The Battle of Vaasa was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire during the Finnish War (1808-1809). While the Swedish army was celebrating...
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Vaasa (Finnish: [ˈʋɑːsɑ]; Swedish: Vasa, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑːsɑ] , Sweden Swedish: [ˈvɑ̂ːsa] ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki, (Swedish:...
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This is a timeline of battles and other events of the Finnish War (1808–1809). The dates are according to the Gregorian (Western European) calendar. Russian...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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burned the bridge. On the way to Vaasa they encountered a smaller Swedish unit led by Major Carl von Otter and a small battle ensued. The Swedes decided to...
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campaign of the previous summer. The main Swedish force was retreating from Vaasa to Nykarleby. The Russians sent a force to cut off the Swedish retreat....
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Åland War (redirect from Battle in the Gulf of Bothnia)
the port of Palosaari took place on 8 August with two cannon-armed longboats, and the events of the attack are part of the legend of Vaasa's civil warfare:...
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Finnish Civil War (redirect from Civil War of Finland)
government of White Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate, was called the Vaasa Senate after its relocation to the safer west-coast city of Vaasa, which...
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(Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Vaasa – 1808 – Finnish War (Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Rimito Kramp – 1808 – Finnish War (Napoleonic Wars) Battle of Lintulaks –...
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Russians at the Battle of Lapua, at 14 July, which cut the Russian connection between Kuopio and Vaasa; but Klingspor failed to take advantage of the victory...
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White Army organized in Vaasa managed to disarm thousands of Russian soldiers (with Bolshevik sympathies) in Seinäjoki and Vaasa on January 26 and 27. By...
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capital Vaasa. However, the attack along the railway was stopped in the beginning of February. The Reds now turned their attention to the village of Väärinmaja...
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Whites (Finland) (category People of the Finnish Civil War (White side))
Finland was officially granted independence. This Government was ruled from Vaasa from 29. January – 3. May 1918, and the Senate was moved there, as Helsinki...
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Russian hussars, retreated in disarray to the north-west towards the town of Vaasa, unable to withstand the assault. The Swedes, who were in a well-fortified...
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sent to Lintulaks, west of Kuopio, with about 600 men to observe the two-way intersection leading to Kokkola respectively Vaasa, to protect the vital Swedish...
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municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Vaasa. The municipality has a population of 4,357 (31...
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Jakob von Wendt, responsible for the coastal defense of the Gulf of Bothnia, hurried from Vaasa and brought with him two infantry companies and two guns...
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Gustav Vasa (redirect from Kustaa Vaasa)
in the world with 15,000 participants). The city of Vaasa in Finland was named after the royal house of Vasa in 1606. 18th century playwrights and librettists...
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- Vaasa, Finland". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014. "2017 WSM Group 2". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017. "2014 Battle of the...
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Viipuri massacre (category Massacres of the Finnish Civil War)
by the Vaasa and Kajaani regiments, which were parts of the Eastern Army of the White Guards, led by the General Major Ernst Löfström. Vaasa Regiment...
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Cudgel War (redirect from Battle of Santavuori)
Renvall's Kuninkaanmiehiä ja kapinoitsijoita Vaasa-kauden Suomessa (1949); and an explanation that stresses the roots of the rebellion in social injustice and...
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Finnish War (redirect from Naval battle of Porkala)
and reach the Gulf of Bothnia towards Uleåborg (Finnish: Oulu) and Vasa (Finnish: Vaasa) to cut off the retreat of the main body of the Swedish army. On...
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1926 Relief on a wall of the Stockholm Palace Relief in Vaasa, Finland by John Munsterhjelm, 1924 He married, firstly, Anna Marie of Palatinate-Simmern (1561–1589)...
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Finland (redirect from Republic of Finland)
Ostrobothnia. The socialists took control of southern Finland and Helsinki, but the white government continued in exile in Vaasa. This led to a short but bitter...
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Vaasa to Uumaja in Sweden, see Battle of Ratan and Sävar Bagration's and Kulnev's attack from Åland to Grisslehamn in Sweden 1921 - The crushing of the...
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Sweden (redirect from Kingdom of Sweden)
has a number of car ferry connections to several neighbouring countries. This includes a route from Umeå across the Gulf of Bothnia to Vaasa in Finland...
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Jussi Jääskeläinen (section VPS Vaasa)
Jääskeläinen joined VPS Vaasa. The move reported to have cost 110,000 mk. He made his debut for the club in the opening game of the 1996 season, starting...
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (redirect from List of Demon Stone characters)
on his tower. He brings them the king's thanks and the offer of the untamed land of Vaasa to be their own, and also mentions that the Githyanki would aim...
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This list of missing aircraft includes aircraft that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to Annex 13 of the International Civil...
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troops arrive in the port of Vaasa. Ultimately, five German army divisions deploy in Northern Finland for the planned invasion of Soviet Russia. January...
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