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1786 In Sweden
Events from the year 1786 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * 5 April - The Royal Swedish Academy is founded. * 1 May – King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Stockholm. * 23 June - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved. *23 October - Charter rights are given to Östersund. * Date unknown- The first school to give higher education to female students, the ''Societetsskolan'', is founded in Gothenburg. *Date unknown - Foundation of the Swedish West India Company *Date unknown - Maria Christina Bruhn becomes the first woman to be given a patent as an inventor in Sweden. *Date unknown - The first hot air balloons are released in Sweden by the popular acrobat Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta.Flodmark, Johan: Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria. Stockholm. Norstedt & söner. Births * 19 January – Carl Gustaf Kröningssvärd, lawyer and historian (died 1859) * 13 May - Anna Ehrenström, poet (died 1857) * 8 August - ... [...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] |
1854 In Sweden
Events from the year 1854 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * The Telegraph connection is established between Stockholm and Gothenburg. * The first Train station. * The free church of Anna Johansdotter Norbäck is separated from the state church. * Founding of the ''Fruntimmersällskapet för fångars förbättring''. * November - '' Muteupproret''.Rosengren, Ingemar (1991). Muteupproret 1854. En berättelse om ett misslyckat polisingripande Births * 12 January - Hugo Birger, painter (died 1887) * 3 September – Anna Sandström, reform educator (died 1931) * 14 November - Dina Edling, opera singer (died 1935) Deaths * 13 March - Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, prince (born 1852) * 20 March - Anna Leonore König, singer (born 1771) * 27 May - Stor-Stina, Sami (born 1819 Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fredrik Mennander
Carl Fredrik Mennander (sometimes modernised as ''Karl Fredrik Mennander'', often just ''C.F. Mennander'') (19 July 1712, Stockholm – 22 May 1786) was Bishop of Turku, Finland, from 1757–1775 and then Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1775 to his death. He arrived as a student at the University of Uppsala in 1731 and got acquainted with the botanist Carl Linnaeus. In 1735 he travelled to Turku, Finland, and finished his education with a Master of Arts. He stayed in Turku for fifteen years, and made several important improvements there within the school system and hospital facilities. He was ordained priest, and also had a professorship in physics. In 1757 he was consecrated Bishop of Turku. In 1775 he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala by the cathedral chapter and settled in Uppsala. He became highly engaged in the matters of the Uppsala University and published many disputations, speeches and dissertations. At his death, he had gathered one of the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1745 In Sweden
Events from the year 1745 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * * * Catharina Ebba Horn becomes the official royal mistress of the King.Horn 16. Katarina Ebba i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1909) * '' Hortus Upsaliensis'' by Carl von Linné * - Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia. Births * * February 21 - Olof Tempelman, architect (died 1816) * March 5 - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (died 1797) * May 5 - Carl August Ehrensvärd, naval officer, painter, author, and neo-classical architect (died 1800) * August 19 - Johan Gottlieb Gahn, chemist and metallurgist who discovered manganese (died 1817) * September 12 - Lovisa Meijerfeldt, countess and courtier, known as one of the "Three Graces" (died 1818) * - Brita Horn, courtier (died 1791) Deaths * * * * - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salonniere (born 1695) * - Sarah Derith, politically active noblewoman (born 1680) References Years of the 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (, ; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist. Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, among others. Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids. He preferred speaking German to Swedish his whole life, as German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.Fors, Hjalmar 2008. Stepping through Science’s Door: C. W. Scheele, from Pharmacist's Apprentice to Man of Science. Ambix 55: 29–49 Biography Scheele was born in Stralsund, in western Pomerania, which at the time was a Swedish Dominion inside the Holy Roman Empire. Scheele's father, Joachim (or Johann) Christian Scheele, was a grain dealer and brewer from a respected Pomeranian family. His mother was Margaretha Eleanore Warnekros. Friends of Scheele's pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1724 In Sweden
Events from the year 1724 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I Events * - Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia. * - The Product Act ban all foreign ships to import products from any other nations than their own.Berättelser ur svenska historien (1885-1886) (läst 3 april 2011) * - New law on schooling: all parents are obliged to learn their children read and write, or have teachers to do so. This law is in effect until 1807. * * * * Births * 16 January - Per Krafft the Elder, portraitist (died 1793 in Sweden, 1793) * * * * 10 July - Eva Ekeblad, scientist (died 1786 in Sweden, 1786) * * - Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780 in Sweden, 1780) Deaths * * 20 September - David von Krafft, painter (born 1655 in Sweden, 1655) * - Urban Hjärne, chemist (born 1641 in Sweden, 1641) * * - Beata Sparre, politically active courtier (born 1662 in Sweden, 1662) References 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
