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1621 In Sweden
Events from the year 1621 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. The king also grants city rights to Luleå, Piteå and Torneå (Tornio). Riga falls under the rule of Sweden. * The 1621 War Articles, the first completed organization of the Swedish law collection of military and war, is issued. * The first national wide regulation of the Guilds is issued: all handicrafts outside the guilds are banned. * * ', a Finnish language psalm book, by Olof Elimaeus. Births * 2 June - Rutger von Ascheberg, officer and civil servant (died 1693) * February 2 - Johannes Schefferus, humanist (died 1679) * * * * unknown - Brita Klemetintytär, postmaster (died 1700) Deaths * 13 December - Catherine Stenbock, queen consort (born 1535) * * * References Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1621
Events January–March * January 12 – Şehzade Mehmed, the 15-year old half-brother of Ottoman Sultan Osman II, is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan be ruined. * January 18 – The Dutch East India Company formally names its fortress at Jayakarta in Indonesia, calling it Batavia. Upon the independence of the Dutch East Indies as Indonesia in 1945, Batavia will be renamed Jakarta. * January 22 – The Tianqi era begins in Ming Dynasty China, six months after Zhu Changluo becomes the Taichang Emperor. * January 24 – Twelve days after the murder of Prince Mehmed on orders of Sultan Osman II, Constantinople is hit by bitter winter weather, leading to rioting by persons who believe that the punishment of Osman is the will of Allah. * January 28 – Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) dies at the age of 70 after 15 years as Pontiff. * January 29 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psalm
The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived from the Greek translation, (), meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music". The book is an anthology of individual Hebrew religious hymns, with 150 in the Jewish and Western Christian tradition and more in the Eastern Christian churches. Many are linked to the name of David, but modern mainstream scholarship rejects his authorship, instead attributing the composition of the psalms to various authors writing between the 9th and 5th centuries BC. In the Quran, the Arabic word ‘Zabur’ is used for the Psalms of David in the Hebrew Bible. Structure Benedictions The Book of Psalms is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology (i.e., a benediction). These divisions were probably intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1621 In Sweden
Events from the year 1621 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. The king also grants city rights to Luleå, Piteå and Torneå (Tornio). Riga falls under the rule of Sweden. * The 1621 War Articles, the first completed organization of the Swedish law collection of military and war, is issued. * The first national wide regulation of the Guilds is issued: all handicrafts outside the guilds are banned. * * ', a Finnish language psalm book, by Olof Elimaeus. Births * 2 June - Rutger von Ascheberg, officer and civil servant (died 1693) * February 2 - Johannes Schefferus, humanist (died 1679) * * * * unknown - Brita Klemetintytär, postmaster (died 1700) Deaths * 13 December - Catherine Stenbock, queen consort (born 1535) * * * References Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1535 In Sweden
Events from the year 1535 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav I Events * 13 January – Swedish victory at the Battle of Helsingborg (1535). * 20 April – The appearance of Sun dogs leads to the painting of the ''Vädersolstavlan''. * June – Swedish victory at the Battle of Bornholm (1535). * 11 June – Swedish victory at the Battle of Öxnebjerg. * 16 June – Swedish victory at the Battle of Little Belt. * November – Swedish victory at the Sea Battle of Copenhagen. Births * 22 July – Catherine Stenbock, queen (died 1621) Deaths * July – Gustav Trolle, archbishop (born 1488) * 23 September – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen (born 1513) References External links Years of the 16th century in Sweden 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Stenbock
Catherine Stenbock (Swedish: ''Katarina Gustavsdotter Stenbock''; 22 July 1535 at Torpa, Tranemo Municipality, Västergötland – 13 December 1621 at Strömsholm, Västmanland) was Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560 as the third and last wife of King Gustav I. Biography Early life Catherine Stenbock was the daughter of Riksråd Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock and Brita Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, who was the sister of King Gustav's previous consort Margaret Leijonhufvud. She was thus the maternal niece of Queen Margaret and first cousin of the royal children of that marriage, including future kings John III of Sweden and Charles IX of Sweden. Her siblings included Ebba Stenbock. There is little information about her prior to her marriage. It is possible that she served as maid of honor to her aunt, the Queen, but either way, she was most certainly known to the King personally: due to the marriage of her aunt, her family belonged to the relations to the King named as ''Kungafränder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700 In Sweden
Events from the year 1700 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * February 12 – The Great Northern War begins with a joint invasion of Swedish territory in Germany and Latvia by Denmark and Poland/Saxony. Sweden has control of the Baltic Sea and holds territory that includes Finland, Estonia, Latvia and parts of northern Germany. To challenge its power, an alliance is formed between Tsar Peter I of Russia, King Frederick IV of Denmark and Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. Sweden's ruler is the militaristic Charles XII, known as the "Swedish Meteor". * Summer – Charles XII of Sweden counter-attacks his enemies by invading Zealand (Denmark), assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir George Rooke, rapidly compelling the Danes to submit to peace. * August 18 (August 7 OS) – Peace of Travendal concluded between the Swedish Empire, Denmark-Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal. On the same day, Augustus II, King of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brita Klemetintytär
