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Topographical map of Copenhagen and its surroundings showing the layout of the city and the British positions during the siege. The British troops under General Lord Cathcart were organised as follows: [18] Cavalry Brigade: Major General Charles, Baron Linsingen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Light Dragoons King's German Legion
Siege of Steinvikholm Castle (1537) Siege of Hamar (1537) Kalmar War (1611–13) Battle of Kringen (1612) Hannibal controversy (1643–45) Battle of Bysjön (1644) Battle of Frösöen (1644) Battle of Vänersborg (1644) Battle of Vänersborg (1645) Dano-Swedish Wars (1657–58, 1658–60) Battle of Frösöen (1657) Battle of Eda (1658) Battle ...
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
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Siege of Copenhagen (1658) Siege of Fredriksodde; ... Siege of Stralsund (1807)
When a British expeditionary force bombarded Copenhagen in 1807 in order to take control of the Danish navy, thus denying it to nascent French plans to invade Britain, the city suffered great damage and hundreds of people were killed. The main reason for the extensive devastation was that Copenhagen relied on an old defence line rendered ...
6 May – Mozart's Don Juan is performed in Copenhagen for the first time, with Édouard Du Puy in the title role. [2] 29 August – The Battle of Køge, also known as the 'Clogs Battle', between British troops besieging Copenhagen and Danish militia raised on Zealand ends in British victory. 16 August – British troops land at Vedbæk.
Denmark was brought into the Napoleonic Wars on the French side when attacked by Britain at the Battles of Copenhagen in 1801 and 1807. The eventual defeat of Napoleon led to the break-up of the Denmark-Norway union. The next major combats were over control of Schleswig, in the First and Second Schleswig Wars. The result hereof being that ...