The Treaty of Nystad ended the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden, which had lasted for two decades. Under its terms, Sweden gave up Livonia, Estonia, Ingria and part of Karelia, including the territory on which Saint Petersburg had been built, in return for a payment to Sweden and the return of most of Finland. The treaty confirmed the end of Sweden's time as a great power in northern Europe and the rise of Russia in the Baltic. Soon after its conclusion, Peter the Great was proclaimed Emperor of All Russia by the Senate, and the Russian Empire was formally established.
Before and after
- from 2 August 1718 to 17 February 1720War of the Quadruple Alliance
- from 28 December 1718 to 5 January 1719Carolean Death March
- 25 April 1719Publication of Robinson Crusoe
- from c. 1720s to 1740sCampaigns of Nader Shah
- 30 August 1721Treaty of Nystad
- from 22 October 1721 to 1 September 1917Russian Empire
- 1722Construction of Élysée Palace
- 1723Founding of Montevideo
- June 1723Birth of Adam Smith
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- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- from 16 December 1740 to 18 October 1748War of the Austrian Succession
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