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1810 In Sweden
Events from the year 1810 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII Events * 6 January - Treaty of Paris (1810) * 7 January - The newly elected heir to the throne, Charles August, arrives in Sweden. * 28 May - Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden dies. Rumors suspect poisoning by the Gustavian Party. * May - Maria Nilsdotter i Ölmeskog dissolves a potential rebel army and are rewarded by the monarch for having prevented a rebellion. * 20 June - Fersen murder: Axel von Fersen the Younger, a member of the Gustavian Party, is killed by a lynch mob in Stockholm suspected of having murdered Charles August. * 21 August - Jean Baptiste Bernadotte is elected the new heir to the Swedish throne. * 20 October - Jean Baptiste Bernadotte arrives in Sweden. * 2 November - Jean Baptiste Bernadotte makes his formal entry in Stockholm and takes the name Charles John. * 2 November - The Swedish Act of Succession is passed. * 5 November - Jean Baptiste Bernadotte is formally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811
Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Bridge: A heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries. * January 22 – The Casas Revolt begins in San Antonio, Spanish Texas. * February 5 – British Regency: George, Prince of Wales becomes prince regent, because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. * February 19 – Peninsular War – Battle of the Gebora: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routs and nearly destroys the Spanish, near Badajoz, Spain. * March 1 – Citadel Massacre in Cairo: Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali kills the last Mamluk leaders. * March 5 – Peninsular War – Battle of Barrosa: A French attack fails, on a larger Anglo-Portuguese-Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar I Of Sweden
Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. The only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar inherited the thrones upon the death of his father. Throughout his reign he would pursue a liberal course in politics in contrast to Charles XIV John, instituting reforms and improving ties between Sweden and Norway. In an address to him in 1857, the Riksdag declared that he had promoted the material prosperity of the kingdom more than any of his predecessors. Early life and family Oscar was born at 291 Rue Cisalpine in Paris (today: 32 Rue Monceau) to Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, then-French Minister of War and later Marshal of the Empire and Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, and Désirée Clary, Napoleon Bonaparte's former fiancée. He was named ''Joseph'' after his godfather Joseph Bonaparte, who was married to his mother's elder sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1768 In Sweden
Events from the year 1768 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 12 December – The King lays down the government, which creates the December Crisis (1768), that cause the parliament to call the Riksdag of the Estates. * 18 December – The monarch resume the government. * - The ecstatic religious movement of Karin Olofsdotter begins. Births * - Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm, painter (died 1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 2 ...) Deaths * 14 December - Ulla Tessin, courtier (born 1711) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1748 In Sweden
Events from the year 1748 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I Events * - The King is no longer able to participate in politics because of health reasons, and a stamp with his signature is manufactured and used by the government of the Riksdag of the Estates. * - The Royal Order of the Seraphim, Order of the Sword and Order of the Polar Star is created. * - A new law disbands the privileges of all factories who cannot support themselves with the exception of private home manufacture. * - The Romani people, Romani are formally allowed to live in Sweden. The condition is however that they settle permanently and abandon their nomadic life style. * - Eva Ekeblad is inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She is the first female member there. * - A fund and a home is established for the support of widows and orphans of sailors.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Masreliez
Louis Masreliez (1748 – 19 March 1810), born Adrien Louis Masreliez, was a French born, Swedish painter and interior designer. Biography Masreliez was born in Paris and came to Sweden at the age of 5 in 1753. He was the son of French ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) and the elder brother of sculptor Jean Baptiste Masreliez (1753–1801). He began his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (''Ritakademien'') at the age of 10. Since the academy did not teach painting, he studied in Stockholm at the workshop of ornament painter Lorens Gottman (1708-1779). In 1769 he was given a study grant which he used to travel to Paris, Bologna and Rome to study. In Rome he spent time with several of the French, Italian and German artists who would shape the Neoclassicism decorative style. In 1783, Louis Masreliez was called back to Sweden after his twelve-year absence. Following his returned to Sweden, he became a member (''ledamot'') of the Royal ... [...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 (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wahlbom
