What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 1658
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 55.75° N, 12.75° E
- Description
- 1658 battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of the Sound
1658 naval battle of the Second Northern War
The Battle of the Sound was a naval engagement which took place on 8 November 1658 during the Second Northern War, near the Sound or Øresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sweden had invaded Denmark and an army under Charles X Gustav of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “November 8 (October 29 old style) – The Battle of the Sound takes place between the navies of the Dutch Republic (with 41 warships) and of Sweden (with 45) at…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Zweiten Nordischen Krieg bleibt in der Seeschlacht im Öresund die niederländische Flotte der Republik der Sieben Vereinigten Provinzen gegenüber der…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8 novembre (29 octobre du calendrier julien) : bataille de l'Øresund”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “29 октября (8 ноября) — сражение в Эресунне, морское сражение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page