What the records say
- When
- 18 Jul 1701
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 56.98° N, 24.07° E
- Description
- 1701 battle of the Great Northern War
Crossing of the Düna
Battle of the Great Northern War
The Crossing of the Düna took place during the Great Northern War on 19 July 1701 near the city of Riga, present-day Latvia. The Swedish king Charles XII was in hot pursuit of king Augustus II the Strong of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony. The crossing was easily made, and the coalition troops were quickly broken and retreated.
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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 “Crossing of the Düna: Following his victories over Denmark-Norway and Russia in 1700”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht an der Düna bei Riga stehen sächsische, russische und kurländische Soldaten gemeinsam der schwedischen Armee gegenüber”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Daugava (8 juillet du calendrier julien, 9 juillet du calendrier suédois)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page