Polish-Swedish War (1621-25)
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Was a war in a long-running series of conflicts between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire. It began with a Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian fiefdom Livonia.
Chronology
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September 1625: King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden captured the fortress of Bauska in present-day Latvia.
September 1625: Mitau (today jelgava) conquered by sweden.
July 1625: On June 27, 1625, Gustav Adolf landed in Livonia with an army of 20,000. The main Swedish corps of almost 10,000 marched upwards the Daugava River, and besieged Koknese, capturing it after sixteen days.
January 1622: In early January 1622, the Swedish forces led by King Gustavus Adolphus captured Valmiera, a town in present-day Latvia.
September 1621: Riga capitulated to Swedish forces on September 25.
October 1621: The Swedes captured the fortress of Dunamunde.
November 1621: The swedish King Gustavus Adolphus invaded the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. He successfully captured the capital, Mitau (now Jelgava), without facing any resistance from the local defenders.
January 1622: In 1622, Janusz Radziwiłł, a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and military commander, recaptured Mitau (now Jelgava) from the Swedish forces.
August 1625: On August 27, 1625, Swedish forces led by King Gustavus Adolphus captured Tartu, a city in present-day Estonia.
September 1625: The Swedish forces, led by King Gustavus Adolphus, invaded the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1625. Biržai was captured on September 7th.
