The Great Northern War begins in 1700…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

The Great Northern War begins in 1700 when Denmark, Poland, and Russia form an alliance to take advantage of Sweden's apparent weakness at this time and to partition the Swedish empire.

Sweden's youthful king Charles XII surprises them, however, with a series of military victories that knock Denmark out of the war in 1700 and Poland, in 1706.

The impetuous Swedish king then marches on Moscow, but he meets disaster at the battle of Poltava in 1709.

As a result, Denmark and Poland rejoin the war against Sweden.

Charles attempts to compensate for Sweden's territorial losses in the Baltic by conquering Norway, but he is killed in action there in 1718.

His death removes the main obstacle to a negotiated peace between Sweden and the alliance.

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Charles XII of Sweden View →

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Finns View → Sami people View → Karelians View → Tavastians View → Estonians View → Danes (Scandinavians) View → Poles (West Slavs) View → Swedes (Scandinavians) View → Russians (East Slavs) View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of View → Russia, Tsardom of View → Swedish Empire View → Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations) View → Finland, (Swedish) Grand Duchy of View →

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Northern War, Great View → Poltava, Battle of View →

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