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1772 In Sweden
Events from the year 1772 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III Events * February - The pamphlet ''Det Olyckliga Swenska Fruentimrets Böneskrift till Allmänheten'' by Anna Maria Rückerschöld, counted as one of the first feminist publications in the women's issue in Sweden. * 29 May – Coronation of King Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen Sophia Magdalena in Stockholm. * 29 May – The Order of Vasa is created. * June - Johan Christopher Toll arrive in Scania to prepare a coup d'état. * July - Jakob Magnus Sprengtporten arrive in Finland and take hold of the Sveaborg Fortress in preparation of a coup d'état. * 12 August – Rebellion in Scania. * 16 August – Rebellion in Finland. * 19 August – Revolution of 1772: King Gustav III stages a coup d'état against the parliament in Stockholm with the support of Hovpartiet. * 21 August – King Gustav III forces the parliament to accept the Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1772
Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark. * February 12 ** Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean. ** The Virginia Assembly amends an act to describe the punishments for the practice of gouging. * February 17 – The First Partition of Poland is agreed to by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria. * February 22 – The First Saudi State is founded in the Diriyah Emirate by Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin. * March 8 – Biela's Comet is first discovered by French astronomer Jacques Leibax Montaigne, but not proven to be a periodic comet until 1826, when Wilhelm von Biela correctly identifies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hovpartiet
Hovpartiet (English: ''The Royal Court Party'') was the name for a political group in Sweden during the Age of Liberty. It had the goal to strengthen royal power against the parliament of the Riksdag of the Estates. It is most known in history as the force behind Queen Louisa Ulrika's Coup of 1756, but it did in fact exist in some form or another from 1723 until Gustav III's Revolution of 1772 when its goal of an absolute monarchy was finally realized. History First Hovpartiet The first ''Hovparti'' was formed during the Riksdag of 1723, and consisted of those supporting king Frederick I of Sweden in his attempt to increase royal power and authority. The complete fiasco in this attempt, however, efficiently crushed the party. Second Hovpartiet After the succession of Adolf Frederick of Sweden to the throne in 1751, the royalist absolutists found a new leader in the new queen, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, who wished to overthrow the Instrument of Government (1719), Swedish const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
