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List of battles of the Great Northern War

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This is a list of battles of the Great Northern War (1700–1721).

By 1700, the Swedish Empire was the dominant power in Northern Europe, controlling territory from Norway to modern-day St Petersburg. But in this war, it was attacked from all sides by several countries: Denmark–Norway to the west, the Tsardom of Russia in the east, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the southeast, and the Electorate of Saxony to the south. The countries formed a coalition against Sweden and surprise attacked from all sides. By 1721, Sweden had been forced to sign a very disadvantageous peace,[1] giving up Swedish Livonia and losing all their power.[2][3][4]

This list shows the list of the military engagements using the Julian calendar, Swedish calendar and the Gregorian calendar.

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Name Date (N.S) Date (O.S) Date (Swedish Calendar) Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Location Casualties
Siege of Riga (1700)[5] 22 February 1700 11 February 1700 12 February 1700 Sweden Saxony Swedish Livonia, Riga unknown
Siege of Tönning March–August 1700 March–August 1700 March–August 1700 Sweden Denmark-Norway

Russia

Saxony

Tönning unknown
Battle of Reinbek 30 May 1700 19 May 1700 20 May 1700 Sweden Denmark-Norway Bille (Elbe), Reinbek 10
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