Battles of the Great Northern War 1700-1721

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Following is a listing of the Battles of the Great Northern War in chronological order. The victor(-s) are listed first, followed by the defeated.
Dates may not match your own references as many nations were on different calendars at the time. Discrepancies of up to 2 weeks are possible. I have used the dates according to the swedish calendar at the time.
 
Date
Battle and combattants
1700 Nov 20
Narva between Sweden (Karl XII) and Russia (du Croy)
1701 June 6
Dvina (Düna) between Sweden (Karl XII) and Saxony (A H von Steinau)
1701 Sep 5
Rappin between Russia (M Scheremetjev) and Sweden (H H von Liewen)
1701 Sep 5
Rauge between Sweden (W A von Schlippenbach) and Russia (B Scheremetjev)
1701 Dec 30
Erestfer between Russia (B Scheremetjev) and Sweden (W A von Schlippenbach)
1702 July 7
Kliszów between Sweden (Karl XII) and Saxony (August II)
1702 July 19
Hummelshof between Russia (B Scheremetjev) and Sweden (W A von Schlippenbach)
1703 Mar 19
Saladen between Sweden (A L Lewenhaupt) and Russia ()
1703 Apr 21
Pultusk between Sweden (Karl XII) and Saxony (Steinau)
1703 July 9
Systerbäck between Sweden () and Russia ()
1704 July 26
Jakobstadt between Sweden () and Russia ()
1704
Punitz (Poniec) between Sweden (Karl XII) and Saxony (J M von der Schulenburg)
1705 Jul 21
Warszawa between Sweden () and Saxony ()
1705 Jul 16
Gemäuerthof between Sweden (A L Lewenhaupt) and Russia (B Scheremetjev)
1706 Feb 3
Fraustadt between Sweden (Rehnskiöld) and Saxony (J M von der Schulenburg)
1706 Oct 19
Kalisz between Sweden (Mardefelt) and Saxony (August II) & Russia (Menschikov)
1708
Wesenberg between Sweden () and Russia ()
1708 July 4
Holowszyn between Sweden (Karl XII) and Russia ()
1708 Aug 30
Malatitze between Sweden (C G Roos) and Russia ()
1708 Sep 10
Rajowka between Sweden (Karl XII) and Russia ()
1708 Sep 29
Liesna between Russia (Peter I) and Sweden (A L Lewenhaupt)
1708 Nov
Kolkanpää between Sweden () and Russia ()
1709 Jan 7
Veprik between Russia () and Sweden (karl XII)    (Actually a siege and will be put in the upcoming Siege section)
1709 Jun 28
Poltava between Russia (Peter I) and Sweden (C G Rehnskiöld)
1710 Feb 28
Hälsingborg between Sweden (M Stenbock) and Denmark (Rantzau)
1712 Dec 9
Gadebusch (Wakenstädt) between Sweden (M Stenbock) and Denmark (Scholten) & Saxony(Flemming)
1713 Oct 6
Pälkäne (Koljonvirta) between Russia (Apraksin) and Sweden (C G Armfelt)
1714 Feb 19 Storkyro (Napue, Isokyrö) between Russia (Golitzyn) and Sweden (C G Armfelt)
1715 Nov 4 Stresow between Denmark (Dewitz), Saxony() and Prussia (Anhalt-Dessau) and Sweden (Karl XII)

Significant events leading up to the Great Nothern War
Gustaf II Adolf's Indelningsverk as organized in the 1620s

Under Construction. Last Updated 2000 Feb 22, Added Significant events leading up to the GNW.

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The following sites are commercial in nature and have much more info available:

Home Page of Pat Condray, covering warfare during the first quarter of 1700s
The collection of Orders of Battle by G Nafziger
An outstanding description of the Saxon army 1700-1716 by D Schorr