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Northern Seven Years' War
From 1563 to 1570, Denmark-Norway, Sweden, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth fought a prolonged war over Baltic trade routes and Livonia and Est…
Timeline
- 1563Scania · ScaniaKing Eric XIV of Sweden led an army into Danish-controlled Scania, breaking the peace established by the Treaty of Roskilde and formally opening the Seven Years' War.
- 1564–1567Øresund · BalticThe two sides fought repeatedly in the Øresund, on Bornholm, and along the Livonian coast; the Danish and Swedish fleets clashed several times, while there was also contestation on land in Livonia.
- 1570Stettin · PolandThe belligerents signed a peace treaty at Stettin, largely restoring prewar territorial arrangements and exchanging some prisoners, but Sweden's gains in Livonia and the shift in the Nordic balance of power proved hard to reverse.
Sources
- Northern Seven Years' War https://www.britannica.com/event/Northern-Seven-Years-War
- Treaty of Stettin (1570) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Stettin_(1570)