The term Deluge ( , ) denotes a series of mid-17th-century campaigns Military_operation in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth .

Warsaw , the capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , was completely destroyed Destroying by the Swedes , and out of a pre-war population of 20,000 , only 2,000 remained in the city after the war Hostile_encounter .

It took place Process_start on 10 October 1410 , near the village of Łąsko Wielkie and ended Process_end in victory for the Polish–Lithuanian alliance .

The Second Northern War ( 1655–60 , also First or Little Northern War ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1655–60 ) , the Moscow Tsardom ( 1656–58 ) , Brandenburg-Prussia ( 1657–60 ) , the Habsburg Monarchy ( 1657–60 ) and Denmark–Norway ( 1657–58 and 1658–60 ) .

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania became Becoming a Swedish fief , the Polish–Lithuanian regular armies surrendered Surrendering and the Polish king John II Casimir Vasa fled Escaping to the Habsburgs .

Exploiting the hurt religious feelings of the Roman Catholic population under Protestant occupation and organizing Arranging Polish–Lithuanian military leaders in the Tyszowce Confederation , John II Casimir Vasa managed to regain ground in 1656 .

Frederick III 's war on Sweden gave Giving Charles X Gustav a reason to abandon GiveUp the Polish–Lithuanian deadlock and fight Hostile_encounter Denmark instead .

The January Uprising ( ; ; ) was an insurrection Change_of_leadership principally in Russia′s Kingdom of Poland aimed Aiming at the restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth .

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter from the 16th through the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy , which was at times supported Supporting by the Holy Roman Empire , Kingdom of Hungary , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and Habsburg Spain .

The Siege of Polotsk ( , ) was a siege by forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under Stefan Bathory on the Russian-held city of Polotsk .

The war shifted Change the balance of power in Central Europe and marked Recording the rise of the Polish–Lithuanian union as the dominant power in the region .

The Polish-Russian War Hostile_encounter of 1792 ( also , War of the Second Partition , and in Polish sources , War in Defence of the Constitution ( ) ) was fought Hostile_encounter between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on one side , and the Targowica Confederation ( conservative nobility of the Commonwealth opposed to the new Constitution of 3 May 1791 ) and the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great on the other .

The coup Change_of_leadership further strained Cause_change_of_strength Polish–Lithuanian relations .