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1595 In Sweden
Events from the year 1595 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Sigismund Events * 8 May - The Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) is terminated by the Treaty of Teusina with a victory and territorial gain for Sweden.Perrie, Maureen (2002). Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia. The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. . * - The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and bans the Catholic mass. * - The last remaining Catholic convent in Sweden, the Vadstena Abbey, is dissolved and the nuns leave for Poland. * - The Uppsala University, revived two years prior, is granted is official letter of privilege. * Births * 1 May - Lars Kagg, officer (died 1661) * Władysław IV Vasa, prince (died 1648) * Ebba Leijonhufvud, courtier and foster mother of queen Christina (died 1654) * Ebba Ryning, court official (died 1642) Deaths * 26 June - Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, prince (born 1542) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1595
Events January–June * January – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as sultan of the Ottoman Empire. * January 17 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. * April 8 (March 29 O.S.) – Combined Taungoo– Lan Na armies break the rebel Thado Dhamma Yaza's siege of Taungoo, in modern-day Myanmar. * April 15 – Sir Walter Raleigh travels up the Orinoco River, in search of the fabled city of '' El Dorado''. * May 18 – The Treaty of Teusina brings to an end the Russo-Swedish War (1590–95). * May 24 – The ''Nomenclator'' of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. * May 29 – George Somers and Amyas Preston travel to aid Raleigh's El Dorado expedition but failing to meet him instead raid the Spanish Province of Venezuela * June 9 – Battle of Fontaine-Française: Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1661 In Sweden
Events from the year 1661 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The Treaty of Cardis formally discontinue the Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) with a Swedish victory and territorial gains. * The Stockholms Banco becomes the first European bank to print banknotes. Births * 26 June- Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, poet (died 1708) * 23 September - Christiana Oxenstierna, noblewoman notorious for marrying a partner of a different social class (died 1701) * 10 December - Catherine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1661–1720), princess (died 1720) * 18 December - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist (died 1751) * Rika Maja, Sami shaman (died 1757) Deaths * 19 November - Lars Kagg, military officer (born 1595) References Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1595 In Sweden
Events from the year 1595 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Sigismund Events * 8 May - The Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) is terminated by the Treaty of Teusina with a victory and territorial gain for Sweden.Perrie, Maureen (2002). Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia. The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. . * - The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and bans the Catholic mass. * - The last remaining Catholic convent in Sweden, the Vadstena Abbey, is dissolved and the nuns leave for Poland. * - The Uppsala University, revived two years prior, is granted is official letter of privilege. * Births * 1 May - Lars Kagg, officer (died 1661) * Władysław IV Vasa, prince (died 1648) * Ebba Leijonhufvud, courtier and foster mother of queen Christina (died 1654) * Ebba Ryning, court official (died 1642) Deaths * 26 June - Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, prince (born 1542) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1512 In Sweden
Year 151 (CLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Condianus and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 904 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 151 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Asia * Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake. * First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty. By topic Art * Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made (Han dynasty). Births * Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina, daughter of Marcus Aurelius * Zhong Yao, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 230) Deaths * Kanishka, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire * Novatus Saint Novatus (died c. 151) is an early Christian saint. His feast day is 20 June. Novatus and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrikki Laavunpoika Of Kankainen
Henrikki Laavunpoika of Kankainen, or Henrik Klasson Horn (c. 1512–1595), was a Swedish military officer and Governor-General of Finland. He was an ancestor of the noble Swedish family, Horn af Kanckas. Biography He was the son of Klas Henriksson Horn (c. 1445 – c. 1520) and his second wife Kristina Jakobsdotter (c. 1495 – c. 1553). His father was a member of the Privy Council of Sweden. His elder half-brother, Krister Laavunpoika of Joensuu (c. 1480 – c. 1519) was bailiff of Turku castle. His parents presumably married in 1511 when his father was commander of the Vyborg Castle (Finnish: ''Viipurin linna''). Lady Kristina of Salmenkylä was heiress of Töytärinhovi Manor and its estate, as well as of an estate in Reitkalli, an estate in Salmenkylä, an estate in Sivatti, an estate in Pyöli, and a house and harbor estate in Hietakylä (today Hamina), near the medieval church of Vehkalahti, and additionally heiress of a portion of the Vanhakartano Manor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1542 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1542 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav I Events * - The Dacke War begins. * - Alliance between Sweden and France. Births * 25 June - Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, (died 1595) Deaths * References Years of the 16th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus, Duke Of Östergötland
