Siege of Riga (1700)

Siege of Riga (1700)
Part of the Great Northern War

Siege of Riga, by Johan Lithen
DateFebruary 12, 1700 (O.S.)
February 22, 1700 (N.S.)
Location
Riga, Swedish Livonia (present-day Latvia)
56°57′00″N 24°6′00″E / 56.95000°N 24.10000°E / 56.95000; 24.10000
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Swedish Empire  Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Erik Dahlbergh Electorate of Saxony Augustus II the Strong
Strength
4,000 men 18,000 men

The sieges of Riga were two sieges which took place on February 22 and June 15, 1700, in Riga[1]: 687  during the Great Northern War. The Swedish garrison of about 4,000 men under the command of Erik Dahlberg successfully repulsed the Saxons until the main Swedish army under Charles XII of Sweden arrived to sweep the Saxons away in the Battle of Riga which ended the period of sieges for the year.

Bombardment of Riga (Broces collection 1700).

The successful attempt to take the city from Sweden was made in the siege of Riga (1710) by the Russians under Peter the Great.

  1. ^ Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, ISBN 978-1-85109-667-1