Johan Wilhelm Carl Wahlbom (16 October 1810 - 25 April 1858) was a Swedish painter, illustrator and sculptor. Biography His father, Adolf, was a pastor and professor and his grandfather, , was a noted doctor and scientist who studied with Carl Linnaeus. In 1824, at the age of fourteen, he became a Cadet at the Military Academy Karlberg. While there, his primary interests were gymnastics and fencing. The methods of Per Henrik Ling, a pioneer of physical education, had a great influence on his personal development. In his letters, he also expressed interest in literary and artistic endeavors and made illustrations for a student publication called ''Kornblixten'' (heat lightning). After his father died in 1828, he was forced to find employment as a teacher at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute, which provided housing. It was there that he first met Ling. He was also exposed to the drawings of Fredric Westin, with whom he began to study that same year. In 1829, after leaving mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1862 In Sweden
Events from the year 1862 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * 18 June - The liberalization of the Swedish economy is completed by the law of free commerce of 1864; all privileges and monopolies of the guilds are abolished, all manners of trade, craftsmanship, industries and other businesses are liberalized and allowed to be practiced freely in both the cities and the countryside by all citizens, regardless of gender, who are either of legal majority or of legal minors who have been given permits of their legal guardians. * Rudberg publishes a minor revision of his proposal of the Stockholm city plan. A new administrative reform comes into effect. * Tax-paying women of legal majority (unmarried women, divorced women and widows) are granted the right to vote in municipal elections, making Sweden the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. * Queen Louise and Princess Louise takes swimming lessons for the pioneer Nancy Edberg, making swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl August Adlersparre
Carl August Adlersparre (7 June 1810 – 5 May 1862) was a Swedish count (1835), chamberlain (1838), poet, novelist and historian from the Adlersparre family. He was known under his pen name Albano. Life Carl August Adlersparre was born in Kristinehamn, Värmland; the oldest son of Georg Adlersparre Count Georg Adlersparre (March 28, 1760 – September 23, 1835) was a Swedish army commander, politician and writer from the Adlersparre family. He was the leader of the Coup of 1809, leading to the deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ... (1760–1835) and Lovisa Magdalena Linroth (1784–1866). As a student he pursue the military career and in 1841 became lieutenant in the Värmland field Hunters Regiment, but took leave in 1845. In 1848 he married Charlotte Aurore Jeanette von Platen (1821-1853) who bore him a daughter, Louise Henrietta Adlersparre (1850–1875). He died in Stockholm, aged almost 52. Work He wrote poem and novels in the romantic style but without d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860 In Sweden
Events from the year 1860 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * A.E. Schwabitz and A.E. Rudberg produces a proposal for the regulation of Gamla stan. * The Dissenter Acts (Sweden) allow citizens to leave the state church. * Kamewa is created. * Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club is founded. * The internal passport, until then needed to travel inside the country, is abolished. * Jeanette Berglind founds the pioneer institution ''Tysta Skolan'' (Silent School) for the deaf in Stockholm. Births * 21 January – Karl Staaff, prime minister (died 1915) * 7 February – Anna Norrie, actress (died 1957) * 18 February – Anders Zorn, painter (died 1920) * 28 May – Sigrid Elmblad, writer and translator (died 1926) * 31 July - Ellen Hartman, actress (died 1945) * Elin Engström, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died 1956) * 17 December - Carl Lindhagen, politician (died 1926) Deaths * 11 May – Israel Hwasser, physician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Augusta Malmborg
Sara Augusta Malmborg, née ''von Gertten'' (20 May 1810, Björsbyholm in Sunne in Värmland - 10 August 1860, Våxnäs) was a Swedish singer, pianist and painter. Malmborg was born to colonel lieutenant nobleman Emil Adam von Gerdten (1772-1844) and Charlotta Ulrika Catarina Löwenhielm (1786-1875) and niece of governor Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm. In 1830, she married general Otto August Malmborg.Nyström, Pia; Kyhlberg-Boström Anna, Elmquist Anne-Marie (1996). Kungl. Musikaliska akademien: matrikel 1771-1995. Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie, 0347-5158 ; 84 (2., rev. och utök. uppl.). Stockholm: Musikaliska akademien. Libris 7749167. (inb.) She was described: :"The wife of General Malmborg, née von Gerdten, was richly talented by in mind as well as the heart and although she had a great household to manage, was still the center figure of the musical life of Karlstad, which was notable in those days. She herself often appeared at concerts and soiree's and was much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metta Fock
Metta (or Mätta) Charlotta Fock, née ''Ridderbjelke'' (10 June 1765 – 7 November 1810), was a Swedish noble and sentenced murderer. She was executed for murdering her spouse, son and daughter in order to marry her lover. Life Metta Fock was the daughter of quartermaster noble Axel Erik Ridderbjelke and Helena Margareta Gripenmark. In 1783, she married the noble sergeant Henrik Johan Fock (1757-1802). The marriage was arranged. The couple had several children, four of whom, two daughters and two sons, were alive by 1800. The couple lived on the estate Lilla Gisslaved in Trevattna parish in Västergötland. It was a small farm with only one tenant, and their economic standard was very low for members of the nobility. The mental capacity of Henrik Johan Fock was restricted. He was described as "very foolish, though not insane",Henrik Fock: Släkten Fock: personer och händelser under 450 år which was reportedly why he never advanced from the rank of sergeant: he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
