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2. Battle of Nöteborg (1656) - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Nöteborg in July 1656 was a naval battle between 250 smaller Russian ships, who had surrounded the city of Nöteborg, and 50 smaller Swedish ships under the command of Carl Gustaf Wrangel during the Russo-Swedish War (1656–58). Few details are known, but it was a Swedish victory.

3. Battle of Warsaw (1656) - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Warsaw (German: Schlacht von Warschau; Polish: Bitwa pod Warszawą; Swedish: Tredagarsslaget vid Warschau) took place near Warsaw on July 28–July 30 [O.S. July 18–20] 1656, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden and Brandenburg.

4. Category:Naval battles involving Sweden - Wikipedia

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   Anglo–Swedish skirmish (1695) Operation Atalanta; B. Battle of Bornholm (1535) Battle of Bornholm (1563) ... Battle of Nöteborg (1656) O.

5. Deluge (history) - Wikipedia

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   Charles X Gustav in skirmish with Tatars at the battle of Warsaw, July 29, 1656. Johan Philip Lemke, oil on canvas, 1684. The Swedish invasion affected the richest provinces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ( Greater Poland , Lesser Poland , Mazovia , Pomerelia , Kujawy , Podlasie ), which for the most part had not been affected by major ...

6. Battle of Walk - Wikipedia

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   The Swedish forces won the battle, [1] and according to their sources they defeated an army of 8,000 men, 32 standards, banners and other field declarations had been captured in the battle and 1,500 Russians were dead or wounded along with their commander Matvey Sheremetyev, who later died in captivity. [4]

7. Siege of Riga (1656) - Wikipedia

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   The siege of Riga by the Russian army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was the main event of the Russo-Swedish War. The fortifications of Riga consisted of a wall with ditch and 5 bastions around the old town. In 1652 Swedes had started construction of a new wall with 12 bastions around suburbs, but by 1656 the work had not been completed.

8. 1656 in Sweden - Wikipedia

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   Battle of Filipów; December 20 – Treaty of Labiau is signed between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. Battle of Chojnice (1656) The Stockholms Banco, the first bank to issue banknotes, is founded. The case of Karin Svensdotter, who claimed to have sexual relations with a fairy. [1]

9. Siege of Warsaw (1656) - Wikipedia

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   Swedish positions at the confluence of the Vistula and the Narwobug were well-fortified, and protected by both rivers. At the same time, however, with 6,000 men, they were not strong enough to risk a frontal attack on the Commonwealth forces, so on June 23, most Polish forces returned to Warsaw, while Polish engineers built a second pontoon ...