Early Modern era · 1658

Battle of the Sound

The Battle of the Sound was a naval engagement which took place on 8 November 1658 (29 October O.S.) during the Second Northern War, near the Sound or Øresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sweden had invaded Denmark and an army under Charles X Gustav of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege.

Battle of the Sound
Battle of the Sound · Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
29 Oct 1658
Where
Øresund
Era
Early Modern

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