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NAVAL HISTORY OF THE BALTIC SEA
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REGION |
SUBREGION |
NEAREST PORT |
YEAR |
SUBJECT |
DETAIL |
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Baltic |
The age of sail | ||||
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Baltic |
Maps of the Baltic | Maps of the Baltic | |||
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Baltic |
All |
General history including Gt Northern War | |||
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Baltic |
The Dutch trade for timber & other goods | ||||
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Baltic |
Scandinavia |
Naval history of Denmark & Sweden | |||
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Baltic |
All |
1510 |
Hanseatic war with Denmark - Norway |
In 1510, the Hanseatic League declared war against Denmark and Norway because the League did not approve of the navigation blockade against Sweden. The Danes won easily against the Hanseatic Navy and Prince Kristian, who was named King of Norway, and was in Sweden fighting. |
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Baltic |
Gotland |
1613 |
Off Visby |
Danes v Swedes |
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Baltic |
All |
1656- |
First northern war | ||
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Baltic |
1676 |
Entholm |
Danes & Dutch bt Swedes |
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Baltic |
Off Schwerin |
1677 |
Off Rostock |
Niels Juel defeated Swedish fleet |
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Baltic |
All |
1700-21 |
Battles of the Great Northern War | ||
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Baltic |
1719 |
Baggensstäket |
Swedish |
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Baltic |
All |
1734-61 |
Russian naval operations | ||
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Baltic |
1788 |
Hogland |
Site in Swedish |
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Baltic |
All |
1788-9 |
Russian naval ops | ||
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Baltic |
1790 |
Seskar |
Swedish defeat |
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Baltic |
1914-18 |
World war one | |||
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Baltic |
1939-42 |
The Naval War | |||
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Baltic |
All |
1939-45 |
World war II |
Poland, Denmark, Finland and Norway occupied |
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Baltic |
Gulf of Bothnia |
Aaland isles |
1714 |
Aaland isles |
Russians landed in the teeth of the Swedes |
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Baltic |
Hanse |
Map of the Hanse towns | The Hanseatic League | More on the Hansa | |
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Baltic |
Gotland island | Visby |
1361 |
Visby |
Valdemar of Denmark defeats the nobles & peasants under the walls of the town; the merchants of the Hanse town do not intervene. Visby is already losing trade to the major Baltic ports at this time, due to larger ships and more organised trade. |
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Baltic states |
History of the Balts | ||||
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Blekinge |
Karlskrona |
Swedish naval base | |||
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Curland |
Memel |
History of the port |
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Danish waters |
Little Belt |
1044 |
Battle off east coast of Jutland |
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Danish waters |
1295 |
Groensund |
Erik of Ill Omen fights a naval battle against his Fathers assassins, and their allies. |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
1300-1400 |
Herring shoals in The Sound (Oeresund) at their peak - source of vast income for all the neighbouring states |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
1362 |
Off Helsingborg |
Valdemar defeats the Lubeck fleet with the aid of the first ships cannons seen in the Baltic. |
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Danish waters |
Off Funen |
1535 |
Helnaes |
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Danish waters |
Great Belt |
1658 |
The ice crossing |
Swedish crossing of 10 miles of frozen ice from Langeland to Lolland (and thence island-hopping across the ice to Copenhagen) |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
1677 |
Koege Bay |
Vs the Swedes |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
1710 |
Koege Bay |
Vs the Swedes |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
1801 |
Copenhagen Roads
[Slaget paa reden] |
Prompted by Danish participation in an armed neutrality arrangement, which would have ensured the arrival of supplies to Napoleon. Although the Danish ships had been dismasted to avoid provoking Nelson, he attacked after putting his blind eye to his telescope and failing to see the signal not to. The attack was called off when 6 of the English ships ran aground. Lt Willemoes was the Danish hero. |
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Danish waters |
1864 |
Degerboel |
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Danish waters |
Skagerrak |
Anholt |
1811 |
Anholt |
Unsuccessful Danish assault on the British Baltic Fleet base |
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Danish waters |
Oestersoen |
Bornholm |
1683 |
Christiansoe |
A small island east of Bornholm |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
Elsinore |
1801 |
Elsinore |
Bombardment by the English fleet approaching Copenhagen. |
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Danish waters |
Little Belt |
Faurskov |
Tybringvig |
