The Battle of Vågen was a naval battle between a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet; and an English flotilla of warships in August 1665 as part of the...
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Vågen (born 1975), Norwegian writer Vagen, Germany, a large village in Bavaria Vågen, Nordland, Norway, a village Vågen, Bergen, Norway, a bay Battle...
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fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway...
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safely after defeating an English flotilla that attacked it at the Battle of Vågen in August 1665. The Dutch navy was enormously expanded through the...
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Claus von Ahlefeldt (category House of Ahlefeldt)
commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army, as well as Amtmann of Bergenhus len. As such he commanded the Danish-Norwegian forces during the Battle of Vågen, having...
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proved to be of limited strategic value. After the Dutch had inflicted enormous damage on the English fleet in the Four Days Battle of 1–4 June 1666...
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English in the Battle of Vågen off Norway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. August 8 – The Great Plague forces the closure of the University of Cambridge, where...
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(1658) Battle of Halden (1658–60) Battle of Borge (1660) Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67) Battle of Vågen (1665) Scanian War (1675–79) Battle of Oviken...
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Second Anglo-Dutch War (category 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England)
formalising the line battle formation. Dutch finances also received a boost when the VOC Spice Fleet returned home safely after the battle of Vågen. This was offset...
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Anglo-Dutch War (1665–66) Denmark had to side with the Dutch at the Battle of Vågen, souring its relations with England. In 1670 France allied with England...
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of the Battle of Vågen. It is named after King Fredrik III of Norway. The construction stalled and the fortifications decayed. A 1695 inspection of Bergen...
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merchant fleet at the Battle of Vågen in August, although this turned out to have been the result of miscommunication. Frederick III of Denmark had secretly...
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Danish-Norwegian fleet or word of the deal reached Bergen, the English attacked, and were defeated in the Battle of Vågen by the Dutch, supported by the...
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Dutch War in the winter of 1665, serving under the Earl of Sandwich. His courage at the Battle of Vågen, serving on board the ship of Thomas Teddeman, made...
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Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665 to 1667 he fought at the Battle of Lowestoft, an English victory, but defeat at the Battle of Vågen led to him being removed...
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list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway. List of wars involving Denmark List of wars involving Finland List of wars involving Iceland List of wars...
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Pieter de Bitter (category Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars)
12 August 1665 (New Style) he won the Battle of Vågen against an English flotilla commanded by Thomas Teddeman. Of Pieter de Bitter's early life and career...
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The Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June [O.S. 3 June] 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A fleet of more than a hundred ships of the United...
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(Sunnmørsposten forl.) ISBN 82-914-5014-5 Historic play at Hjørungavåg Vågen ved "stein": Steinvågen by Bjørn Jonson Dale Hjørungavåg National Monument...
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Johan Caspar von Cicignon (category Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog)
the position of Major General. He became commandant at the Bergenhus Fortress in early 1664. As such he was involved in the Battle of Vågen in 1665, when...
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Thomas Teddeman (category Royal Navy personnel of the Second Anglo-Dutch War)
flotilla of frigates but was defeated in the Battle of Vågen by Commandeur Pieter de Bitter. Though this was a major disappointment to Charles II of England...
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maintenance and upkeep of the fortifications and buildings. In August 1665, the fortress participated in the Battle of Vågen. The last known expansions...
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Machine Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780192801340. Battle of Lyrskov Hede. Bøgh, Anders (26 May 2015)...
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Bergen (redirect from Demographics of Bergen)
in burning the royal castle and much of the city. In 1665, the city's harbour was the site of the Battle of Vågen, when an English naval flotilla attacked...
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Christen Nielsen Holberg (category People of the Scanian War)
participated in the Battle of Vågen as a Major. In 1672 he was a lieutenant colonel in the Sundfjordske Kompani. In 1675 he was a member of the regimental...
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Portuguese Restoration War Battle of Vågen 2 August – English fleet defeated by the Dutch without losing any ships. Battle of Ambuila (or Mbwila) 29 October...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Peter Pett (category Original Fellows of the Royal Society)
Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington James II of England Henry Brouncker In the Battle of Lowestoft In the Battle of Vågen Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich William...
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As part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the 1665 Battle of Vågen took place in the main port area of Bergen. A cannonball from the sea battle between the...
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Dano-Dutch colonial conflict on the Gold Coast (category 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England)
1659-1850". Danmarkshistorien. Vrakrestene etter slaget på Vågen [Wreckage after the battle of Vågen] (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 7 January 2005. Grever...
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