Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660)

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military conflict siege

The Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) was a major episode of the Second Northern War in which Danish forces and citizens successfully withstood a prolonged Swedish assault on the Danish capital, helping to preserve Denmark’s independence.

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Label	Occurrences
Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Siege of Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackingForce	Swedish army NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Swedish attempt to force Denmark–Norway into further concessions ⓘ ambitions of Charles X Gustav to dominate the Baltic region ⓘ
combatantStrength	larger Swedish besieging army ⓘ outnumbered Danish defenders ⓘ
commander	Charles X Gustav of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick III of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Second Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendingForce	Danish garrison ⓘ citizens of Copenhagen ⓘ
defensiveStructureUsed	Copenhagen city walls NERFINISHED ⓘ Copenhagen ramparts NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1660-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Copenhagen (1660) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Assault on Copenhagen (1659) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
impact	limitation of Swedish expansion ⓘ strengthening of Danish monarchy ⓘ
involves	artillery bombardment ⓘ naval blockade ⓘ urban defense ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Copenhagen, Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	failed Swedish storming of Copenhagen on 11 February 1659 ⓘ
notableFor	civilian participation in defense ⓘ failure of Swedish storm assault ⓘ
opponent	Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Swedish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Treaty of Roskilde NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Assault on Copenhagen (1659) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Danish victory ⓘ Swedish withdrawal ⓘ
significance	preservation of Danish independence ⓘ
startDate	1658-08-11 ⓘ
supportedBy	Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfWar	Northern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Northern War → significantEvent → Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) ⓘ

Kastellet fortress → significantEvent → Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1660) ⓘ

subject surface form: Kastellet