Siege of 1716

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The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of 1716 canonical 2
Siege of Fredriksten (1716) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Great Northern War ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
belligerent Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
chronologyWithinWar late phase of the Great Northern War ⓘ
commander Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Tordenskjold ⓘ
conflict Great Northern War ⓘ
conflictType land siege ⓘ
countryInvolved Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
defendedBy Norwegian garrison at Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
describedBySource Norwegian military histories of the Great Northern War ⓘ
Swedish military histories of the Great Northern War ⓘ
followedBy Norwegian campaign of 1718 ⓘ
hasCause Charles XII’s attempt to force Denmark–Norway out of the Great Northern War ⓘ
hasConsequence necessitated renewed Swedish attempt in 1718 ⓘ
hasEffect halted Charles XII’s 1716 Norwegian campaign ⓘ
setback for Swedish invasion of Norway ⓘ
hasObjective capture of Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
conquest of Norway by Sweden ⓘ
hasOutcome Swedish withdrawal from Fredriksten ⓘ
hasPart siege of Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
ledBy King Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
location Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
Halden ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
militaryTheater Norwegian theater of the Great Northern War ⓘ
notableCommanderForBelligerent Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Norwegian garrison commanders at Fredriksten ⓘ
opponent Norwegian forces ⓘ
Swedish forces ⓘ
opposedBy Norwegian defenders of Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
opposedPoliticalEntity Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway
partOf Charles XII’s Norwegian campaigns ⓘ
Swedish invasion of Norway (1716) ⓘ
pointInTime 1716 ⓘ
result Norwegian victory ⓘ
failed Swedish siege ⓘ
significantPlace Fredriksten fortress ⓘ
startTime 1716 ⓘ
strategicImportance key fortress controlling access to southeastern Norway ⓘ
usedWarfareType siege warfare ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Fredriksten fortress → significantEvent → Siege of 1716 ⓘ
Sieges of Fredriksten fortress → hasPart → Siege of Fredriksten (1716) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of 1716
Fredrikshald → hasHistoricEvent → Siege of 1716 ⓘ