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1669 In Sweden
Events from the year 1669 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Gothenburg burns down. * Margareta Beijer becomes the second female manager of the Swedish Post Office.Mansdominans i förändring: om ledningsgrupper och styrelser : betänkande Av Sverige Utredningen om kvinnor på ledande poster i näringslivet, Stockholm, 2003 * The trial against the conversion of Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm. * The Mora witch trial is conducted. Births * 24 May - Emerentia von Düben, royal favorite (died 1743) * Gustaf von Psilander, admiral (died 1738) * Deaths * April 23 - Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, archbishop (born 1573) * 15 May - Margareta Brahe, controversial countess and courtier (born 1603) * unknown date - Margareta Slots, royal mistress (born unknown) * 22 October - Sigrid Banér, Swedish letter writer (born 1592 Events January–June * January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1738 In Sweden
Events from the year 1738 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * 6 June - Premier of the '' Den Afwundsiuke'' by Olof von Dalin at Bollhuset in Stockholm. * August - A treaty with France is made against the opposition of Arvid Horn. * - Arvid Horn steps down as President of the Privy Council Chancellery. * - The first ballet with professional native Swedish ballet dancers is performed at Bollhuset in Stockholm. * - Premier of the '' Fru Rangsiuk'' by Reinhold Gustaf Modée at Bollhuset in Stockholm.Tryggve Byström: Svenska Komedien 1737-1754 (Swedish Comedy 1737-1754) 1981 * - '' Ichthyologia'' by Peter Artedi * - The Hats (party) and the Caps (party) is created. * - The religious affair of ''Passionsspelen på Stora Bjurum'' * - '' Samtal emellan Argi Skugga och en obekant Fruentimbers Skugga'' by Margareta Momma Births * * June - Erika Liebman, poet (died 1803) * 22 July - Nils Henric Liljensparre, police officer (died 1814) * 17 December - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1592 In Sweden
Events from the year 1592 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – John III then Sigismund Events * - Wedding between the King's brother Duke Charles and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. * 17 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him. Births * 17 January - Sigrid Banér, Swedish letter writer (died 1669) * March - Clas Fleming (admiral), admiral and administrator (died 1644) * 22 October - Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, soldier and politician (died 1657) * July 20 - Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663) * 29 December - Johannes Matthiae Gothus, professor (died 1670) Deaths * 17 November - John III, monarch (born 1537) References Years of the 16th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Banér
Sigrid Gustafsdotter Banér (17 January 1592, Djursholm Castle - 22 October 1669), was a Swedish noble, letter writer and Scholarship founder. She is most known in history for the letters to her sister Anna, in which she describe the last days of her father Gustaf Banér, who was executed during the Linköping Bloodbath. Life Sigrid Banér was born to Gustaf Banér and Kristina Svantesdotter Sture (1559-1619) and the sister of among others Per Gustafsson Banér and Johan Banér. She never married, and after the death of her mother, she lived with her sister Anna Gustafsdotter Banér (1585-1656) and her brother-in-law count Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1586-1656), tutoring her nieces and nephews. Legacy Sigrid Banér was described as an autodidact who enjoyed reading and writing. She wrote genealogical research of her family, and notes of the lives of her family members, particularly the childhood of her brothers. In 1653, she donated the income from two farms to finance scholarsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Slots
Margareta Slots or Margareta Cabiljau (died 1669) was the royal mistress of king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and the mother of his illegitimate son Gustav of Vasaborg. Margareta Slots was the daughter of the Dutch merchant Abraham Cabiljau and Maria van Leest. During the Ingrian War Slots met Gustav at the siege of Pskov in 1615. At the time she was married to the Dutch military engineer Andries Sessandes, who fell in battle at Pskov soon after (October 1615). In 1616, she and Gustav had a son, Gustav Gustavson; Gustav acknowledged her son and granted her an allowance. She then married the paper maker Arendt Slots, who died a few years later, and then the petardist and "Feuerwerker" ( artillerist and gunpowder maker) Jacob Trello (died 1632), and was given the estate Benhamra in Uppland, where she lived with her husbands, often asking for favours from the king. In 1625, she was involved in an incident. The bailiff Jacob Galle threatened her with confiscation after she had prevented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1603 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1600 in Sweden Events * * * - Sweden is struck by the plague. Births * - Margareta Brahe, controversial countess and courtier (died 1669) * 17 August - Lennart Torstensson, Field Marshal and military engineer (died 1651) * * Deaths * * * 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Brahe
Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attention with her marriages, which were considered scandalous. Life First marriage Margareta Brahe was the daughter of ''riksråd'' Count Abraham Pedersson Brahe of Visingsborg (1569-1630) and Elsa Gyllenstierna of Lundholm, and as such the sister of Per Brahe the Younger and Nils Brahe, and the cousin of Ebba Brahe. She belonged to one of the most prestigious noble families in Sweden and was related to the royal family. Contemporaries does not describe her as intelligent, but as a moderate character with a good sense of tact and decorum and a cheerful temperament, lacking of any mind to plot and participate in intrigues at court.Margareta Brahe, urn:sbl:18049, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av O. Walde.), hämtad 2017-12-05. Physically, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1573 In Sweden
Events from the year 1573 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – John III Events * * 23 January - Battle of Lode * - The deposed King Eric is separated from his family: the former King is taken to Västerås Castle, Karin Månsdotter and their daughter to Åbo Castle, and their son is taken from them.Arnell, Sture (1951), Karin Månsdotter (in Swedish), Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. * * * Births * - Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1669) * * * * Deaths * 1 January - Hans Boije af Gennäs, commander * - Laurentius Petri, the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born 1499) * * * * 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] |
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (29 November 1573 – 23 April 1669) was a professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden. Biography Lenaeus was born at Länna parish in Uppland, Sweden where his father was parish priest. After several years of studies, mainly in Germany at universities in Rostock and Wittenberg, he was appointed professor of logic at Uppsala University in 1604. After being ordained priest, he was in 1613 also appointed deputy vice-rector and professor of theology. After more studies in Germany, he was also appointed professor in Greek and Hebrew. In 1638, he was named the first theology professor and clergyman at Uppsala. Lenaeus was appointed Archbishop in 1647. He text he wrote, ''Logica peripatetica'' (1633), gave a revival to the philosophy of peripatetics (Aristotelian philosophy). Lenaeus was married in 1612 with Catharina Kenicia, daughter of Petrus Kenicius Petrus Kenicius (1555 – 3 February 1636) was A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Von Psilander
Gustaf von Psilander (16 August 1669– 18 March 1738) was an admiral of the Royal Swedish Navy. In 1704, Psilander fought his most famous action in the Battle of Orford Ness against a superior English force where he was defeated, the battle coming about as a result of his refusal to salute them under strict orders from his king. Early life Psilander was the son of a clerk in the Royal Wardrobe, who died when Psilander was eleven years old. Raised by a friend of the father, the Stockholm Alderman Johan Hagemeister, he joined the Navy as a clerk in 1687. Two years later Psilander was promoted to Gunner's Mate, and the following year to Gunner. To gain experience, and achieve promotion, Psilander joined the Dutch Navy during the Nine Years' War, serving as rating and petty officer, fighting in the Battle of Beachy Head (1690). Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in his absence, he returned to Sweden in 1695. Wars At the outbreak of the Great Northern War, Captain Psilander served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1743 In Sweden
Events from the year 1743 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * March - The peasant estate in the Riksdag of the Estates support Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark before Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp, as candidate to the post of heir to the Swedish throne. * May - Three of the four estates in the Riksdag of the Estates: the nobility, the clergy and the burghers, offers to support the Russian candidate as heir to the Swedish throne in exchange for favorable peace terms with Russia. * 11 June - Dalecarlian Rebellion (1743). A rebel army of peasants march toward Stockholm to prevent the election of Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp as heir to the Swedish throne and punish those responsible for the war. * 16 June - Preliminary peace between Sweden and Russia. * 22 June - The rebel army reach Stockholm, where they are dispersed by the military.Beckman, Bjarne, Dalupproret 1743 och andra samtida rörelser inom allmogen och bondeståndet (Göteborg 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
