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1683 In Sweden
Events from the year 1683 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Charles XI or Carl ( sv, Karl XI; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein- ... Events * ' by Maria Simointytär, first published poem by a female in the province of Finland Births * 25 February - Jakob Benzelius, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden (died 1747 in Sweden , 1747) * October - Charlotta von Liewen, politically active countess (died 1735 in Sweden , 1735) * Date unknown - Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar, famous cross dressing soldier (died 1733 in Sweden , 1733) * Date unknown - Anna Maria Thelott, engraver and woodcut-artist (died 1710) Deaths * 16 November - Margareta Huitfeldt, landowner and donor (born 1608 in Norway , 1608) * Bengt Skytte, courtier and diplomat (born 1614 in Sweden , 1614) * Birgitta Durel ... [...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] |
Anna Maria Thelott
Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710) was a Swedish artist. She was an engraver, an illustrator, a woodcut-artist, and a miniaturist painter. Biography Anna Maria Thelott was born in Uppsala, Sweden. She was the daughter of engraver and watchmaker Philip Jacob Thelott the Elder (1635-1710), She was the sister of academic Philip Jacob Thelott the Younger (1682-1750) and half-sister of the engraver Olof Thelott (ca 1670-1728). Her parents had emigrated from Switzerland to Uppsala in the 1670s. She and her brothers were educated by her father in his trade, and active as the assistants in his studio as children. They were all assigned to assist him when he was commissioned by Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702) to illustrate his four volumes work ''Atlantica'' (''Atland eller Manheim'') and ''Campus Elysii''. She also accepted individual commissions early own to contribute to the support of the family. She performed commissions of illustrations by method of drawing, chalcography, cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1683 In Sweden
Events from the year 1683 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Charles XI or Carl ( sv, Karl XI; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein- ... Events * ' by Maria Simointytär, first published poem by a female in the province of Finland Births * 25 February - Jakob Benzelius, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden (died 1747 in Sweden , 1747) * October - Charlotta von Liewen, politically active countess (died 1735 in Sweden , 1735) * Date unknown - Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar, famous cross dressing soldier (died 1733 in Sweden , 1733) * Date unknown - Anna Maria Thelott, engraver and woodcut-artist (died 1710) Deaths * 16 November - Margareta Huitfeldt, landowner and donor (born 1608 in Norway , 1608) * Bengt Skytte, courtier and diplomat (born 1614 in Sweden , 1614) * Birgitta Durel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1619 In The Netherlands
Events January–June * January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p. 29 Inigo Jones is commissioned to design a replacement. * February 14 – Earthquake flattens the town of Trujillo, Peru, killing hundreds in the town and causing landslides in the surrounding countryside killing hundreds more. * March 20 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor dies, leaving the Holy Roman Empire without an official leader, to deal with the Bohemian Revolt. * April – Battle of Sarhu: Manchu leader Nurhaci is victorious over the Ming forces. * May 8 – The Synod of Dort has its final meeting. * May 13 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague, after having been convicted of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta Durell
Brechtgien "Birgitta" Durell, née ''von Crakow'' or ''von Cracauw'' (1619 in Hoorn, the Netherlands – 1683 in Sweden) was a Swedish (originally Dutch) industrialist. She was the daughter of Carel van Cracauw, the Dutch envoy to Copenhagen, a rich heiress and related to rich bankers. In 1647, she married the rich Swedish merchant Magnus Durell, who had been ennobled not long before their wedding. She followed her spouse to Sweden and settled on his recently acquired country estate, Vallen Castle near Laholm. The family of her spouse had, two years before her wedding, been given a contract from the crown to provide the Swedish army with knitted socks, which had not yet been fulfilled. The contract formally belonged to her spouse, but as he was often absent and busy with his position as country governor and president of Göta Court, Birgitta Durell was given the responsibility to organize and manage this business. Birgitta Durell was described as initiative and thrifty. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1614 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1614 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * - Armistice with Poland. * - Svea Court of Appeal * - Alliance with the Netherlands. * - Battle of Bronnicy. * - Swedish occupation of Gdov. Births * Gustaf Otto Stenbock, soldier and politician (died 1685) * Bengt Skytte, courtier and diplomat * Elin Såger, businessperson * * Deaths * Ebba Stenbock * * * 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] |
Bengt Skytte
