year 1704 in Sweden Monarch – Charles XII 29 February – This date was intended to be skipped in the calendar, but was not. See February 30#Swedish calendar...
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start of 1704, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. In the Swedish calendar it...
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The civil war in Poland was a military conflict from 1704 to 1706, and a part of a larger European conflict, the Great Northern War. It focused on the...
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Immigration to Sweden is the process by which people migrate to Sweden to reside in the country. Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens. The economic...
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to 9 August 1704. The siege came four years after the first battle of Narva, where the Russians were defeated by a much smaller Swedish force defending...
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The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it...
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1704 in Warsaw, they dethroned him. In April of the same year, young Voivode of Poznań, Stanisław Leszczyński, met with King Charles XII of Sweden in...
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The Battle of Poznań took place on August 9, 1704 in Poznań, Poland during the Great Northern War. The Swedes won the battle. Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström...
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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII (Swedish: Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from...
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February 1704 in Warsaw.[citation needed] With the backing of Charles XII of Sweden, it dethroned August II and declared Stanisław Leszczyński king. In response...
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four hundred people were executed for witchcraft prior to the last case in 1704. Most of these cases (circa 280) occurred during a short but intense period;...
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This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden. In the Swedish language the word slott is used for both castles, châteaux and palaces; this article lists...
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in nine days), the Swedish troops caught up with the retreating Saxons at Punitz, near the border of Silesia. In a forced battle on 28 October 1704,...
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Storming of Lemberg (redirect from Battle of Lemberg (1704))
The Storming of Lemberg on September 6, 1704, was a successful Swedish assault on the town of Lemberg (Lviv), in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during...
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A governor-general (Swedish: generalguvernör) was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative, with both civil and military jurisdiction...
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The year 1704 in music involved some significant events. Johann Christoph Pepusch arrives in London. Following her husband's death, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet...
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Broman (1913–1995), Swedish mathematician working on analysis Bertel Broman (1889–1952), Finnish sailor Erland Broman (1704–1757), Swedish official and noble...
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Great Northern War (redirect from Russo–Swedish War (1700–1721))
XII led the Swedish army. Swedish allies included Holstein-Gottorp, several Polish magnates under Stanislaus I Leszczyński (1704–1710) and Cossacks under...
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Lviv (redirect from Jews and Judaism in Lviv)
captured for the first time since the Middle Ages by a foreign army in 1704 when Swedish troops under King Charles XII entered the city after a short siege...
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Battle of Wesenberg took place on 26 June 1704 close to Rakvere (Wesenberg) during the Great Northern War. The Swedish cavalry force of 1,400 men under the...
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Anna Eriksdotter (category 1704 deaths)
Eriksdotter or Anna Ersdotter (1624 – 15 June 1704) called Sotpackan (English: 'soot witch'), was a Swedish woman who was executed for witchcraft. She was...
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involving the Kingdom of Sweden. There are legendary accounts of Swedish kings well into prehistory and they are mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania, but Olof...
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off the coast of Orford Ness on 27 July 1704 (Julian calendar). The English squadron started to follow the Swedish convoy upon sighting it and when they...
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Maria Ersdotter (category 18th-century executions by Sweden)
kyrkobok 1703–1729 (vol. C:1, pag. 312) (in Swedish) Orsa dödbok (in Swedish) Västerbottens länsräkenskaper 1704 (in Swedish) Smedby C:3 dödbok (in Swedish)...
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Polish political system. Stanisław Leszczyński was installed as king in 1704 under Swedish protection, but lasted only a few years. The Silent Sejm of 1717...
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Jacques Foucquet (category 1704 deaths)
Foucquet (active 1685–1704) was a French artist primarily active in Sweden. Before becoming active as a painter in Stockholm, Sweden, Jacques Foucquet was...
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Bashkir Rebellion from 1704 to 1711 was one of the longest in the series of Bashkir rebellions in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Russian Empire. The...
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Battle of Jakobstadt (category Conflicts in 1704)
Swedish: Slaget vid Jakobstadt, Polish: Krzyżbork) was fought in the Great Northern War. It took place on 25 July 1704 (O.S.) / 26 July 1704 (Swedish...
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Wesenberg (June 16, 1704) Battle of Jakobstadt (July 26, 1704) Battle of Posen (Poznań) (August 9, 1704) Battle of Punitz (October 28, 1704) Battle of Gemäuerthof...
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century saw fierce rivalry between the then major Eastern European powers – Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. At its heyday...
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