The Treaty of Roskilde was a peace treaty between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, signed after the Swedish king Charles X Gustav had led his army across the frozen waters of the Danish straits, the Little Belt and the Great Belt, an extraordinary winter march that took the Danes by surprise. Faced with an invasion of the main Danish islands, King Frederick III had to accept harsh terms. Denmark gave up the provinces of Scania, Halland, Blekinge and Bohuslän, as well as Bornholm and the Norwegian region of Trøndelag. The treaty made Sweden a power on both sides of the Sound, but the Swedish king soon broke the peace, and the later Treaty of Copenhagen returned Bornholm and Trøndelag.
Before and after
- from 28 July 1656 to 30 July 1656Battle of Warsaw
- 8 November 1656Birth of Edmond Halley
- 1657Founding of Marlborough
- from 1658 to 1660Carib Expulsion
- 28 February 1658Treaty of Roskilde
- 14 June 1658Battle of the Dunes
- 25 December 1658Battle of Kolding
- 1659Construction of Osu Castle
- 28 June 1659Battle of Konotop
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