Bengt Skytte (1614–1683) was a Swedish courtier and diplomat. He was a follower of Comenius and proposed a pansophic city, "Sophopolis". Early life He was the son of Johan Skytte and Maria Näf (Neaf) and brother of Vendela Skytte. He matriculated at the University of Uppsala, aged 10. In 1629, he, with Schering Rosenhane, accompanied Sir James Spens to court in London, where he was knighted by Charles I of England. Skytte was then probably at the University of Leiden in 1629–30; and went on to study at Dorpat (where the university was not founded before 1632!).Donald R. Dickson, ''The Tessera of Antilia: utopian brotherhoods & secret societies in the early seventeenth century'' (1998), pp. 220–1Google Books In 1631, he visited the Tsardom of Russia. After that, he had two periods of study with Gerardus Vossius, to 1634. Courtier and diplomat Skytte was appointed chamberlain to Christina, Queen of Sweden in 1633. In 1634–5, he was attached to Axel Oxenstierna in Magdebur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1608 In Norway
Events in the year 1608 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Christian IV. Events *Enevold Kruse was named Governor-general of Norway. Arts and literature Births *5 November – Margareta Huitfeldt, noblewomen, estate owner (died 1683 in Sweden, 1683). Deaths *Hallvard Gunnarssøn, educator and non-fiction writer (born c.1550). See also References {{Year in Europe, 1608 1608 in Norway, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Huitfeldt
Margareta Huitfeldt (5 November 1608 – 16 November 1683) was a Norwegian-Swedish noblewoman, estate owner and philanthropist. She was the prime benefactor of Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet in Gothenburg, Sweden. Biography Margareta Huitfeldt was born at the Skjelbred farm in the parish of Fiskum in the district of Eiker in Buskerud, Norway. She was the only child of the Danish noble Hartvig Andersen Huitfeldt (1582-1637) and Norwegian noble Bente Jonsdotter Schack (ca.1594-1622). In 1635, she married Danish noble Thomas Iverssön Dyre (1605–1651). Of their three children, only their son Iver Dyre (1644-1663) lived past infancy. She became one of the greatest land owners in Scandinavia as the heir of her parents and her spouse. Most of her properties were situated in Bohuslän, at that time a province of Norway. Her principal holdings included Skjelbred in Eiker and her residence Sundsby Manor (''Sundsby säteri'') in Bohuslän. Sundsby is located on the island of Mjör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1710
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – In Prussia, Cölln is merged with Alt-Berlin by Frederick I to form Berlin. * January 4 – Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, two days before he is due to be executed for murder, escapes from the Edinburgh Tolbooth by exchanging clothes with his sister. * February 17 – Mauritius, a Dutch colony since 1638, is abandoned by the Dutch. * February 28 (Swedish calendar) – Battle of Helsingborg: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders, under Jørgen Rantzau, are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army, under Magnus Stenbock. * March 1 – The Sacheverell riots start in London with an attack on an elegant Presbyterian meeting-house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, followed by riots through the West End of London. * March 6 – The ancient Roman Pillar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1733 In Sweden
Events from the year 1733 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * 27 August - The first vessel of the Swedish East India Company return to Gothenburg in Sweden from China.Kjellberg, Sven T. (1975). Svenska ostindiska compagnierna 1731–1813: kryddor, te, porslin, siden he Swedish East India company 1731–1813: spice, tea, porcelain, silk(in Swedish) (2 ed.). Malmö: Allhem. . LIBRIS 107047. * - The last execution by Breaking wheel is performed. * * Births * 15 October – Lisa Eriksdotter, charismatic (died year unknown) * Johanna Löfblad, actress (died 1811) * Anna Brita Sergel, artist (embroidery), an official decorator of the royal Swedish court (died 1819) * Margaretha Zetterberg, textile artist (died 1803) * Maria Magdalena Eek, pastry chef (died 1800) * Lisbetta Isacsdotter, religious leader (died 1767) Deaths * 16 February - Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar, female soldier and cross dresser (born 1683) * - Lovisa von Burghausen, noblewoman kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Swedish Monarchs
This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union. History The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work '' Germania'', c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). However, due to scant and unreliable sources before the 11th century, lists of succession traditionally start in the 10th century with king Olof Skötkonung, and his father Eric the Victorious, who also were the first Swedish kings to be baptized. There are, however, lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with far older dates, but in many cases these kings appear in sources of disputed historical reliability. These records notably deal with the legendary House of Yngling, and based on the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Eric the Victorious and Olof Skötkonung have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, tracing them back to Sigurd Hring and Ragnar Lodbrok (whom Saxo considered to belong to the House of Yngling). Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
