The Carolean Death March (Swedish: karolinernas dödsmarsch), also known as the Catastrophe on Øyfjellet (Swedish: katastrofen på Öjfjället) was the disastrous retreat by a force of Swedish soldiers (known as Caroleans), under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt, across the Tydal mountain range in Trøndelag around the new year 1718–1719.

A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way. It is distinguished in this way from simple prisoner transport via foot march. Article 19 of the Geneva Convention requires that prisoners must be moved away from a danger zone such as an advancing front line, to a place that may be …

In January 1719, George I, Augustus and emperor Charles VI concluded a treaty in Vienna aimed at reducing Russia's frontiers to the pre-war limits. [65] Hanover-Great Britain and Brandenburg-Prussia thereupon negotiated separate peace treaties with Sweden, the treaties of Stockholm in 1719 and early 1720, which partitioned Sweden's northern ...

The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries (Swedish: Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually taken as the reign of Gustavus Adolphus, who ascended the throne in 1611, and its end as the loss of territories in 1721 following the …

Apr 25, 2017 · Carolean Death March . The second worst blizzard in history was in 1719 when 3,000 people between Sweden and Norway were killed. Referred to as the Carolean Death March, this storm occurred during the Great Northern War after Sweden lost territory to Russia and decided to move in on Norway.

Caroleans (Swedish: karoliner), from Carolus, the Latin form of the name Charles, is a term used to describe soldiers of the Swedish army during the reigns of Kings Charles XI and Charles XII of Sweden, and specifically from 1680, when Charles XI instituted an absolute monarchy and embarked on a series of sweeping military reforms, to the death of Charles XII in 1718.

大北方戦争 戦争：大北方戦争 : 年月日：1700年 - 1721年: 場所：北東ヨーロッパ: 結果：スウェーデン側の敗北、帝政ロシアの成立 : 交戦勢力 スウェーデン・バルト帝国 ポーランド・リトアニア共和国（1704年 - 1709年） オスマン帝国（1710年 - 1714年） ヘーチマン国家（1708年 - …

Carolean Death March tại Thụy Điển, Na Uy năm 1719; Bão. Bão, bão nhiệt đới là hai cái tên khác nhau cho cùng một hiện thượng một hệ thống bão xoáy hình thành trên đại dương. Cơn bão trên Đại Tây Dương gây thiệt hại nhân mạng lớn nhất là bão Bhola năm 1970 đã tàn phá ...

Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster, and lists them accordingly. ... Carolean Death March: Norway: 1719: 3. 926: 2008 Afghanistan blizzard: Afghanistan: 2008: 4. 400: Great Blizzard of 1888: United ...

The Battle of Grengam (Russian: Гренгамское морское сражение, Swedish: Slaget vid Ledsund, or Slaget vid Föglöfjärden.), Finnish: Flisön taistelu of 1720 was the last major naval battle in the Great Northern War that took place in Åland, in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland.The battle marked the end of Russian and Swedish ...