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Accordingly, King Charles XII of Sweden was welcomed as an ally in the Ottoman Empire following his defeat by the Russians at the Battle of Poltava of 1709 in central Ukraine (part of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721).
The German musician and composer, Georg Gebel, was born in Brzeg, Silesia.
The Dutch merchant and historian Jan Wagenaar was born in Amsterdam.
A probable place of birth for the composer, Franz Xaver Richter, singer and conductor is Holleschau, Moravia.