Charles XII Killed at Fredriksten
December 11, 1718
Charles XII of Sweden, besieging a Norwegian fortress at night, rose above the parapet to survey the lines. A musket ball, or some have whispered ever since, an assassin's bullet, struck him in the temple. The Warrior King was dead at thirty-six. Sweden's age of empire died beside him. The parliament that succeeded him stripped the monarchy of its absolute power and inaugurated an Age of Liberty.
In context
Also in 1718 (3 other events on record)
- New Orleans Founded · North America · Politics
- Treaty of Passarowitz · Middle East · Politics
- Blackbeard Killed at Ocracoke · North America · War
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.