...Charles XII of Sweden, in the opening…
August 1700 CE
...Charles XII of Sweden, in the opening phase of the Great Northern War, first focuses on attacking Denmark by invading Zealand, assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir George Rooke.
The Swedish navy under Admiral General Hans Wachtmeister is able to outmaneuver the Danish Sound blockade, facilitating Charles’s landing of an army near the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
This surprise move and pressure by the Maritime Powers (England and the Dutch Republic) rapidly compels Denmark–Norway to withdraw from the war according to the terms of the Peace of Travendal concluded on August 8 between the Swedish Empire, Denmark-Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal.
Augustus II, King of Poland, and Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, enter the war against Sweden on the same day.