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Battle Of Sandöström
The Battle of Sandöström was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808-09. Prelude After failing to destroy the Russian coastal units near Åbo (Finnish: Turku) in the battles of Rimito Kramp and Bockholmssund, the Swedes attempted to remove the Russian reinforcements. As the Swedish fleet controlled the open sea, the incoming Russian ships were forced to use narrow coastal waterways, and so the Swedes deployed a detachment of gun sloops under Captain Sölfverarm to block the passage north of the island of Kimito at the small island of Tallholmen. Mattila (1983) p.270-272 Swedish Rear Admiral Klas Hjelmstjerna was forced to split his forces in order to prevent Russian coastal forces from Åbo from accessing his rear flank, and so he initially gave Sölfverarm only 8 gun sloops but later reinforced him with another 4. He retained 14 gun sloops and 7 galleys for himself and posted an additional 4 gun sloops to block other coastal waterways. Sölfverarm was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish War
The Finnish War (; ; ) was fought between the Gustavian era, Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire. Other notable effects were the Riksdag of the Estates, Swedish parliament's adoption of a Instrument of Government (1809), new constitution and the establishment of the House of Bernadotte, the new Swedish Act of Succession, Swedish royal house, in 1818. Background After the Russian Emperor Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I concluded the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit with Napoleon, Alexander, in his letter on 24 September 1807 to the Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf, informed the king that the peaceful relations between Russia and Sweden depended on Swedish agreement to abide by the limitations of the Treaty of Tilsit which in practice meant that Sweden would have been required ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattila
Mattila is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hanna-Leena Mattila (born 1968), Finnish politician *Jaakko Mattila (born 1976), Finnish painter * Jarno Mattila (born 1984), Finnish footballer *Karita Mattila (born 1960), opera soprano * Olavi J. Mattila (1918–2013), Finnish Trade and Industry Ministry official *Pertti Mattila Pertti Esko Juhani Mattila (born 28 March 1948) is a Finnish mathematician working in geometric measure theory, complex analysis and harmonic analysis. He is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Univer ... (born 1948), Finnish mathematician * Pirkko Mattila (born 1964), Finnish politician * Risto Mattila (born 1981), Finnish snowboarder * Sakari Mattila (born 1989), Finnish footballer * Topi Mattila (born 1946), Finnish ski jumper * Ville Mattila (1903–1987), Finnish cross country skier {{surname Patronymic surnames Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In Sweden
Events from the year 1808 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 21 February - Finnish War * 2 May - Battle of Pulkkila * 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg * 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. * 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki * 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki * 27 April - Battle of Revolax * 28 April - Battle of Furuholm * 19–20 June - Battle of Lemo * August - Jämtland Campaign of 1808 * 27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta * 18 September - Battle of Palva Sund * 26–28 September - Helsinki village landing * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his ''Föreläsningar i Djurkemien''. * - Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Southwest Finland
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on Primary source, primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Battles Involving Sweden
A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of a navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications (brown-water nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Of The Finnish War
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Von Buxhoeveden
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoevden (; other spellings: ''Feodor Buxhoeveden'', ''Buxhœwden'', ''Buxhöwden''; September 14, 1750 – August 23, 1811) was a Russian general of the infantry and government official. Buxhoeveden commanded the Russian armies during the Finnish War. Family The Buxhoevedens, a Baltic German family from Estonia, traced their roots to Bexhövede in Lower Saxony. Buxhoevden's wife, countess Natalia Alexeyeva, was the illegitimate daughter of Grigory Orlov (1734–1783) by a lady of the court, but her mother – contrary to some claims – was not the Empress Catherine, but a member of the Apraksin family. Buxhoeveden's granddaughter Varvara Nelidova was a mistress of Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855) for 17 years (1832–1855). Career In 1805 Buxhoevden took part in the Battle of Austerlitz as a commander, contributing to the Third Coalition's failure to defeat Napoleon by being drunk during the battle.Todd Fisher & Gregory Fremont-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Login Geiden
Lodewijk Sigismund Vincent Gustaaf Reichsgraf van Heiden (; ; 6 September 1773 – 17 October 1850) was a Dutch naval officer and Orangist who went into exile from the Batavian Republic and served in the Russian Navy. He ultimately became a Russian admiral and commanded a squadron of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Battle of Navarino (1827). He was the father of Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden. Personal life Born in Zuidlaren, in the northeast of the Netherlands, Van Heiden was the second son of Sigismund Pieter Alexander Reichsgraf van Heiden, Lord of Reinestein and Laarwoud, Drost of Drenthe, and Marie Frederique Freiin van Reede. He is the only Dutch naval hero to have come from the landlocked province of Drenthe. Van Heiden married Anne-Marie Akeleye, daughter of Captain Johannes Akeleye, a Danish-born sea officer in Russian service. They had four children, including their sons Friedrich Moritz and Ludwig Heinrich Sigismund van Heiden, the future Governor-General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimitoön (island)
Kimitoön (; ; ) is a municipality and island of Finland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito and Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality. The former municipal councils accepted the merger on 26 June 2007. The municipality is located in the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with an area of . It is situated in the Southwest Finland region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. Kimitoön is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Politics Results of the 2015 Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimito
Kimito (; ) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being Västanfjärd, Dragsfjärd and Halikko. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,301 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 320.17 km2 (excluding sea) of which 2.29 km2 is inland water. The population density was 10.38 inhabitants per km2. The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers. It was the place where Tantalum was discovered along with Ytterby. Events * Kimito Island Music Festival * Baltic Jazz Festival * Norpas Festival * mörkÖ Festival Notable people * Amos Anderson (1878–1961), Finnish entrepreneur and patron of the arts * Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
