1709 In Sweden
Events from the year 1709 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * June 27 (June 28 in the Swedish calendar; July 8 New Style) – Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava: In Ukraine, Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, defeats Charles XII of Sweden, thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. * The deposed Polish monarch Stanisław I of Poland is given refuge in Kristianstad in Sweden with his family, including Queen Catherine Opalińska and Marie Leszczyńska.Lundh-Eriksson, Nanna (1947). ''Hedvig Eleonora''. Wahlström & Widstrand. Births * 14 March - Sten Carl Bielke, official, scientist (died 1753) * 11 July - Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, chemist and mineralogist (died 1785) * Carl Johan Cronstedt, architect, inventor, Earl, noble, civil servant, scientist and bibliophile (died 1779) * Henrika Juliana von Liewen, politically active baroness (died 1779) Deaths * 17 February - Erik Benzelius the Elder, theologian and Archbishop of U ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1753 In Sweden
Events from the year 1753 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 17 February – Sweden replace the Julian calendar with the Gregorian calendar. * 1 May - ''Species Plantarum'' by Carl Linnaeus. * 24 July - The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities is founded by Queen Louisa Ulrika. * 20 September – Inauguration of the new observatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. * - Carl Linnaeus names the ''Cannabis sativa''. * - The new Royal Palace, Stockholm, is sufficiently ready for the Royal family to move in, and they leave the Wrangel Palace for their new residence. * - The Du Londel Troupe is established in Sweden. * - The ''Kina slott'' is created and given to the queen as the birthday present. * - A new school regulation is instituted in the capital, in which all the basic educational schools of the capital is to include the subjects writing, reading, mathematics, history, geography, essay-writing, nature science and drawin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1671 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1671 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The King grants the nobility Court leet. * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Sami drums is forcibly collected and burned during the ongoing Christianization of the Sami people.Grimberg, Carl : Svenska folkets underbara öden. 4, 1660-1707 (1959) Births * Gustaf Adlerfelt, historical writer (died 1709) * 9 July - Margareta von Ascheberg, acting colonel and landowner (died 1753) * * * * * 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]   |
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Gustaf Adlerfelt
Gustaf Adlerfelt (1671 – June 28, 1709) was a Sweden, Swedish historical writer born near Stockholm, brother of Pehr Adlerfelt. He was appointed by Charles XII of Sweden, Charles XII "gentleman of the court" and afterwards accompanied him to his military campaigns, and writing a journal on them. He continues this work until his death in 1709 when he was killed by a cannonball in the Battle of Poltava. References 1671 births 1709 deaths Swedish nobility Caroleans 17th-century Swedish writers 17th-century male writers Swedish military writers {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1642 In Sweden
Events from the year 1642 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – 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 under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi. * The Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the Poor Care Law of 1847.Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. n poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth centuryUmeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph. Births * 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709) * Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709)
Nils Gyldenstolpe (5 November 1642 in Åbo in present-day Finland – 4 May 1709) was a Swedish count, official and diplomat. in '''' (1909) He was one of king 's closest advisors and owed much of his career to . His father was Mikael Olai Wexionius Gyldenstolpe. References [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1643 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1643 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Christina Events * * * * * Births * 13 January - Axel Wachtmeister, Count of Mälsåker, field marshal (died 1699) * 9 November - Christina Anna Skytte, baroness and pirate (died 1677) * 24 December - Israel Kolmodin, hymnwriter and Lutheran priest (died 1709) * * Deaths * Bengt Oxenstierna (governor), diplomat, Privy Councillor (died 1591) * * * 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]   |
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Israel Kolmodin
Israel Gustaf Kolmodin (24 December 1643 – 19 April 1709) was a Swedish hymnwriter and Lutheran priest, active in the Church of Sweden. He is usually credited for having written the song "Den blomstertid nu kommer Den blomstertid nu kommer (literally: ''Now the time of blossoming arrives'', Suvivirsi in Finnish) is a Swedish summertime hymn, traditionally credited to Israel Kolmodin after walking at Hångers källa outside Visby. It was first published ...." References 1643 births 1709 deaths Swedish Lutheran hymnwriters 17th-century Swedish Lutheran priests 18th-century Swedish Lutheran priests {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1632 In Sweden
Events from the year 1632 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf then Christina Events * Foundation of the Rudbeckii flickskola, the first school for girls.Johannes Rudbeckius, urn:sbl:6999, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Erland Sellberg), hämtad 2014-02-26. * March – Thirty Years' War – Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden, invades Bavaria with his army. * April 15 – Thirty Years' War – Gustaf II Adolf defeats Tilly for the second time within a year at the Battle of Rain. Tilly is severely wounded during the battle. * May – Thirty Years' War – Munich, capital of Bavaria, is captured by the Swedish army. * September 9 – Thirty Years' War – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste. * October 15 – Official opening of the University of Tartu in Swedish Livonia. * November 6 – Thirty Years' War – Battle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erik Benzelius The Elder
Erik Benzelius (the Elder) (16 December 1632 – 17 February 1709) was a Swedish theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala. Benzelius was born at the Bentseby farm in the parish of Luleå in northern Sweden, son of the farmer and lay assessor (''nämndeman'') Henrik Jakobsson. He took a family name derived from his birthplace, rather than using the patronymic as was common in the Swedish peasantry. He was raised by a relative who was a merchant in Uppsala, and studied at Uppsala University, where he completed his ''filosofie magister'' degree in 1661. He was hired by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie as a tutor for his sons in 1660 and accompanied one of them on a foreign journey stretching from 1663 to 1665, visiting Copenhagen, the most important universities of Germany, and continuing to Paris, London, Oxford, and Leiden. Returning to Uppsala, he was appointed professor extraordinary of history and moral philosophy in 1665, of theology in 1666, and 1670 ordinary professor of theolog ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henrika Juliana Von Liewen
Henrika Juliana von Liewen (16 February 1709 – 26 August 1779) was a Swedish noble, socialite and lady-in-waiting, politically active on behalf of the Hats (party) during the Age of liberty. Life Henrika Juliana von Liewen was the daughter of the ''riksråd'' count Hans Henrik von Liewen the Elder and Magdalena Juliana von Tiesenhausen, and the sister of ''riksråd'' Hans Henrik von Liewen the Younger. During the 1730s, when Frederick I of Sweden and his group of favorites made trips to the country estates of the nobility, trips during which "under the pretext of hunting trips, the indecency sometimes when to far", she was at one point the subject of a scandal during a trip with the King, his brother William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Hedvig Taube and her sisters to Gripsholm Castle. During the same decade, she, as well as Hedvig Catharina Lilje, participated in the foundation of the Hats (party). Favorite In 1744, she was made maid of honor to the new crown princess ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1779 In Sweden
Events from the year 1779 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol. * The first theater in Gothenburg, ''Comediehuset'', is inaugurated.Wilhelm Berg: Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar / Band 2. 1794–1816 (1896–1900) Births * 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor (died 1838) * 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848) * 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839) * Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834) * 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858) * Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809) Deaths * 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716) * Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709) * Jean François Beylon, courtier (born 1717 Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretende ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |