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Narva, Battle of

Years: 1700 - 1700

The Battle of Narva on November 19, 1700 (November 30, N.S.) is an early battle in the Great Northern War.

A Swedish relief army under Charles XII of Sweden defeats a Russian siege force three to four times its size.

Before, Charles XII had forced Denmark-Norway to sign the Treaty of Travendal.

Narva is not followed by further advances of the Swedish army into Russia; instead, Charles XII turns southward to expel August the Strong from Livonia and Poland-Lithuania.

Russia, under Tsar Peter the Great, takes Narva in a second battle in 1704.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

― George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905)