Battle of Olkieniki

Name: Battle of Olkieniki
Start: 1700

1700 CE.

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The Battle of Valkininkai (Lithuanian: Valkininkų mūšis, Polish: Bitwa pod Olkienikami) took place on November 18, 1700, during the Lithuanian Civil War, between forces of the Sapieha family, led by Michał Franciszek Sapieha, and an anti-Sapieha coalition of Wiśniowiecki, Ogiński, Radziwiłł and Pac families and their supporters (including a pospolite ruszenie of Lithuanian and Samogitian szlachta), led by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki. The anti-Sapieha confederates were victorious.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Valkininkai (1700), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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