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  Battle of Svensksund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The second battle of Svensksund was the biggest naval battle ever at the time: 500 ships (including supply ships and other ships not involved in combat), close to 30,000 men and several thousand cannons.
In Svensksund, the Swedes boasted to have destroyed 40 percent of the Russian coastal fleet.
The Russain fregate Sankt Nikolai was sunk in the battle.
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 Gustav III's Russian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Norwegian army briefly invaded Sweden and won the battle of Kvistrum bridge, before peace was signed on July 9, 1789.
The Battle of Hogland in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, on July 17, 1788, was indecisive.
On July 9 and 10, the Swedish Navy won the Second Battle of Svensksund, in which the Russians lost 9 500 out of 14 000 men and had one third of their fleet captured, in what was the greatest naval victory ever gained by Sweden.
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 Battle of Svensksund - TheBestLinks.com - August 14, Gustav III, Russia, Sweden, ...
Battle of Svensksund, August 14, Gustav III, Russia, Sweden, 1788, 1790...
The Battle of Svensksund was fought during the 1788–1790 war between Russia and Sweden.
The culmination of this war was the second battle of Ruotsinsalmi (Svensksund in Swedish, approximately "Swedish Strait" in English) during 9–10 July 1790.
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Several periods were spent in Finland, the first one in 1742, the second in 1751-62 to participate in the construction of the castle of Sveaborg.
The regiment participated in the second battle of Svensksund in 1790.
Svensksund, the Russians are performing several landing attempts in the rear of the coastal division.
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The war went on and in August 1789 the Swedish Galley Fleet was involved in a naval battle at Svensksund.
The second battle at Svensksund became one of the greatest sea victories in Swedish history.
Soon after the second battle at Svensksund Gustav III proposed peace to Catherine II and the peace treaty was signed on the 14th of August 1790.
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 Maritime and Naval Museums: Finland
A provincial museum with permanent exhibitions on the Svensksund battles (1789 and 1790)
Museum of the Svensksund battles in 1789 and 1790 between the Swedish and Russian inshore fleets.
In the first battle of 1789 the Russian navy defeated the Swedish, but the second battle of Svensksund ended in a disaster for the Russian galley fleet which was completely defeated by the Swedish.
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 Russo-Swedish War, 1788-1790
The BATTLE OF HOGLAND (July 17th 1788) was indecisive, as was a battle fought near Oeland July 26th.
On July 9th and 10th 1790, the Swedish navy won the SECOND BATTLE OF SVENSKSUND, in which the Russians lost 9,500 out of 14,000 men, the Swedes c.
The battle was a decisive Swedish victory; the Russians entered peace negotiations; peace was signed at VAERAELAE on August 14th 1790.
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 1790 - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state.
July 9 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC).
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May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution andbecomes the 13th U.S. state.
July 9 - Russo-SwedishWar : Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish navy capturesone third of the Russian fleet.
July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the PotomacRiver as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the UnitedStates (see Washington, DC July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a US patent (for an improved method of making potash).
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 Today in History: July 9, Events, Birthdays, Deaths, Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
African American commander of US troops, killed in battle during the Spanish Civil War
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May 29 May 29 - Rhode Island Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state U.S. state.
July 9 July 9 - Russo-Swedish War Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea Baltic Sea, the Swedish Swedish navy captures one third of the Russia Russian fleet.
July 16 July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States United States (see Washington, DC Washington, DC).
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