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First Northern War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1655 - 1660
Location Poland
Participants Austria • Brandenburg • Denmark • Poland • Russia • Sweden

Key People

Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Charles X Gustav
Charles X Gustav
king of Sweden
Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Frederick III, detail from a portrait by Karel van Mander III
Frederick III
king of Denmark and Norway
Montecuccoli, portrait by an unknown artist, 1670; in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Austrian field marshal
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa
king of Poland
Wrangel, Karl Gustav, Greve (count)
Karl Gustav, Count Wrangel
Swedish military officer

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