Northern Wars

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early modern European conflicts series of wars

The Northern Wars were a series of 16th–18th century conflicts in Northern and Eastern Europe, primarily involving Sweden, Poland–Lithuania, Russia, and Denmark-Norway, over regional dominance around the Baltic Sea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Wars era	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern European conflicts ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
conflictIncluded	Dano-Swedish War of 1657–1658 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dano-Swedish War of 1675–1679 NERFINISHED ⓘ Deluge (Swedish invasion of Poland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern War of 1700–1721 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalmar War NERFINISHED ⓘ Livonian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Swedish War of 1600–1611 NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Swedish War of 1617–1618 NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Swedish War of 1621–1625 NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629 NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667 NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557 NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Swedish War of 1590–1595 NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658 NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scanian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ Torstenson War NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCentury	18th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Brandenburg–Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainIssue	control of Baltic Sea trade routes ⓘ regional hegemony in Northern Europe ⓘ territorial expansion around the Baltic Sea ⓘ
mainRegion	Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheater	Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Baltic Sea trade ⓘ Swedish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ balance of power in Europe ⓘ
result	decline of Swedish Empire ⓘ rise of Russia as a great power ⓘ strengthening of Brandenburg–Prussia ⓘ weakening of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
startCentury	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

The Deluge (Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

Second Northern War → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

Dano-Swedish conflicts of the late 17th century → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

Treaty of Lund → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

Livonian War → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) → partOf → Northern Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wars era

Baltic Sea trade routes → affectedBy → Northern Wars ⓘ

Georg von Derfflinger → participatedIn → Northern Wars ⓘ

Northern Seven Years' War → conflictIn → Northern Wars ⓘ

Ivangorod Fortress → conflictInvolvement → Northern Wars ⓘ