Siege of Sveaborg information

The siege of Sveaborg was a siege by Imperial Russian forces of the sea fort of Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna), off the coast of Helsingfors (Helsinki);...

Battle of Svensksund, one of the largest naval battles in history. He is often better remembered, however, as the commander of the fortress of Sveaborg (Finnish:...

Finnish: [ˈviaˌpori]), or Sveaborg (Swedish: [ˈsvɛːɑˈborj]), is an inhabited sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified;...

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Russians on 18 March after a siege that had lasted roughly a month, with just one man having been wounded in action. Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna) under...

Krepost Sveaborg was an Imperial Russian system of land and coastal fortifications constructed around Helsinki during the First World War. The purpose of the...

from Kingdom of Prussia Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, from Kingdom of Prussia Albert of Buxhoeveden (c. 1165–1229) - an earlier member of the family...

This is a timeline of battles and other events of the Finnish War (1808–1809). The dates are according to the Gregorian (Western European) calendar. Russian...

of 1788. He fought un inconclusive battle against the Swedish navy during the Battle of Hogland and he then went to the Swedish fortress of Sveaborg,...

not sentenced to death. Carlsten's surrender has been compared to Siege of Sveaborg and its surrender in 1808. Psychological warfare was used in both...

Battle of Pulkkila 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki...

dockyards at Sveaborg outside Helsinki. More than 1,000 enemy guns tested the strength of the fortress for two days. Despite the shelling, the sailors of the 120-gun...

Hällström, Olof (2004) Sveaborg – The island fortress off Helsinki, ISBN 978-952-91-7378-5 Duffy, C. (1975) Fire & Stone, The Science of Fortress Warfare 1660–1860...

Academy of Sciences makes Eva Ekeblad its first female member. Construction of the Sveaborg fortification begins near Helsinki. The ruins of Pompeii are...

force British and French forces to break away from the assumed siege. On 8 August, a force of 7,000 French soldiers from the regiments Chasseurs de Vincennes...

Suomenlinna (former Sveaborg) is now part of the city of Helsinki (former Helsingfors). Sveaborg and Helsingfors were two separate bases of the Imperial Russian...

especially numerous sieges. In 1614, when King Gustav II Adolf visited the castle, a tremendous fire destroyed the wooden structure of the main castle almost...

Battle of Rochensalm (1789), classified as hemmema) – Captured by Sweden at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), re-captured by Russia in Sveaborg (1808)...

sieges by the Russians during the First and Second Russian-Swedish wars. A brisk trade developed under the umbrella of the castle towards the end of the...

(1645; modern Yeadon, Pennsylvania) Torne (1647; modern West Philadelphia) Sveaborg (c. 1649; modern Swedesboro, New Jersey) Nya Stockholm (c. 1649; modern...

appointed Chief Commander of the Sveaborg coastal fortifications. At the beginning of 1881, he was appointed the Chief Commander of the St. Petersburg port...

Santahamina island shore batteries during the siege of Fortress Sveaborg in Helsinki. Meriekipaasi's number of men was greatly reduced during the 1860s and...

captured in Battle of Hogland 1788) – Wrecked by Norwegian coast 1798 HMS Kronprins Gustav Adolf 62 (ex-Swedish 1782, captured near Sveaborg 1788) – Non commissioned...

Wars) Battle of Siikajoki – 1808 – Finnish War (Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Revolax – 1808 – Finnish War (Napoleonic Wars) Siege of Sveaborg – 1808 – Finnish...