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Events on Wednesday 27 September 1702 1
1702Siege of NöteborgPeter the Great captures a key fortress on Lake LadogaRussian forces under Peter the Great besieged and captured the Swedish fortress of Nöteborg at the mouth of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga. Renamed Shlisselburg, the fortress gave Russia a foothold that paved the way for the founding of St Petersburg the following year.