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Danish waters |
Great Belt |
Kalundborg |
1231 |
Refsnaes |
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Danish waters |
Kattegat |
Off Halland |
1062 |
Nisaa |
Hardrada crushes the Danish fleet. He occupies part of Sweden. |
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Danish waters |
The Sound (Oeresund) |
Saltholm |
1700 |
Flinterenden |
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Danish waters |
Little Belt |
Svendborg |
1535 |
Svendborgsund |
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Denmark |
Zealand |
Copenhagen |
History of the port |
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Estonia |
Tallinn (Reval) | ||||
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Fehmarn |
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Finland |
Finnish history | ||||
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Gulf of Finland |
Saimaa canal |
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Gulf of Finland |
1714 |
Gangut |
Apraxins galley fleet vs the Swedes |
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Gulf of Finland |
1720 |
Grengam |
Apraxins galley fleet vs the Swedes |
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Gulf of Finland |
All |
1789 |
Revel and Krasnaya Gorka | ||
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Gulf of Finland |
All |
1790 |
Vyborg and Rochensalm | ||
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Gulf of Finland |
Aabo |
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Gulf of Finland |
Drumsö (Lauttasaari) |
Fortifications | |||
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Gulf of Finland |
Helsinki |
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Gulf of Finland |
Kexholm |
History of the port |
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Gulf of Finland |
Narva |
History of the port |
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Gulf of Finland |
Reval (Tallin) |
History of the port |
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Gulf of Finland |
Sveaborg |
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Gulf of Finland |
Viborg |
see russian history site |
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Gulf of Finland |
Vyborg |
1792 |
Viborg | ||
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Gulf of Finland |
Viipuri |
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Gulf of Finland |
Vyborg | Viking presence | |||
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Ingria |
Narva |
see russian history site |
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Karelia |
North |
Korela Fort |
Gives history |
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Kiel Bay |
Kiel canal |
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Kiel bay |
Kiel |
History of the port |
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Little Belt |
Eckernfjord |
1864 |
Eckernfjord |
Naval fight |
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Livonia |
Riga |
History of the port |
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Mecklenburg |
Luebeck |
History of the port |
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Mecklenburg |
Rostock |
History of the port |
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Mecklenburg |
Schwerin |
History of the port |
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Mecklenburg |
Wismar |
History of the port |
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North Sea |
Frisia |
1043-7 |
Sweyn Estridsson operates against Magnus on the west coast of Jutland, supported by Hardrada in Norway. |
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North Sea |
1634 |
Nordstrand |
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North Sea |
Heligoland |
1864 |
Heligoland |
V the Austrian squadron |
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Norway |
Bergen |
History of the port |
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Overseas |
Danish & Swedish overseas colonies | ||||
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Pomerania |
Danzig |
History of the port |
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Pomerania |
Oliva |
History of the port |
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Pomerania |
Stettin |
History of the port |
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Pomerania |
Stralsund |
History of the port |
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Pomerania |
Sweenemunde |
History of the port |
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Pomerania |
Wolgast |
History of the port |
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Prussia |
Konigsberg |
History of the port |
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Russia |
The Russian Navy | ||||
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Russia |
Ingria |
Ivangorod fortress |
Across the river from Narva |
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Russia |
Ingria |
Novgorod |
History of the port |
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Russia |
Ingria |
Petersburg |
History of the port |
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Schleswig-Holstein |
Schleswig |
Hedeby |
History of the port |
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Sweden |
The Skerry fleet | ||||
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Sweden |
The Swedish fleet |
In Swedish |
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Sweden |
Stockholm |
The Skerries |
1720 |
The Skerries |
Russian blockade & landings fought off with difficulty; Swedes agree a peace shortly afterwards. |
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The Sound (Oeresund) |
Elsinore |
The Sound tolls at Elsinore |
