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1747 In Sweden
Events from the year 1747 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * May - Alliance between Sweden and France; Sweden is to receive subsidies. * May - Defense alliance between Sweden and Prussia. * 5 December – Carl Gustaf Tessin President of the Riksdag. * - The government of the Hats (party) has the physician of the monarch, A. Blackwell, executed for treason. * - Pehr Kalm travel to North America. * The '' Vadstena adliga jungfrustift'' begin its activity.Oscar Fredrik Strokirk: Kultur- och personhistoriska anteckningar / Första delen Births * 26 March - Elis Schröderheim, politician (died 1795) * - Adolf Ludvig Hamilton, politician, memoir writer (died 1802) * 24 February - Ulla von Liewen, royal lover (died 1775) * - Maria Aurora Uggla, royal favorite (died 1826) * - Margareta Seuerling, actress (died 1820) * 25 July - Johanna Lohm, educator (died 1834) * Carl Johan Ingman, spy (died 1813) Deaths * 19 June – Jakob Benzelius, archbishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. * March 7 – Juan de Arechederra the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, combines his forces with those of Sultan Azim ud-Din I of Sulu to suppress the rebellion of the Moros in the Visayas. * March 19 – Simon Fraser, the 79-year old Scottish Lord Loyat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1745 against King George II of Great Britain and attempting to place the pretender Charles Edward Stuart on the throne. After a seven day trial of impeachment in the House of Lords and the verdict of guilt, Fraser is sentenced on the same day to be hanged, drawn and quartered; King George alters Fraser's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla Von Liewen
Ulrica "Ulla" Elisabeth von Liewen (24 February 1747, in Stockholm – 16 May 1775, in Uppsala), was a Swedish courtier and baroness. She was at one point the royal mistress of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden and is known as the likely mother of Lolotte Forssberg. Ulla von Liewen was the daughter of the noble Carl Gustaf von Liewen and Ulrika Eleonora Ribbing af Zernava. She served as maid of honor to the queen of Sweden. Originally engaged to count Per Brahe, she was impregnated by the king and gave birth to a daughter. The queen was informed, and agreed to keep the matter a secret and care for the child. The story was described in 1799 by count Fredrik Georg Strömfelt to Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll after the attempt of Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden to have Lolotte Forssberg officially acknowledged as her sister, by then countess Stenbock by marriage (though the year is here 1769 instead of 1766): "Queen Louisa Ulrika had a lady-in-waiting by the name Ulla Liewen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1691 In Sweden
Events from the year 1691 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * - '' Barnängens manufaktur'' is established in Stockholm. * - The city of Jönköping burns down. * - The crops fail all over Sweden. * Sven Andersson (farmworker) is executed for having sex with a nymph. * The theater company ''Dän Swänska Theatren'' is dissolved.Dahlberg, Gunilla (1992). Komediantteatern i 1600-talets Stockholm. Stockholm: Komm. för Stockholmsforskning. Births * March 28 - Charles Emil Lewenhaupt, general (died 1743) * Christina Beata Dagström, glassworks owner (died 1754) * * * Deaths * Sven Andersson (farmworker) (born 1668) * * References {{Years in Sweden Years of the 17th 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 located on ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mårten Triewald
Mårten Triewald FRS (18 November 1691 – 8 August 1747), sometimes referred to as Mårten Triewald the Younger, was a Swedish merchant, engineer and amateur physicist. Mårten Triewald was the son of Mårten Triewald the Elder, a farrier and anchorsmith of German origin. Triewald's mercantile activities took him to London where he attended lectures in Newtonian Experimental Philosophy given by John Theophilus Desaguliers and with whom he later corresponded. In 1716 Triewald was employed as an inspector at a coal mine in Newcastle, where he studied mechanics and the steam engines used there, and made improvements to them. He returned to Sweden in 1726 and at Dannemora mine and built a steam engine there under the designation "fire and air machine" (''eld- och luftmachin'' in archaic Swedish). This steam engine is believed to be the first steam engine in Sweden that was put to practical and industrial use. In 1728 and 1729 Triewald held lectures in mechanics at the Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1683 In Sweden
Events from the year 1683 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI 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- ... Events * ' by Maria Simointytär, first published poem by a female in the province of Finland Births * 25 February - Jakob Benzelius, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden (died 1747 in Sweden , 1747) * October - Charlotta von Liewen, politically active countess (died 1735 in Sweden , 1735) * Date unknown - Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar, famous cross dressing soldier (died 1733 in Sweden , 1733) * Date unknown - Anna Maria Thelott, engraver and woodcut-artist (died 1710) Deaths * 16 November - Margareta Huitfeldt, landowner and donor (born 1608 in Norway , 1608) * Bengt Skytte, courtier and diplomat (born 1614 in Sweden , 1614) * Birgitta Durel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Benzelius
Jakob Benzelius (25 February 1683 in Uppsala – 29 June 1747) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1744 to his death. Biography Jakob Benzelius was the son of Archbishop Erik Benzelius the Elder (1632–1714) and Margaretha Odhelia (1653–1693). He studied at Uppsala University, graduated as ''filosofie magister'' (M.A.) in 1703. He became a lecturer of philosophy and theologically at Uppsala. He became church pastor in the parish of Näs in Västergötland followed by several years visiting foreign universities. He was professor of theology at Lund University 1718–1731. He was appointed Doctor of Theology in 1725, Bishop of Gothenburg 1731–1744 and succeeded his elder brother Erik Benzelius the Younger (1675–1743) as Archbishop of Uppsala in 1744. He was succeeded as Archbishop by his younger brother Henric Benzelius (1689–1758). Jacob Benzelius wrote several influential books on theology. He was married to Catharina Edenberg, daughter of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1813 In Sweden
