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The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] ... Three years later, in 1700, Denmark–Norway, Poland and Russia, the countries that had ...
August 18 (August 7 OS) – Peace of Travendal concluded between the Swedish Empire, Denmark-Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal. On the same day, Augustus II, King of Poland, and Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, enter the war against Sweden. November 30 (November 19 OS; November 20 Swedish calendar) – Battle of Narva in Estonia.
However, despite great successes on the battlefield, inadequate economy and small manpower caused the demise of the Swedish Empire, which ended its 110-year period as a great power in 1721. Finland was an integral part of Sweden during the Swedish Empire. At the time of the Thirty Years' War, Finns represented an essential part of the Swedish army.
A Saxon army simultaneously invaded Swedish Livonia, and in February 1700 surrounded Riga, the most populous city of the Swedish Empire. Russia also declared war (August 1700), but stopped short of an attack on Swedish Ingria until September 1700. [12] Charles's first campaign was against Denmark–Norway, ruled by his cousin Frederick IV of ...
Russia, Saxony–Poland, and Denmark–Norway pooled their power in 1700 and attacked the Swedish Empire. Although the young Swedish King Charles XII (1682–1718; reigned 1697–1718) won spectacular victories in the early years of the Great Northern War , most notably in the stunning success against the Russians at the Battle of Narva (1700 ...
This is a timeline of Swedish history, ... Year Date Event 1700: ... battle to remove Charles XII and the remnants of his army from the Ottoman Empire: 1718:
July 9 – Crossing of the Düna: Following his victories over Denmark and Russia in 1700, Charles XII of Sweden escalates the conflict in the Great Northern War by an invasion of Poland. The Swedes defeat the army of Saxony (then a Polish territory) at the River Dvina. - Battle of Petschora - Battle of Rauge - Battle of Erastfer
In Swedish and Finnish history, the Age of Liberty (Swedish: frihetstiden; Finnish: vapauden aika) was a period that saw parliamentary governance, increasing civil rights, and the decline of the Swedish Empire that began with the adoption of the Instrument of Government in 1719 and ended with Gustav III's self-coup in 1772.