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1871 In Sweden
Events from the year 1871 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * Poor Care Regulation of 1871 replace the Poor Care Regulation of 1847. * July – Handelsbanken is established in Stockholm. * Stockholm Central Station is inaugurated.Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. . * ''Geologiska föreningen'' is founded. Births * 7 February – Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer (died 1927) * 14 February - Gerda Lundequist, actress (died 1959) * 15 February – John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born American co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain (d. 1963) * 12 March – Oscar Hedström, co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, makers of the Indian Motocycle (died 1960) Deaths * 25 February - Anna Sofia Sevelin, opera singer (born 1790) * 30 March - Louise of the Netherlands, queen consort (born 1828) * - Anna Sundström, chemist (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871
Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Constitution of the German Confederation comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect. * January 21 – Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the French Third Republic, win a battle against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. * February 8 – 1871 French legislative election elects t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. () is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901. The original Wallin & Nordstrom store operated exclusively as a shoe store, and a second Nordstrom's shoe store opened in 1923. The growing Nordstrom Best chain began selling clothing in 1963, and became the Nordstrom full-line retailer that presently exists by 1971. The company founded its off-price Nordstrom Rack division in 1973, and grew both full-line and off-price divisions throughout the United States in the following years before expanding into Canada in 2014. In the American market, it competes with department stores including Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Early history John W. Nordstrom was born on February 15, 1871, in the town of Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In Sweden
Events from the year 1871 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * Poor Care Regulation of 1871 replace the Poor Care Regulation of 1847. * July – Handelsbanken is established in Stockholm. * Stockholm Central Station is inaugurated.Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. . * ''Geologiska föreningen'' is founded. Births * 7 February – Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer (died 1927) * 14 February - Gerda Lundequist, actress (died 1959) * 15 February – John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born American co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain (d. 1963) * 12 March – Oscar Hedström, co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, makers of the Indian Motocycle (died 1960) Deaths * 25 February - Anna Sofia Sevelin, opera singer (born 1790) * 30 March - Louise of the Netherlands, queen consort (born 1828) * - Anna Sundström, chemist (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1802 In Sweden
Events from the year 1802 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 10 July - The British occupation of the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy discontinues.Saint-Barthélemy-sällskapet – Saint Barthélemy under Sverigetiden * - Tantalum discovered by Anders Gustaf Ekeberg. * - The foundation of the Yellow Rose (society). * - The Cause célèbre of Metta Fock. Births * 25 March - Maria Silfvan, actress (died 1865) * - Emma Fürstenhoff, florist (died 1871) Deaths * 9 October - Ebba Morman, actress (born 1769) * - Adolf Ludvig Hamilton, politician, memoir writer (born 1747 Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Fürstenhoff
Emilia "Emma" Fürstenhoff, née ''Lindegren'' (1802 – March 1871), was a Swedish artist (florist), internationally known for her manufacturing and arrangements of artificial flowers of wax, which were a novelty in contemporary Europe. Life Emma Fürstenhoff was born in Stockholm, the daughter of the poet and royal secretary Carl Johan Lindegren (d. 1815) and the noble Sofia Silfverskiöld. Both she and her mother was the subject of her father's poems. Her father later became an alcoholic and was ruined, her parents divorced, and she moved to the capital with her mother. She displayed an early interest in flowers, and when she left her father's property with her mother, it is said that she asked her mother to bring all the flowers with them. In Stockholm, she became the fosterchild of a mamsell Forslöf, lady in waiting to Princess Sophie Albertine of Sweden. She was described as brilliant and passionate. Around the age of twenty, she married for love to A. Fürstenhoff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1785 In Sweden
Events from the year 1785 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * - ''Enskiftet'' begins in Scania. * - ''The Barber of Seville'' is played for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm, with Christina Rahm and Kjell Waltman.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish) * - ' by Johan Fredric Bagge * - '' Passionerna'' by Thomas Thorild Births * 23 January – Carl Adolph Agardh, botanist (died 1859) * February - Anna Sundström, chemist (died 1871) * 6 May – Arvid August Afzelius, historian and mythologist (died 1871) * 5 October – Lasse-Maja, notorious criminal (died 1845) * – Mariana Koskull, royal mistress (died 1841) Deaths * 30 October – Gustaf Filip Creutz, diplomat and poet (born 1731) * 16 November – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, chemist and mineralogist (born 1709) * - Lovisa von Plat, brothel madam (unknown birthyear) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sundström