Events that occurred during the year 1813 in Sweden, including births and deaths. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII Events * - First publication of the newspaper ''Göteborgs-Posten''. * 7 December - Battle of Bornhöved (1813). * 13 December - Swedish East India Company is dissolved. * - Unmarried women of legal majority, "Unmarried maiden, who has been declared of legal majority", are given the right to vote in the ''sockestämma'' (local parish council, the predecessor of the communal councils), and the ''kyrkoråd'' (church councils).Ann Margret Holmgren: Kvinnorösträttens historia i de nordiska länderna (1920) * - The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry is founded. * - The Royal Central Gymnastics Institute is founded. * - The notorious criminal transvestite Lasse-Maja is arrested and becomes famous. Births *21 May - Oscar Ahnfelt, composer and music publisher (died 1882) 1813-1882 • 1 December - Carl Olofsson - Algutstrop, Sweden (died 1859) 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Johan Ingman
Carl Johan Ingman (1747 - 1813) was a Swedish diplomatic secretary and spy.Carlquist, Gunnar, red (1932). Svensk uppslagsbok. Bd 13. Malmö: Svensk Uppslagsbok AB Ingman was secretary in the Swedish embassy in Dresden 1775-76 and Russia 1776-77 and chargé d'affaires in Russia in 1777, but escaped from his debts to Norway, where he lived until 1788, after which he moved to Denmark. During the Theatre War {{Campaignbox Dano-Swedish Wars The Theatre War ( sv, Teaterkriget), Cowberry War, Cranberry War or Lingonberry War ( no, Tyttebærkrigen, da, Tyttebærkrigen), was a brief war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, starting on 24 September 1788, ... of 1788–90, he acted as a Swedish spy in Copenhagen, Denmark. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingman, Carl Johan 1747 births 1813 deaths Swedish spies 18th-century spies Gustavian era people 18th-century Swedish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 In Sweden
Events from the year 1834 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The famous coffee house '' Tysta Mari'' is opened in Stockholm. * The newspaper ''Västerviks-Tidningen'' is founded. * ''Drottningens juvelsmycke'' by Carl Jonas Love Almquist. * '' Presidentens döttrar'' by Fredrika Bremer. Births * 13 February - Alfred Wahlberg, painter (died 1906) * 23 April - Adolf Hedin, publisher, and politician (died 1905) * 1 March - Hildegard Werner, musical conductor and a journalist (died 1911) * Ottilia Littmarck, actress (died 1929) Deaths * 16 June - Giovanna Bassi, ballerina (born 1762) * - Johanna Lohm, educator (born 1747) * - Charlotta Aurora De Geer, courtier (born 1779) * - Ulrika Melin, artist (born 1767) * - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (born 1781) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Lohm
''Johanna'' Juliana Josefa Lohm née ''Pechlin von Löwenbach'' (25 July 1747 – 8 February 1834) was a Swedish Baroness and educator. She was the founder and principal of a Girls' School in Stockholm which was active for about fifty years, until her death, and long counted as the most fashionable of its kind during the reign of Gustav III of Sweden. Life Lohm was the daughter of Baron Johann von Pechlin Edler von Löwenbach (from 1743 Pechlin von Löwenbach), the minister of Holstein in Stockholm, and the sister of General Carl Fredrik Pechlin. She married a Lieutenant Colonel Carl Johan Lohm. After the death of her spouse and the fall of her brother, she was destitute and forced to support herself and her daughter. Having what was described as a brilliant education herself, a reputation for great learning, and a wide net of contacts in high society, she founded a pension or a finishing school for girls from the upper classes in Stockholm. For about fifteen years, this was rega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1820 In Sweden
Events from the year 1820 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * - Foundation of the ''Swedbank'' * - '' Nattvardsbarnen'' by Esaias Tegnér. * - '' Markalls sömnlösa nätter'' (1820–21) by Per Adam Wallmark. * - '' Runesvärdet'' av Karl August Nicander * - '' Senare dikter af Vitalis'' by Erik Sjöberg * - The Wolf of Gysinge killed its first victim Births * 6 October – Jenny Lind, opera singer (died 1887). * - Anna-Kajsa Norman, folk musician (died 1903) * - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra, religious visionary and natural healer (died 1896) Deaths * 16 February – Georg Carl von Döbeln, war hero (born 1758) * 25 May – Eric Ruuth, governor general (born 1746) * - Charlotte Du Rietz, love interest of Gustav III (born 1744) References External links Years of the 19th 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Seuerling
Margaret(h)a Seuerling née ''Lindahl'' (1747–1820) was a Swedish actress and Theatre director in a travelling theatre company, perhaps the most known travelling actress of her time in Scandinavia, active in both Sweden and Finland. She was one of the first, perhaps the very first, to introduce secular theatre in Finland: her family and its company represents a large part of the theatre history in Sweden and Finland. Life Early life Born as the daughter of the actor Peter Lindahl and the actress Margareta Maria Fabritz. Her parents belonged to the first generation of Swedish actors at the theatre of Bollhuset and was both members of the board of directors of the theatre, she herself became the second generation of Swedish-speaking actors. Before this time, only foreign actors had performed in Sweden, but between 1737 and 1753, the first Swedish actors were allowed to perform in the theatre of Stockholm. In 1753, the Swedish actors were fired by queen Louisa Ulrika of Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
