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The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
Year Date Event 1700: February 22: Alliance consisting of Denmark-Norway, Saxony, Poland and Russia declares war on Sweden, initiating Great Northern War: Battle of Narva: 1702: July 8: Battle of Kliszów: 1706: February 3: Battle of Fraustadt ends in slaughter of captured prisoners by victorious Swedish army 1706: October 13
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.
At the beginning of that year Charles had concluded an alliance with Tsar Vasili IV of Russia against their common foe, the Polish king; but when, in 1610, Vasili was deposed by his own subjects and the whole tsardom seemed to be on the verge of dissolution, Sweden's policy towards Russia changed its character.
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 ...
Swedish Empire (1648–1718) Enlightenment. ... This is a list of years in Sweden. 16th century. 1500s 1500 ... Timeline of Swedish history;
Updated borders for places like the Swedish-Finnish border and the Skåne-Blekinge border, added Blekinge, changed incorrect dates for places like Swedish Pomerania. 13:22, 23 January 2021: 800 × 877 (504 KB) Chhrls: Updated colours to be in-line with the ledger and fixed symbols connecting dates in ledger from YYYY - YYYY into YYYY–YYYY.
The early and then medieval Swedish kingdom was an elective monarchy, with kings being elected from particularly prominent families; [9] this practice did however often result in de facto dynastic succession [10] and the formation of royal dynasties, such as those of Eric (intermittently c. 1157–1250) and Bjelbo (1250–1364) as well as ...