Historical place archive

Baltic Sea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Baltic Sea in Sweden. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1563–1721

Historical events in Baltic Sea

1563

May 1563
Naval Mobilization
Jakob Bagge · Northern Seven Years War

Bagge commands Swedish naval forces during the opening of the war

1700

1700
Baltic Defence
Charles XII · Great Northern War

Charles XII defends Sweden's Baltic empire against the coalition of Denmark, Russia and Saxony-Poland.

1721

30 August 1721
Great Power Decline
Charles XII · Great Northern War

Sweden's loss of Baltic dominance follows the failures of his campaigns.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Sweden and Baltic Sea. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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