Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Carl XII of Sweden

Battles of Carl XII of Sweden

The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718), 1682 to 1718

Carl XII of Sweden is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1700 and 1718: 14 battles and 4 sieges across 10 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (4), Poland (3), Belarus (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,167 km apart end to end, 539 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (15).

Crossing of the DünaBattle of TryszkiSiege of ThornBattle of LembergBattle of PunitzBattle of GrodnoBattle of GrodnoBattle of DesnaSiege of VeprykPursuit of KrasnokutskSieges of StralsundBattle of StresowSiege of FredrikstenBattle of NarvaBattle of KlissowBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaSkirmish at BenderBattle of NarvaBattle of KlissowBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaSkirmish at BenderBerlinKyivViennaStockholmSt. PetersburgMilanFrankfurtHamburgWarsawBudapest500 km53.104N, 23.273E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1700: 1 engagements1701: 2 engagements1702: 1 engagements1703: 1 engagements1704: 2 engagements1706: 1 engagements1708: 4 engagements4 in 17081709: 2 engagements1711: 1 engagements1713: 1 engagements1715: 1 engagements1718: 1 engagements17001718
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Narva, 1700Crossing of the Düna, 1701Battle of Tryszki, 1701Battle of Klissow, 1702Siege of Thorn, 1703Battle of Lemberg, 1704Battle of Punitz, 1704Battle of Grodno, 1706Battle of Grodno, 1708Battle of Holowczyn, 1708Battle of Desna, 1708Siege of Vepryk, 1708Pursuit of Krasnokutsk, 1709Battle of Poltava, 1709Sieges of Stralsund, 1711Skirmish at Bender, 1713Battle of Stresow, 1715Siege of Fredriksten, 171817001718
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 November 1700Battle of NarvaNarva, EstoniaSwedish victory
18 July 1701Crossing of the DünaRiga, Latvia359 km SWSwedish victory
15 December 1701Battle of TryszkiLithuania138 km SWSwedish victory
19 July 1702Battle of KlissowKielce, Poland619 km SSwedish victory
26 May 1703Siege of ThornToruń, Poland297 km NWSwedish victory
6 September 1704Battle of LembergLviv, Ukraine515 km SESwedish victory
28 October 1704Battle of PunitzPoniec, Poland550 km NWSwedish victory
1706Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus517 km NESwedish victory
1708Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus0 km NSwedish victory
14 July 1708Battle of HolowczynHaloŭčyn, Belarus337 km ESwedish victory
1708Battle of DesnaRussia405 km SSwedish victory
23 December 1708Siege of VeprykVepryk, Ukraine72 km SWSwedish victory
1709Pursuit of KrasnokutskUkraine381 km ESwedish victory
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine64 km SWRussian coalition victory
7 September 1711Sieges of StralsundStralsund, Germany1,552 km NWAnti-Swedish coalition victory
1 February 1713Skirmish at BenderBender, Moldova1,420 km SEOttoman victory
16 November 1715Battle of StresowPutbus, Germany1,395 km NWCoalition victory
30 November 1718Siege of FredrikstenFredriksten, Norway546 km NDano-Norwegian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, David von Krafft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.