Great Northern War
1700 CE – 1721 CE · 21 years
Peter the Great's war to transform Russia into a European power — Sweden's Charles XII won stunning victories before losing everything at Poltava.
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Great Northern War on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Sweden
- Russia
- Denmark-Norway
- Saxony-Poland
Key moments
Defining events in the Great Northern War.
- 1700 Narva
- 1709 Poltava
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
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Landmark · Europe
Seville
1503 CE – 1717 CE
Polity · Europe
Russian Empire
1721 CE – 1917 CE
Conflict · Europe
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1701 CE – 1714 CETrade route · Europe
Portuguese Spice Route
1498 CE – 1700 CE
Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Netherlands
Founded 1715 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Europe
War of the Quadruple Alliance
1718 CE – 1720 CE
Trade route · Europe
Spanish Treasure Fleet
1566 CE – 1790 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1700 CE and 1721 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Great Northern WarImonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0
- SevilleIngo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- War of the Spanish SuccessionDavidDijkgraaf · CC0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of the NetherlandsZscout370 · Public domain
- War of the Quadruple AllianceRichard Paton · Public domain
- Spanish treasure fleetWorld_Topography.jpg : NASA/JPL/NIMA derivative work: Uxbona ( talk ) · Public domain
