𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ Battle of Warsaw ✧
The Battle of Warsaw was fought on 31 July 1705 as part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne during the Great Northern War. Augustus II the Strong, the elector of Saxony and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was allied with Denmark–Norway and Russia against Stanisław L...
#GreatNorthernWar #WarsawConfederation #Warsaw #SandomierzConfederation #Sweden #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1705)
"Why leave a beautiful city for the enemy? If we can’t have Helsinki, no one can! #BurnItAllDown #Priorities #GreatNorthernWar"
- Charles XII of Sweden
May 11, 1713 - Great Northern War: After losing the Battle of Helsinki to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War
Brunell’s stationing in Hesse-Kassel coincided with the last years of the #GreatNorthernWar. After the Swedish territories in the north of the #HRE had been occupied by #Sweden’s enemies in 1715, a huge number of Swedish soldiers and sailors who either lost contact with their units or were escaped prisoners of war, came to Hessen-Kassel to seek help from the Swedish #resident there and the landgrave, the father-in-law to the Swedish king’s sister, to find a way back to #Sweden or at least Swedish territory. During a five years’ time, the Swedish residents in Hesse-Kassel and especially Brunell were occupied with organising how these people should be handled. Brunell negotiated with the landgrave about passports, money, and provisions. (3/5)
#emdiplomacy #NewDiplomaticHistory #Hesse #earlyModern #adventCalendar #adventCalendar2024
The Great Northern War took place from 1700 to 1721 and was fought between Russia and Sweden during the reign of Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great). #History #PeterTheGreat #GreatNorthernWar #RussianEmpire #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Great_Northern_War/
Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682-1721 and Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. #History #PeterTheGreat #GreatNorthernWar #Russia #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Peter_the_Great/
He was a pretty interesting person. He trained as a priest, became assistant to the first-ever resident English ambassador in Sweden, and after that gentleman passed away became the new representative. He developed a good relationship with King Karl XII which was useful during the #GreatNorthernWar
