Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (April 1659 - February 12, 1719) was a Swedish general. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) Births November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. ...

During the Great Northern War, he led troops at the Battle of Lesnaya (1708) and the Battle of Poltava (1709). The Swedish Victory at Narva, 1700 by Gustaf Cederström, painted 1910 Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726 The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one... The Battle of Lesnaya was one of the decisive battles of the Great Northern War. ... The Battle of Poltava (or Pultowa) was a battle between the armies of Peter I of Russia and Charles XII of Sweden on June 28 (new style July 8) 1709, the most famous of the battles of the Great Northern War. ...