Magnus Vasa (25 July 1542 – 26 June 1595), prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland from 1555. Magnus was the third son of King Gustav Vasa. His mother was queen Margareta Leijonhufvud. Biography Magnus was the only of Gustav Vasa's sons, except for Karl and Sten, who died in infancy, that didn't become king of Sweden. In 1555, he was made Duke of Ostrogothia, Kinda and Ydre, Dalsland, Sundbo härad in Närke, Kåkind, Valla, and the major part of Vadsbo härad in Västergötland. As Duke of Ostrogothia, he lived permanently at Vadstena Castle in Vadstena. Magnus suffered from a mental illness. The illness showed its first signs in 1563, and eventually became permanent. In 1574, the responsibility of his fiefs were taken over by his brother King John III, who managed them as his guardian because of his mental condition. A smaller part of them was granted to his other brother, Charles. Magnus died at the Manorhouse of Kungsbro, outside Linköping, in 1595 and is buried in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1642 In Sweden
Events from the year 1642 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina Events * Battle of Schweidnitz. * 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Army under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi. * The 1642 års tiggareordning, Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the 1847 års fattigvårdförordning, Poor Care Law of 1847.Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph. Births * 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebba Ryning
Ebba Ryning (1595–1642) was a Swedish court official. She was the ''överhovmästarinna'' to Christina, Queen of Sweden, from 1639 until 1642. Biography She was the daughter of nobleman Peder Ryning and Kerstin Gyllenstierna. In 1625, she married nobleman colonel Göran Soop (d. 1631). Prior to her marriage, she served as ''kammarfröken'' to the queen dowager of Sweden, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. Courtier After the death of the queen's foster mother and aunt Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, the Royal Regency Council under Axel Oxenstierna saw a need to appoint a new foster mother to the underage monarch (her mother being exiled), which resulted in a reorganization of the queen's household. In order to avoid the young queen from being dependent upon a single individual and favorite mother figure, the Royal Council decided to split the office of head lady-in-waiting (responsible for the queen's female courtiers) and the office royal governess (or foster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1654 In Sweden
Events from the year 1654 in Sweden. Incumbents *Monarch - Christina then Charles X Gustav Events * April - The 1654 Anglo-Swedish alliance is forged to offset the Danish-Dutch alliance.Davenport, Frances Gardiner; Paullin, Charles Oscar (2004), European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., p. 43, * 6 June - Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism. * 24 October - The wedding between Charles X Gustav and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Births * 23 May - Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, architect (died 1728) * 6 October - Johan Peringskiöld, antiquarian (died 1720) * Anna Lohe, banker (died 1731) Deaths * 25 January - Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, courtier (born 1595) * 28 August - Axel Oxenstierna, politician (born 1583) * Louise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebba Leijonhufvud
Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, also called Ebba Mauritzdotter Lewenhaupt (1595 – 25 January 1654), Countess of Raseborg, Lady of Käggleholm, Eksjöhovgård and Tullgarn, was a Swedish noble and courtier and member of the Leijonhufvud family. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' in 1633–1634 and foster mother in 1639–1644 to Christina, Queen of Sweden. She was also known for her donations to various churches. Early life Ebba Mauritzdotter was born to count Mauritz Stensson Leijonhufvud and Amalia von Hatzfeld: her paternal grandmother was her controversial name sake Ebba Lilliehöök, after which her father and herself inherited the County of Raseborg. She married ''riksråd'' and chancellor count Svante Sture (d. 1616) in 1613, and ''riksråd'' and general governor Claes Horn of Kanckas (d. 1632) in 1618. As was the custom in the Swedish nobility until the late 18th-century, however, she kept her own name Leijonhufvud after marriage. In 1636, she became closely affili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1648 In Poland
1648 has been suggested as possibly the last year in which the overall human population declined, coming towards the end of a broader period of global instability which included the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Thirty Years' War, the latter of which ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia. Events January–March * January 15 – Manchu invaders of China's Fujian province capture Spanish Dominican priest Francisco Fernández de Capillas, torture him and then behead him. Capillas will be canonized more than 350 years later in 2000 in the Roman Catholic Church as one of the Martyr Saints of China. * January 15 – Alexis, Tsar of Russia, marries Maria Miloslavskaya, who later gives birth to two future tsars (Feodor III and Ivan V) as well as Princess Sophia Alekseyevna, the regent for Peter I. * January 17 – By a vote of 141 to 91, England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
