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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]
How Britain bombarded Copenhagen and seized the Danish Fleet in 1807, Sutton Publishing; Lord Chancellor (21 January 1808), "The Lords Commissioners' speech", Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), vol. 10, House of Lords, col. 1–32; Thomas Munch-Petersen (2007). Defying Napoleon: How Britain Bombarded Copenhagen and Seized the Danish Fleet in 1807 ...
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.
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]
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
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
The building was destroyed during the Swedish siege of Copenhagen in 1658-59. The ruin was purchased by Christoffer Gabel in the earlu 1660s. In 1710, it was converted into a military hospital. During the outbreak of plague 1711-13, it was used as a plague hospital alongside nearby Vodroffgård, housing one hundred patients at a time.
After the Swedish siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) the Dutch engineer Henrik Rüse was called in to help rebuild and extend the construction. The fortification was named Citadellet Frederikshavn (transl. The Citadel Frederik's harbor), but it is better known as Kastellet ("the Citadel"). [1]