Brita Klemetintytär (1621–1700) was a Finnish woman postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), .... As the daughter of the former postmaster of Torneå in Swedish Finland, she was appointed to succeed him by the local authorities upon his death. This was highly unusual for her time: though female postmasters were fairly common in Sweden-Finland, they were normally widows of the former postmasters, not daughters, which makes her position unique. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Klemetintytar, Brita 1621 births 1700 deaths 17th-century Finnish people 17th-century Finnish women Postmasters 17th-century civil servants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1679 In Sweden
Events from the year 1679 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Treaties of Nijmegen * 19 June - Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) * 5 February 1679 (NS) / January 26, 1679 (OS) - Treaty of Celle * 16 September ( O.S.) / 26 September - The Peace of Lund ends the Scanian War between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire. * * ''Atlantica'' (''Atland eller Manheim'' in Swedish) by Olaus Rudbeck, where he purported to prove that Sweden was Atlantis, the cradle of civilization, and Swedish the original language of Adam from which Latin and Hebrew had evolved.Auroux, Sylvain, ed. (2006). ''History of the Language Sciences: An International Handbook on the Evolution of Language Sciences''. Walter de Gruyter, , pp. 1125-1126. Births * 7 March - Carl Gyllenborg, politician and writer (died 1744) * Magnus Bromelius, physician and paleontologist (died 1731) * * * Deaths * November - Lisbetha Olsdotter, female soldier and cross dresser (year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Schefferus
Johannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.See the link below "German Classics" Schefferus was born in Strasbourg, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. He came from the patrician family ( Scheffer), studied at university there and briefly in Leiden, and was in 1648 made professor Skytteanus of eloquence and government at Uppsala University, a chair he held until his death in 1679. Schefferus also spent time on philological and archaeological studies. His ''De orbibus tribus aureis'' became the first publication on Swedish archaeology. The story of the Sami people, ''Lapponia'' (1673) became popular around Europe but was not translated into Swedish (as ''Lappland'') until 1956. His posthumous publication, ''Suecia literata'' ("The Learned Sweden") (1680) is a Swedish history of science bibliography. Schefferus was later in life involved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1693 In Sweden
Events from the year 1693 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * - The Riksdag of the Estates is forced to confirm that the King and the Crown Prince has been granted their power from God and are answerable to no one. * - A new law on schooling is introduced. * * * * * * The process against Lars Nilsson (shaman), who is sentenced to death for Paganism for being a follower of the Sami religion.Kajsa Larsen (In Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia (Pages from the history of the Sami) 1994 Births * * * * * * * Deaths * 22 February - Henrik Horn, friherre, military, field marshal (1665), admiral (1677) and member of the Privy Council of Sweden (1677) (born 1618) * 17 April - Rutger von Ascheberg, soldier, officer and civil servant (born 1621) * - Lars Nilsson (shaman), Sami shaman (born unknown date) * 26 July - Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen (born 1656) * 9 October - Maria Elisabeth Stenbock, courtier References Years of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutger Von Ascheberg
Count Rutger von Ascheberg (2 June 1621 – 17 April 1693), also known as Roger von Ascheberg was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of the Scanian provinces, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681. Biography Ascheberg was born on the estate Berbonen (Perbohnen) in Courland (today part of Latvia) on 2 June 1621. He was of an old Westphalian family that had emigrated to Courland in the 16th century. His parents were Wilhelm von Ascheberg and Margaretha von der Osten. Thirty Years' War At the age of 13 he served as page for Colonel Brink of the Swedish army fighting in the Thirty Years' War in Germany. He was present at a number of major battles, including the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634. In 1639 he left the army for studies in France. At the age of 19 he was drafted to a Hessian cavalry regiment in Swedish service. He distinguished himself at the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Elimaeus
Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/ Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: * Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 * Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), retired professional ice hockey forward *Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player * Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors *Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist * Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director * Per Olov Jansson (1920–2019), Finnish photographer * Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician * Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher * Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206 *Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