Anna Sundström, born as ''Anna Christina Persdotter'' (26 February 1785 in Kymlinge, Spånga – 1871), was a Swedish chemist. She was the assistant of the chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius from 1808 to 1836. Anna Sundström has been referred to as the first female chemist in Sweden. Biography Anna Persdotter was the daughter of the farmer Per Jansson, and later took the name Sundström. Early on, she moved to the capital to serve as a maid, and was in 1808 employed as the Housekeeper (domestic worker), housekeeper of Jöns Jacob Berzelius, who was regarded as one of the fathers of modern chemistry. She acted effectively as his assistant and co worker during his research. During her work she was educated in chemistry and acquired a vast knowledge within it. Berzelius stated : "She is used to all my equipment and their names to such a degree that I could without hesitation make her distill Hydrochloric acid." Sundström also administrated his laboratory as well as supervised his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1828 In The Netherlands
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Louise Of The Netherlands
Louise of the Netherlands (Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise; 5 August 1828 – 30 March 1871) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 July 1859 until her death in 1871 as the wife of King Charles XV & IV. Youth Princess Louise was born on 5 August 1828 in The Hague. Her father was Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, the second child of King William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia. Her mother Louise was the eighth child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her education was to large extent entrusted to her Belgian governess Victoire Wauthier, and she studied French, German, English, Russian and piano. In 1849, Louise was selected as a suitable spouse for Crown Prince Charles, the son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. The marriage was arranged after the negotiations to arrange a marriage between Charles and her cousin Princess Louise of Prussia had failed. King Oscar I of Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 In Sweden
Events from the year 1790 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III Events * April - Ten death sentences is given for participants in the Anjala conspiracy. * 13 May - Battle of Reval * 15 May - Battle of Fredrikshamn * 19 May - Battle of Keltis barracks * 4 July - Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790) * 9 July - Battle of Svensksund * 14 August - Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Treaty of Värälä. * 8 September - Execution of Johan Henrik Hästesko, the only death sentence of the Anjala conspiracy which is actually performed. * Anna Maria Engsten awarded with a medal in silver for ''För tapperhet i fält, Valour in Battle at Sea'' for her act during the Russo-Swedish war. * Brita Hagberg is awarded with the medal ''För tapperhet i fält'' for her military service. * The noblewomen's social boycott of the monarch is smashed by the arrest of Jeanna von Lantingshausen. * By royal command, the silk factories are explicitly all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sofia Sevelin
Anna Sofia Sevelin née Thunberg (23 July 1790 – 25 February 1871) was a Swedish opera singer (alto). She was a ''Hovsångare'' and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Life Anna Sofia Sevelin was the daughter of the church musician Olof Thunberg. She married the ballet dancer and actor Per Erik Sevelin in 1813. She was enrolled as a student at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1806. She made her debut in 1807, and was engaged as a singer at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1813–37. Sevelin also made tours abroad, and performed in Copenhagen and Hamburg. Anna Sofia Sevelin was given good reviews as a singer. Her voice is described as a deep alto, which changed to a soprano with time. However, critics claimed that she lacked acting ability, and that she always performed on the stage as if she performed on a concert. Reportedly, her voice was damaged by over exhaustion under the demands of the opera management. She discontinued her performances in 1833, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 In Sweden
Events from the year 1960 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events *13 December – The motorway Vätterleden in Sweden is inaugurated. Births * 27 February – Pär Arvidsson, swimmer. * 12 April – Tomas Jonsson, ice hockey player. * 3 July – Håkan Loob, ice hockey player. * 26 August – Jan Brink, horse rider. Deaths * 4 February – Carl Björkman, sport shooter (born 1869). * 21 May – Rudolf Degermark, gymnast (born 1886). * 29 June – Karl Lindahl, gymnast (born 1890). * Signe Bergman, feminist (born 1869). * Ebba von Eckermann, feminist (born 1866). References 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 ... Years of the 20th century in Sweden {{Sweden-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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