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The Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution (Swedish: Revolutionen) or the Coup of Gustav III (Gustav III:s statskupp or older Gustav III:s statsvälvning), was a Swedish coup d'état performed by King Gustav III of Sweden on 19 August 1772 to introduce a division of power between the king and the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of Liberty and the ...
Anglo-Swedish War (1810–1812) [67] Location: N/A Sweden United Kingdom: Status quo ante bellum: None Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) Location: Duchy of Schleswig, Duchy of Holstein Sweden Russian Empire Hanover United Kingdom Denmark-Norway: Coalition victory Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden; Sweden cedes Swedish Pomerania to Denmark; Unknown
The Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523; Swedish: Befrielsekriget, lit. 'The Liberation War'), also known as Gustav Vasa's Rebellion and the Swedish War of Secession, was a significant historical event in Sweden. Gustav Vasa, a nobleman, led a rebellion and civil war against King Christian II.
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 was, overall, mostly insignificant for the parties involved. Catherine II regarded the war against her Swedish cousin as a minor distraction, as her land troops were tied in the war against Turkey and she was likewise concerned with revolutionary events unfolding in Poland and in France.
The result was the total loss of Swedish Pomerania, and the Swedish army was saved from destruction only by the ingenuity of Johan Christopher Toll. At Tilsit the emperor Alexander I of Russia had undertaken to compel "Russia's geographical enemy", as Napoleon designated Sweden, to accede to the newly established "Continental Russian System ...
Swedish War of Liberation Part of the Swedish War of Secession Sweden Free City of Lübeck (from 1522) Denmark Kalmar Union: 1521 1526 Italian War of 1521–1526 Part of the Italian Wars: Empire of Charles V: Spain Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Papal States France Republic of Venice: 1521 1532 Musso War: Three Leagues: Duchy of Milan ...
Revolutionary failure Execution of Claus Kursstell; Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) Sweden Poland–Lithuania Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Altmark: Swedish victory Thirty Years War: Sweden France Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Westphalia: Franco–Swedish victory [7] Wismar, Wollin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden ceded to Sweden ...
Colony of the Swedish Gold Coast seized by Denmark, and integrated into Danish Gold Coast: 1666: Foundation of Lund University: 1668: Foundation of Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank: 1674: 24 December: Sweden invades Brandenburg, triggering Swedish-Brandenburg War: 1675: Denmark invades Scania, triggering Scanian War: 1676 1 June Battle ...