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Name: Swedish Wismar

Type: Polity

Start: 1633 AD

End: 1803 AD

Parent: sweden

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Was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1648 to 1903 and corresponded roughly to the modern boundaries of the city of Wismar.

Establishment


  • January 1633: In 1632, in the Thirty Years' War, Sweden conquered the city of Wismar, which had been occupied by imperial troops since 1627, and which fell to the Swedish crown as an imperial fief in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
  • Chronology


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    1. European wars of religion


    Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

    1.1.Thirty Years' War

    Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.

    1.1.1.Franco-Swedish Period

    Was the fourth main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of France.

    1.1.1.1.North German Front (Sweden)

    Was the north German front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

  • November 1644: In 1644 Swedish field marshal Torstenson led his army for the third time into the heart of Germany and routed the imperials at the battle of Jüterbog.
  • July 1647: The Imperial Army liberated the fortress of Egra (today known as Cheb in the Czech Republic) from Swedish occupation.

  • 2. Northern Wars


    A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.

    2.1.Great Northern War

    Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

    2.1.1.Phase 2: Sweden Defending itself

    Was the second phase of the Great Northern War. It consisted in the counterattack of all the countries that Sweden had invaded during the first phase of the war.

    2.1.1.1.North German Front of the Great Northern War

    Was the theatre of war of northern Germany in the second phase of the Great Northern War.

  • August 1711: Danish-Norwegian forces put Wismar under siege.
  • January 1712: The conflict in Wismar in 1712 ended with the withdrawal of the Danish corps led by Lieutenant General Jørgen Rantzau on January 19. This marked a victory for the Swedish forces in the region during the Great Northern War.
  • July 1712: Wismar was occupied by the Danish army.
  • November 1712: Until 7 November 1712 Wismar unsuccessfully besieged by a Danish corps.

  • 2.1.1.2.Pomeranian Campaign

    Was a joint Danish, Prussian and Polish military campaign in Pomerania during the Great Northern War.

  • June 1715: The Siege of Wismar in 1715 was part of the Great Northern War. The city was besieged by the forces of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, leading to its surrender and subsequent division of the territory between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Denmark, and Prussia.
  • April 1716: The Siege of Wismar in 1715 was part of the Great Northern War. The Swedish forces, led by General Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, defended the city against the coalition of Danish, Polish-Lithuanian, and Prussian troops. The siege ended in 1716 with the territory of Wismar being divided among the victorious powers.

  • 2.1.2.Peace Treaties of the Great Northern War

    Were the peace treaties that ended the Great Northern War.

    2.1.2.1.Peace of Frederiksborg

    Was a treaty that ended the Great Northern War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden.

  • July 1720: In 1720, as part of the Treaty of Stockholm, Denmark returned the territories of Rügen and Western Pomerania north of the Peene, as well as the dominion of Wismar, to Sweden. This agreement was negotiated by Swedish King Frederick I and Danish King Frederick IV.

  • 3. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

  • January 1804: The Swedish rule over Wismar ended de facto in 1803, when Sweden pledged the city to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin for 99 years with the Malmö Pledge Agreement. Formally, Wismar reverted to Germany in 1903 and Sweden waived the redemption of the deposit.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1804: The Swedish rule over Wismar ended de facto in 1803, when Sweden pledged the city to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin for 99 years with the Malmö Pledge Agreement. Formally, Wismar reverted to Germany in 1903 and Sweden waived the redemption of the deposit.
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