Historedia
Person

Ernst Gideon von Laudon

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1761–1788

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Ernst Gideon von Laudon, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Capture of Schweidnitz

    1761

    Role: Austrian lieutenant-field-marshal who stormed Schweidnitz

    1. 1761 · Silesian theatre of operationsSilesian Operations and Failed Attacks on Bunzelwitz

      Laudon campaigned in Silesia in 1761, but timid Russian allies and repeated failures against Frederick's entrenched Bunzelwitz camp left him without success.

    2. Night of September 30/October 1, 1761 · Prussian fortress town of SchweidnitzNight Storming of Schweidnitz

      Seizing a fleeting opportunity, Laudon stormed the Prussian town of Schweidnitz on the night of September 30/October 1, 1761.

  2. Austria Enters the Russo-Turkish War

    1788

    Role: Austrian general who repelled an Ottoman invasion of Croatia

    1. 1788 · Iași, MoldaviaRussian Capture of Iași

      During the 1788 campaign in Moldavia, the Russian Army besieged and captured Iași during the Russo-Turkish War.

Sources

  1. Ernst Gideon von Laudon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
  2. Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28