlachta, did not recognize the royal election of Bathory to the Commonwealth throne and instead supported the candidature of Emperor Maximilian. This led to a short conflict, of which the siege of Danzig was the last part.
After a siege of six months, the Danzig army of 5,000 mercenaries, among them a Scottish regiment, was defeated in a field battle on 16 December 1577. However, since Báthory's armies – the combined Commonwealth, and Hungarian forces – were unable to take the city itself, a compromise was reached: Báthory confirmed the city's special status and its Danzig law privileges granted by the earlier Polish kings in return for 200,000 złotys reparations and recognition of him as sovereign.
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