{"slug": "augustus-ii-the-strong", "label": "Augustus II the Strong", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53437", "qid": "Q53437", "description": "King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony (1670–1733)", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1694, 1709], "span_label": ["1694 CE", "1709 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "peter-the-great", "label": "Peter the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "swedish-empire", "label": "Swedish Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "great-northern-war", "label": "Great Northern War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "russian-empire", "label": "Russian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark-norway", "label": "Denmark-Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-xii-of-sweden", "label": "Charles XII of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Frederick Augustus of Wettin, later known as \"Augustus the Strong\" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, John George IV", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#April–June", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – The throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth becomes vacant with the death of Jan Sobieski, prompting a competition between Friedrich Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Prince François Louis of France to compete under the commonwealth's \"Golden Liberty\" system for an elective monarchy of the new king by the nobility. Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff, the Grand Chancellor, remains the head of the Polish-Lithuanian government during the vacancy of the ceremonial throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#April–June", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony converts to Roman Catholicism in order to be eligible to rule Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355431044#April–June", "title": "1697", "revid": 1355431044, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – After becoming a Roman Catholic, Augustus the Strong is elected King Augustus II of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355431044#April–June", "title": "1697", "revid": 1355431044, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1699, "year_label": "1699 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye, negotiated by Johann Patkul, is signed at a palace of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great, and representatives of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony to provide for the partition of Swedish Empire between Saxony, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire. The attack on Sweden, which takes place on February 22, starts the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560904#October–December", "title": "1699", "revid": 1369560904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 (August 7 O.S.) – The Peace of Travendal is concluded between the Swedish Empire, Denmark–Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal. On the same day, Augustus II, King of Poland, and Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, enter the war against Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366570351#July–September", "title": "1700", "revid": 1366570351, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Great Northern War – King Charles XII of Sweden forces the election of his ally Stanisław Leszczyński as King of Poland, in place of Augustus II the Strong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358992532#July–September", "title": "1704", "revid": 1358992532, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1706, "year_label": "1706 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Augustus II, known as August der Starke (Augustus the Strong), Elector of Saxony, having ruled as King of Poland since 1706, signs the Treaty of Altranstädt (1706), renouncing all claims to the throne to settle his fight with Sweden during the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351890964#October–December", "title": "1706", "revid": 1351890964, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1709, "year_label": "1709 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – A treaty is signed in Dresden to re-establish an alliance between the Kingdoms of Denmark–Norway and the Electorate of Saxony, on behalf of King Frederik IV of Denmark–Norway and Saxony's King Augustus II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361817608#April–June", "title": "1709", "revid": 1361817608, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}