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Battle of Poltava

Poland · Warfare / Great Northern War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1709Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1709

Augustus II the Strong28 June 1709

Poltava · Warfare / Great Northern War

Russian victory over Sweden allows Augustus II to return to the Polish throne.

Augustus II the Strong8 August 1709

Saxony · Warfare / Great Northern War

Uses Swedish defeat to prepare his return to the Polish throne.

Names involved

Augustus II the Strong

Provenance

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