What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 1678 – 11 Oct 1678
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 54.30° N, 13.08° E
- Description
- siege
Siege of Stralsund (1678)
Siege
The siege of Stralsund was an armed engagement between the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Swedish Empire from 20 September to 15 October 1678, during the Scanian War. After two days of bombardment on 10 and 11 October, the severely devastated Swedish fortress of Stralsund surrendered to the Brandenburgers.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach knapp zweimonatiger Belagerung gelingt Brandenburg-Preußen die Eroberung der Festung Stralsund von den Schweden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Capitulation de Stralsund, prise à la Suède par l'électeur de Brandebourg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page