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1751 In Sweden
Events from the year 1751 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I then Adolf Frederick Events * January - Crown Prince Gustav is engaged to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. * 25 March - Frederick I of Sweden are succeeded by Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden. * 8 June - A great fire in Stockholm. * 21 September – The final border between Sweden and Norway is recognized. * 25 November – Coronation of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, and Queen Louisa Ulrika. * The Lapp Codicil of 1751 defines the border between Sweden and Norway and secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between the borders.Store norske leksikon, retrieved 8 April 2013 * Axel Fredrik Cronstedt discovers nickel. * '' Hönsgummans visa'' by Olaus Petri Carelius Births * * 18 February – Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, painter (died 1811) * 24 December - Lars von Engeström, diplomat (died 1826) * 1 December – Johan Henric Kellgren, poet (died 1795) * - Anna Rogel, charismat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1751
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January–March * January 1 – As the American colony in Georgia prepares the transition from a trustee-operated territory to a British colonial province, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the Board of Trustees. At the time, the African-American population of Georgia is about 400 people who have been kept as slaves in violation of the law. By 1790, the slave population increases to over 29,000 and by 1860 to 462,000. * January 7 – The University of Pennsylvania, conceived 12 years earlier by Benjamin Franklin and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education "to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service". rather than for the ministry, holds its first classes as "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 In Sweden
Events from the year 1811 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII Events * June - The peasant rebellion '' Klågerupskravallerna'' takes place in the province of Scania. * - The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry is founded. * - The Crown Princess, Désirée Clary, leaves Sweden for France, where she lives estranged from her spouse until 1823. * - The creation of the Order of Charles XIII. * - Married businesswomen are granted the right to make decisions about their own businesses without their husband's consent.Mansdominans i förändring, om ledningsgrupper och styrelser: betänkande by Sverige Utredningen om kvinnor på ledande poster i näringslivet (SOU 2003:16). Stockholm: Edita Norstedts Tryckeri AB. 2003. . Births * 31 August – Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (d. 1902) * 1 September – Richard Dybeck jurist, antiquarian, and lyricist (died 1877) * 17 September – August Blanche journalist, novelist, and a socialist politician (died 1868) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1751 In Sweden
Events from the year 1751 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I then Adolf Frederick Events * January - Crown Prince Gustav is engaged to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. * 25 March - Frederick I of Sweden are succeeded by Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden. * 8 June - A great fire in Stockholm. * 21 September – The final border between Sweden and Norway is recognized. * 25 November – Coronation of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, and Queen Louisa Ulrika. * The Lapp Codicil of 1751 defines the border between Sweden and Norway and secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between the borders.Store norske leksikon, retrieved 8 April 2013 * Axel Fredrik Cronstedt discovers nickel. * '' Hönsgummans visa'' by Olaus Petri Carelius Births * * 18 February – Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, painter (died 1811) * 24 December - Lars von Engeström, diplomat (died 1826) * 1 December – Johan Henric Kellgren, poet (died 1795) * - Anna Rogel, charismatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1687 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1687 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Eric Dahlbergh becomes Governor of Jönköping County. * The process against the Sami Erik Eskilsson for maintaining his Sami shamanism during the Christianization of the Sami.Kajsa Larsen (Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia(Pages from the history of the Sami) (1994) Births * Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, royal governess (died 1751) * * * * Deaths * 24 October- Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, princess (born 1625) * * 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] |
Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt
Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, née ''Wrangel'' (1687 - 8 March 1751), was a Swedish courtier. She served as överhovmästarinna to two queens of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, and as Royal Governess to the royal children. Gustav III of Sweden refers to her with affection and admiration in his writings. Life Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt was the daughter of colonel nobleman Jurgen Johan Wrangel and Margareta Stenbock and married to riksråd count Johan Carl Strömfelt (1678-1736). She became the mother of three children, among them Ulrika Strömfelt. After having been widowed, Strömfelt was appointed ''överhovmästarinna'' (Mistress of the Robes) to Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden in 1736 in succession to Katarina Ebba Horn af Åminne, making her the senior of all the female courtiers, and served until the queen's death in 1741. As such, she was the first in rank of all the female office holders of the royal household with responsibility of the ladies-in-wait ... [...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] |
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem (), which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. He was ennobled by King Charles XII of Sweden for his contributions to Swedish technological development. Christopher Polhem Svenskt biografiskt lexicon Biography Polhem (Polhammar) was born on the island of in the small village of , situated northeast of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1831 In Sweden
Events from the year 1831 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * 22 August - The premier of ''Nornan'' by Julia Nyberg at the Royal Swedish Opera i Stockholm.Dramawebben”. Läst 24 mars 2011. * - Inauguration of Wallinska skolan in Stockholm. * - ''Lunds Studentsångförening'' is created * - First issue of ''Vestmanlands Läns Tidning'' Births * 16 March – Elise Hwasser, actress (died 1894) * 28 August - Ludvig Norman, composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (died 1885) * 14 November - Betty Deland, actress (died 1882) Deaths * 18 July – Adolf Fredrik Munck, royal favorite (born 1749) * Charlotta Richardy, industrialist (born 1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...) References Years of the 19th century in Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotta Richardy
Christina ''Charlotta'' Richardy (1751-1831), was a Swedish industrialist. Life She was born to the judge Albrecht Friedrich Richardson, mayor of Halmstad. Richardy never married and remained a ''mamsell''. While unmarried women, in accordance with the Civil Code of 1734, were legal minors under the guardianship of their closest male relative for life, they had the right to petition for legal majority to the monarch, which was a common procedure for unmarried businesswomen. Richardy had herself declared of legal majority by a petition to Gustav III of Sweden in 1786 and, being now free to manage her own affairs, engaged in business. Fish trade Halmstad was at the time a major Staple right city. Richardy engaged in the fish trade and had fresh Salmonidae bought, smoked and sold, a lucrative trade which put her in conflict with the Halmstad city guild. Because of her verbal defense in court, the guild were unable to have her business closed down. Instead, she applied to be a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1784 In Sweden
Events from the year 1784 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III Events * * * 1 July - Alliance treaty between Sweden and France: Sweden are given Saint-Barthélemy as a colony. * * August - Gustav III returns to Sweden. * - Vänersborg Church is inaugurated. * - The Illis Quorum is created. * - Inauguration of the Stenborg Theatre.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish) * Births * March 24 - Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist (died 1864 in Sweden, 1864) * 21 August - Charlotta Berger, writer (died 1852 in Sweden, 1852) * 23 August - Henriette Löfman, composer (died 1836 in Sweden, 1836) * 31 August - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer (died 1853 in Sweden, 1853) * 15 October - Hans Olof Holmström, bishop (died 1855 in Sweden, 1855) * 17 November – Julia Nyberg, poet (died 1854 in Sweden, 1854) * 21 November - Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, painter (died 1833 in Sweden, 1833) Deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Rogel
Anna Rågel or Anna Rogel (4 December 1751 in Merikarvia – 5 July 1784) was a Finnish preacher. She is regarded as the most notable woman within the religious revival movement in Satakunta and Ostrobothnia during the 18th century. She was also among the first "sleeping preachers" in Finland. After having become sick and bedridden in 1770, Anna Rogel became famous for, during unconsciousness, singing and massing in her bed. She claimed to have no recollection of it afterward. She became the target of thousands of pilgrimages, and the sleeptalk preachers spread along the coasts of Gulf of Bothnia in both Finland and 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 .... She was for a period kept at the house of the merchant Johan Blad in Vaasa. A monument was raised over her i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 In Sweden
Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the first state university in the United States. * January 16 – War of the First Coalition: Flanders campaign: The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. * January 18 – Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam: William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country. * January 19 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). * January 20 – French troops enter Amsterdam. * January 23 – Flanders campaign: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th Hussars. * February 7 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
