Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles XIII of Sweden

Battles of Charles XIII of Sweden

King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway (1814-1818), 1748 to 1818

Charles XIII of Sweden is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1788 and 1814: 4 battles and 2 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Sweden (2), Estonia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,690 km apart end to end, 538 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 (5), Swedish-Norwegian War 1814 (1).

Battle of FredrikstadBattle of HoglandBattle of ÖlandBattle of RevalBattle of KronstadtBattle of Vyborg BayBattle of HoglandBattle of ÖlandBattle of RevalBattle of Vyborg BayStockholmKøbenhavnOsloMinskRigaVilniusGdańskKaliningradTamperePskov500 km58.366N, 20.102E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1788: 1 engagements1789: 1 engagements1790: 3 engagements3 in 17901814: 1 engagements17881814
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hogland, 1788Battle of Öland, 1789Battle of Reval, 1790Battle of Kronstadt, 1790Battle of Vyborg Bay, 1790Battle of Fredrikstad, 181417881814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 July 1788Battle of HoglandGulf of Finland, RussiaSee Aftermath
26 July 1789Battle of ÖlandBaltic Sea, Sweden756 km SWSee Battle of Öland (1789)
13 May 1790Battle of RevalTallinn, Estonia616 km NERussian victory
3 June 1790Battle of KronstadtVyborg Bay, Russia260 km EStrategic Russian victory (see below)
4 July 1790Battle of Vyborg BayVyborg, Russia70 km NWSee Aftermath
1814Battle of FredrikstadSweden988 km WSwedish 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, Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.