Crossing of the Düna
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The Crossing of the Düna took place during the Great Northern War on July 19, 1701 near the city of Riga, present-day Latvia. The Swedish king Charles XII was in hot pursuit of king Augustus II the St
Medallion of Charles
Charles XII is crossing the Düna
Swedish floating battery, similar used at Düna
Swedish bombardment of Dünamünde, 1701
Battle of Tryškiai
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The Battle of Tryškiai,, on 4–5/5–6/15–16 December 1701, was a small engagement between the Swedish forces under the command of the Swedish King Charles XII and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's fo
Borders of the Duchy of Samogitia in 1659
Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński in 1702, by François de la Croix
Charles XII of Sweden in 1706, by Johan David Schwartz