Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
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The Battle of Copenhagen occurred between 16 August and 7 September 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. British forces bombarded the Danish capital of Copenhagen in order to capture or destroy the Royal
Copenhagen on fire by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1808
Bombardment of Copenhagen 1807; view from Valby Hill.
The English fleet off Copenhagen, by C.W. Eckersberg.
A so-called offermønt used for financing the rebuilding of a Danish fleet
The Anglo-Russian War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. It began after Russia signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the First French Empire, which end
Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
…surrender, most of their navy was seized by the British and taken to England. The battle led to the outbreak of the Anglo-Danish Gunboat War, and the Anglo-Russian War of 1807–1812. From 1803 onwards, Britain and France had been embroiled in the Napoleonic Wars, and by 1807 both nations were focused on Denmark, which maintained a…
Battle between the Russian ship Opyt and the British frigate HMS Salsette, off the coast of Nargen Island, 11th July 1808 Leonid Demyanovich Blinov, 1888
Centaur and Implacable watching as Vsevolod burns on 26 August 1808