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The Swedish siege force consisted of 11 brigades and 16 squadrons comprising 4,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 50 cannons. [9] The Swedish fired over 200 heated shot a day into the city, and several large howitzers were brought to bombard the Danish capital, including the 300-pounder "Eric Hansson", earlier used in the siege of Kraków. [10]
The Swedish siege continued, however, and culminated in the decisive assault on Copenhagen during the night between 10 and 11 February 1659, which ended in a Danish victory. [90] An army of troops from Brandenburg, Poland and Austria attacked the Swedish troops in Jutland.
The Pauline monastery Jasna Góra in Częstochowa successfully resisted a Swedish siege throughout November 1655 to January 1656. [16] On 20 November a manifesto was issued in Opole (Oppeln) calling for public resistance and the return of John II Casimir, [19] and in December a peasant force took Nowy Sącz. [16]
Assault on Copenhagen (1659), a major battle during the Second Northern War, taking place during the siege of Copenhagen by the Swedish army. Battle of Copenhagen (1801), a naval battle between a British fleet and the Dano-Norwegian Navy; Battle of Copenhagen (1807), a British bombardment of Copenhagen to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet
By the time of Christian IV's death in 1648, Copenhagen had become Denmark's principal fortification and naval port, and the town formed a framework for the administration of the Danish kingdom and as a centre of trade in Northern Europe. During 1658–59 the city withstood a severe siege by the Swedes under Charles X Gustav.
Siege of Bohus fortress; Siege of Copenhagen (1658) Siege of Fredriksodde; Siege of Helsingborg (1368–1369) Siege of Itzehoe; Siege of Jama (1658) Siege of Kronborg; Siege of Lindholmen; Siege of Nakskov; Siege of Narva (1581) Siege of Narva (1590) Siege of Nykøbing; Siege of Oreshek (1611–1612) Siege of Reval (1577) Siege of Riga (1621 ...
Siege of Copenhagen may refer to: Siege of Copenhagen (1368) Siege of Copenhagen (1658) Battle of Copenhagen (1807), in which Copenhagen was also besieged; See also
The Battle of the Sound was a naval engagement which took place on 8 November 1658 (29 October O.S.) during the Second Northern War, near the Sound or Øresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sweden had invaded Denmark and an army under Charles X of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege.