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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 Pretender to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 In Sweden
Events from the year 1834 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The famous coffee house '' Tysta Mari'' is opened in Stockholm. * The newspaper ''Västerviks-Tidningen'' is founded. * ''Drottningens juvelsmycke'' by Carl Jonas Love Almquist. * '' Presidentens döttrar'' by Fredrika Bremer. Births * 13 February - Alfred Wahlberg, painter (died 1906) * 23 April - Adolf Hedin, publisher, and politician (died 1905) * 1 March - Hildegard Werner, musical conductor and a journalist (died 1911) * Ottilia Littmarck, actress (died 1929) Deaths * 16 June - Giovanna Bassi, ballerina (born 1762) * - Johanna Lohm, educator (born 1747) * - Charlotta Aurora De Geer, courtier (born 1779) * - Ulrika Melin, artist (born 1767) * - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (born 1781) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1717 In Switzerland
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 Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart. * January 4 (December 24, 1716 Old Style) – Great Britain, France and the Dutch Republic sign the Triple Alliance, in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17) 1716. * February 1 – The Silent Sejm, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth. * February 6 – Following the treaty between France and Britain, the Pretender James Stuart leaves France, and seeks refuge with Pope Clement XI. * February 26– March 6 – What becomes the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region. * March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean François Beylon
Jean François Beylon (1724 in Lausanne - 1779 in Stockholm), was a Swedish courtier of French-Swiss origin. The Villa Beylon is named after him. Beylon came to Sweden in 1760 and was employed as a reader to the queen, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. As it was the common everyday pastime of the queen to listen to reading and comment its content during the day, Beylon was in service almost constantly, accompanying the royal family in everyday life as well as acting as travelling companion, which made him a trusted family confidant and royal favorite. He was acted as a courier between the royal family and the Hats (party) as well as the envoys of Spain and France, and during the Revolution of 1772, he was entrusted with finances and important documents. In the 1770s he was replaced as reader to Louisa Ulrika by Taphinon Desroches and came to be in service to Gustav III of Sweden Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
1716 In Sweden
Events from the year 1716 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * February – Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs. * 8 April – Swedish Wismar is taken. * 6 September – Charles XII makes Lund his base. * * * * * * - ''Suecia antiqua et hodierna'' by Erik Dahlbergh. Births * 30 January - Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796) * - Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779) * - Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784) * - Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789) * - Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795) * * * Deaths * * - Carl Piper, politician (born 1647) * * References Years of the 18th 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] |
Pehr Kalm
Pehr Kalm (6 March 1716 – 16 November 1779), also known as Peter Kalm, was a Swedish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus. In 1747, he was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to the North American colonies in order to bring back seeds and plants that might be useful to agriculture. Among his many scientific accomplishments, Kalm can be credited with the first description of Niagara Falls written by a trained scientist. In addition, he published the first scientific paper on the North American 17-year periodical cicada, ''Magicicada septendecim.'' Kalm wrote an account of his travels that was translated into numerous European languages; a 20th-century translation remains in print in English as ''Peter Kalm's Travels in North America: The English Version of 1770,'' translated by Swedish-American scholar Adolph B. Benson. Biography Kalm was born to Gabriel Kalm and Kata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1809 In Norway
Events in the year 1809 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Frederick VI . Events *10 July – 1,800 men under the command of Major General Georg Frederik von Krogh attacked Jemtland from Norway. *25 July – Christian August of Augustenborg is appointed Steward of Norway. *10 December – The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 ends. Arts and literature *Autumn – Jacob Aall publishes the pamphlet Fædrelandske Ideer where he demands a Norwegian university, national bank and better general education. Births *24 February – Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician (d.1852) *23 September – Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician (d.1885) Full date unknown *Svend Foyn, whaler (d.1894) * Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant (d.1875) Deaths *3 May – Niels Carlsen, timber merchant, landowner, shipowner and banker (born 1734). *29 July – Evert Andersen, navy officer (b.1772) *9 October – Niels Stockfleth Darre, military officer (b.1765) *27 October – Peter Westerstrøm, mass murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Westerstrøm
Peter Westerstrøm (1779–1809) was a Swedish mass murderer who gained notoriety for the Saksebøl Slaughter in Moss, Norway during the Napoleonic wars. Background Peter Westerstrøm was born in Ljungby in Sweden around 1779. His father Jonas was the local sexton, but died when Peter was 8 years old. His mother died in 1804 and Peter was raised by his brother. He started his professional career as a man-servant; later on he started training as a tailor, but never became more than an apprentice. He later claimed to have tried to have started an enterprise refining cotton, but he had to borrow money and the enterprise failed. This story was never corroborated as there was a state of war between Norway and Sweden at the time and serious doubt was cast on his curriculum. By 1806, he had moved to Norway. By his own confession, the move was in order to avoid being thrown into the debtors' prison after his bankruptcy. An unconfirmed rumour stated that he had fled Sweden after having mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Sweden
Events from the year 1858 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * - The Conventicle Act (Sweden) is removed and the free churches are legalized. * - Establishment of the Geological Survey of Sweden * - Gothenburg Central Station is inaugurated. * - Statistics Sweden is created. * - Inauguration of '' Vänortsparken'' * - Legal majority for unmarried women (if applied for; automatic legal majority in 1863). * - Louise Flodin starts her own news paper in Arboga, staffed exclusively by women. * - The formal right of an employer to physically discipline their adult servants is abolished. Births * 28 February - Tore Svennberg, actor (died 1941) * 3 June - Alina Jägerstedt, union worker (died 1919) * 24 October - Ebba Bernadotte, philanthropist and morganatic consort (died 1926) * 20 November - Selma Lagerlöf, writer (died 1940) * 18 December - Kata Dalström, political agitator (died 1923) Deaths * 30 March - Marie Kinnberg, photographer and painter ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe
Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, née ''De Geer'' (16 December 1779, Stockholm-31 December 1858, Stockholm), was a Swedish court official. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' (Senior lady-in-waiting) to the queen and later queen dowager of Sweden, Désirée Clary, from 1829 to 1858. Life She was the daughter of courtier baron Charles De Geer (1747–1805) and Eleonora Vilhelmina von Höpken. She was thus the sister of Carl De Geer (1781–1861) and sister-in-law of Hans Henric von Essen. She married the courtier count Carl Edvard Gyldenstolpe (1770-1852) in 1798, with whom she had eight children. Her spouse had previously been engaged to Lolotte Forssberg, the alleged daughter of her father's first wife Ulla von Liewen and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden. In 1823, she was appointed ''statsfru'' to the newly formed household of the queen, and was in 1829 promoted to the office of ''överhovmästarinna'' or senior lady-in-waiting. King Charles XIV John of Sweden had abolished a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
