Northern War of 1655–1660

1655 – 1660

Result Treaties of Oliva and Copenhagen

Sweden invaded Poland–Lithuania and fought it, Denmark–Norway, Russia, Brandenburg and the Habsburgs at various times; the treaties of Oliva and Copenhagen ended it.

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Battles 2

1655 – 1660

Deluge (history) Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles X Gustav, Arvid Wittenberg

July 28–30, 1656

Battle of Warsaw (1656) Swedish-Brandenburg victory near Warsaw, Poland Charles X Gustav, John II Casimir Vasa, Frederick William, the Great Elector

Key commanders

Sweden 6

Charles X Gustav military commander Arvid Wittenberg military commander Bohdan Khmelnytsky military commander

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie military commander

Frederick William, the Great Elector military commander Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg military commander

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 6

John II Casimir Vasa military commander Stefan Czarniecki military commander Alexis of Russia military commander Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski military commander

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor military commander Mehmed IV Giray military commander