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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] |
Timeline Of Swedish History
This is a timeline of Swedish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Sweden and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sweden. See also the list of Swedish monarchs and list of prime ministers of Sweden. 1st century - 5th century 6th century - 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century See also * Timeline of Faroese history *Timeline of Icelandic history ;Cities in Sweden * Timeline of Gothenburg * Timeline of Stockholm history References Further reading * * * External links * {{Years in Sweden Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suecia 1-034 ; Kungliga Stallet
In modern English, the name of Sweden ( sv, Sverige, links=no ) is derived from 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. In Old English, the country was named ''Swēoland'' (literally "Swede land") and ''Swēorīċe'' (literally "Swede kingdom"); the latter is cognate with Old Norse ''Svíaríki''. Anglo-Norman of the 12th and 13th centuries used ''Suane'' and ''Swane'' (with the adjective as ''Suaneis''). In Scots, ''Swane'' and ''Swaine'' appear in the 16th century. Early Modern English used ''Swedeland''. The Old English name for Sweden was ''Swēoland'' or ''Swēorīċe'', land or kingdom of the ''Swēon'', whereas the Germanic tribe of the ''Swedes'' was called ''Svíþjóð'' in Old Norse. The latter is a compositum consisting of ''Sví'' which means Swedish and ''þjóð'' which means people. The word ''þjóð'' has its origin in the elder Indo-European word ''teuteh''. The name of the ''Sviar'' is derived from a self-designation containing the Germanic reflexive ... [...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] |
List Of Swedish Monarchs
This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union. History The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work '' Germania'', c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). However, due to scant and unreliable sources before the 11th century, lists of succession traditionally start in the 10th century with king Olof Skötkonung, and his father Eric the Victorious, who also were the first Swedish kings to be baptized. There are, however, lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with far older dates, but in many cases these kings appear in sources of disputed historical reliability. These records notably deal with the legendary House of Yngling, and based on the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Eric the Victorious and Olof Skötkonung have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, tracing them back to Sigurd Hring and Ragnar Lodbrok (whom Saxo considered to belong to the House of Yngling). Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles XI Of Sweden
Charles XI or Carl ( sv, Karl XI; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. His father died when he was four years old, so Charles was educated by his governors until his coronation at the age of seventeen. Soon afterward, he was forced out on military expeditions to secure the recently acquired dominions from Danish troops in the Scanian War. Having successfully fought off the Danes, he returned to Stockholm and engaged in correcting the country's neglected political, financial, and economic situation. He managed to sustain peace during the remaining 20 years of his reign. Changes in finance, commerce, national maritime and land armaments, judicial procedure, church government, and education emerged during this period. Charles XI was succeeded by his only son Charles XII, who made use of the well-tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velthen Company
The Velthen Company, called ''Velthenska sällskapet'' in Sweden, and ''Hochdeutsche Hofcomödianten'' in Germany, was a travelling German Theatre Company, active in Germany, Poland, the Baltic and the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden between 1678 and 1712. The company played a vital role in the theater history of Scandinavia, where a local theater was not yet developed and where it toured from at least the 1690s onward: in 1707, it became the first professional theater to have performed in Norway. History The company was founded by Johannes Velten upon is marriage in 1678, from the theater company ''Hochdeutsche Hofcomödianten'', which was previously led by his father-in-law. The company had a monopoly in Saxony, and was regarded as one of the best in Germany. Upon the death of Velthen in 1692, the theater company was taken over by his widow Catharina Elisabeth Velten. In 1694-95, the company toured Germany, Poland and the Baltic. Its whereabouts in 1695-97 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Famine Of Finland (1695–97)
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Kalmar Nation, Lund
Kalmar Nation is one of thirteen student nations of Lund University in Sweden. It has 1,935 members and is thus the sixth-largest student nation in Lund - ranking behind Västgöta but ahead of Östgöta Nation. History The nation was originally intended for students from the city of Kalmar. The first known date for its establishment was February 29, 1696 – some 30 years after the university had been founded – but it is not confirmed whether the nation was an independent nation up until around 1750. It is most likely that it often worked in cooperation with other nations, as Lund University did not have many students at the time. In 1767 Kalmar Nation formally merged with the Östgöta Nation and Västgöta Nation to form the ''Götiska Nation''. This remained the case until 1817, when the increase in students allowed Kalmar Nation to form its own society. In 1897, Kalmar Nation held the ''Storaste Kroppkaka'' "Largest Kroppkaka" fest, celebrating this Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Polyxena Of Vasaborg
Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg (1696–1777) was a Swedish countess. She was the last member of the House of Vasaborg Henrietta Polyxena was the daughter of count Gustaf Adolf of Vasaborg and Angelica Catharina von Leiningen-Westerburg, and the paternal granddaughter of Gustav of Vasaborg, illegitimate son of king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. her family had been living in Germany since 1652. Henrietta never married, and became known for her love affairs. She was known to have been "involved in numerous love adventures, as young for her own account, as old on the account of others, by which she was eventually degraded to utter poverty and contempt".Berättelser ur svenska historien / 6. Gustaf II Adolf In 1776, the Geheimrat of Cologne, baron Münster, applied to Gustav III of Sweden on her behalf. By that time, she was living in deepest poverty in the village Huntlosen in Niedersachsen in Germany, blind, sick and destitute and on the charity of the poor villagers. Gustav III sent h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1777 In Sweden
Events from the year 1777 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * 7 June - Gustav III visit Catherine the Great in Russia. * - The construction of the Strömsholm Canal begins. * - The 1711 regulations of midwives, with demands of a license after approval of the medical authorities, until then in practice only enforced in the capital, are enforced in the entire country.Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag. Births * 15 June - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (died 1867) * - Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström, miniaturist (died 1810) * - Per Krafft the Younger, painter (died 1863) * - Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar, folk singer (died 1846) * Louise von Fersen, courtier (died 1849) * Eva Fundin, actress and dancer (died 1800) Deaths * 6 April - Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder, knight and colonel (died 1729) * 17 November - Johan Stålbom, painter (died 1712) * Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Vallée
Jean de la Vallée (ca 1620 – 12 March 1696) was a Swedish architect. Biography Born in France, he was the son of architect Simon de la Vallée (ca 1595–1642). He made early trips in France and Italy where he studied the new baroque forms of architecture. In 1637, he came to Sweden with his father Simon who was killed by a Swedish nobleman in 1642. The father had started the planning of the House of Knights in Stockholm, and in 1660 his son finished his father's work. Prior to this, Jean de la Vallée had planned two major churches in central Stockholm, Katarina kyrka in 1656 and Hedvig Eleonora Church in 1658. In 1646, he received a royal scholarship for three years and began an international trip to study architecture. The journey went over the Netherlands to Paris where he arrived in August 1646. It continued to Italy and Rome, which he first left in the spring of 1650. He also worked on the commission of many noblemen. For Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie he planned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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