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1696 In Sweden
Events from the year 1696 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XI Events * The Velthen Company perform in Stockholm. * A repeated failed harvest results in the culmination and continuation of the Great Famine of Finland (1695–97), Great Famine.Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399 *Kalmar Nation, Lund, Kalmar Nation at Lund University is first mentioned. Births * - Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg, princess (died 1777 in Sweden , 1777) * * * * Deaths * March - Jean de la Vallée, architect (born 1620 in Sweden , 1620) * June - Greta Duréel, accomplice in the Great Jewel Fraud of the Swedish National Bank (born year unknown) * References 1696 in Sweden, Years of the 17th century in Sweden 1696 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1696
Events January–March * January 21 – The Great Recoinage of 1696, Recoinage Act, passed by the Parliament of England to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of England'' (Clarendon Press, 1887 p. 41 * January 27 – In England, the ship HMS ''Royal Sovereign'' (formerly ''HMS Sovereign of the Seas'', 1638) catches fire and burns at Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, after 57 years of service. * January 31 – In the Netherlands, undertakers revolt after funeral reforms in Amsterdam. * January – Colley Cibber's play ''Love's Last Shift'' is first performed in London. * February 8 (January 29 old style) – Peter the Great who had jointly reigned since 1682 with his mentally-ill older half-brother, Tsar Ivan V of Russia, Ivan V, becomes the sole Tsardom of Russia, Tsar of Russia when Ivan dies at the age of 29. * February 15 – A Jacobite assassination plot 1696, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
