<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great" id="mwMg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter the Great">Peter I of Russia</a> defeats <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XII_of_Sweden" id="mwMw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles XII of Sweden">Charles XII of Sweden</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Poltava">Battle of Poltava</a>, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.