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    The naval Battle of Dynekilen (Danish: Slaget ved Dynekilen) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under...
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    Peter Tordenskjold (category Danish military personnel of the Great Northern War)
    year, as he destroyed the supply fleet of Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Dynekilen, ensuring his siege of Fredriksten would fail. In 1720, he was...
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    naval hero Peter Wessel Tordenskjold (1690-1720) at the Battle of Dynekilen (Slaget om Dynekilen) in Bohuslen. Running low on supplies, Charles retreated...
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  • (1700–21) Battle of Køge Bay (1710) Battle of Høland (1716) Battle of Fredriksten (1716) Battle of Dynekilen (1716) Battle of Moss (1716) Battle of Nordkleiva...
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    Norway during the Great Northern War (category Wars involving the Tsardom of Russia)
    to retreat and await the arrival of heavy guns in the aftermath of the Battle of Dynekilen. Commodore Johan Vibe of the Dano-Norwegian fleet off Bohuslän...
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    Ernest Augustus is created Duke of York and Albany, in the peerage of Great Britain. July 8 – The Battle of Dynekilen: The Swedish fleet is defeated by...
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    captured or destroyed by the Norwegian naval hero Tordenskjold at the Battle of Dynekilen in Bohuslän. Running low on supplies, Charles retreated hastily across...
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    north along the coast under the command of schoutbynacht Olof Knape. By the end of April, it entered Dynekilen, a fjord between Strömstad and Svinesund...
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  • July 8 (redirect from 8th of July)
    status as a major power in Europe. 1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway. 1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake...
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  • Swedish victory Battle of Dynekilen 8 July – Swedish fleet defeated by Dano-Norwegian naval forces. Action of 8 July 1716 - Indecisive Battle of Petrovaradin...
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