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Scanian War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1675 - 1679
Participants Brandenburg • Denmark • Sweden
Context Dutch War

Photos

Hendrik Münnichhofen: portrait of Magnus De la Gardie
Charles XI
Wrangel, Karl Gustav, Greve (count)
Christian V
Frederick William
Juel, Niels
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Timeline

Anglo-Dutch Wars
Anglo-Dutch Wars
July 8, 1652 - April 1654; March 1665 - July 1667; 1672 - 1674; December 20, 1780 - May 1784
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Siege of Maastricht
June 6, 1673 - July 1, 1673
Hendrik Münnichhofen: portrait of Magnus De la Gardie
Scanian War
1675 - 1679
William III
Battle of Saint-Denis
August 14, 1678

Key People

Dahlbergh, detail from an oil painting by D.K. Ehrenstrahl, 1664; University of Uppsala, Sweden
Eric, Count Dahlbergh
Swedish military officer
Juel, Niels
Niels Juel
Danish admiral