Events from the year 1573 in

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 ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

– John III

Events

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Battle of Lode Battle of Lode was a battle fought during the Livonian War, between Sweden and Russia on 23 January 1573. The battle was won by the Swedes. Battle On 23 January a Swedish army of 700 infantry and 600 cavalry under the command of Clas Åkesson ...

* - The deposed King Eric is separated from his family: the former King is taken to

Västerås Castle Västerås Castle (''Västerås slott'') is situated at Västerås in the province of Västmanland, Sweden. History The castle was originally built during the 12th century and in 1540-1544 it was rebuilt. During the latter part of the 17th cen ...

Karin Månsdotter Karin Månsdotter (in English Catherine; 6 November 1550 – 13 September 1612) was first a mistress of King Eric XIV of Sweden and then briefly queen as his wife. Early life Karin was born in Stockholm to a soldier and later prison guard na ...

and their daughter to

Åbo Castle Turku Castle ( fi, Turun linna, sv, Åbo slott) is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use and the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. ...

, and their son is taken from them.Arnell, Sture (1951), Karin Månsdotter (in Swedish), Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. * * *

Births

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Johannes Canuti Lenaeus Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (29 November 1573 – 23 April 1669) was a professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden. Biography Lenaeus was born at Länna parish in Uppland, Sweden where his father was paris ...

, professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala (died

1669 Events January–March * January 2 – Pirate Henry Morgan of Wales holds a meeting of his captains on board his ship, the former Royal Navy frigate ''Oxford'', and an explosion in the ship's gunpowder supply kills 200 of his crew ...

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Deaths

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Hans Boije af Gennäs Hans Boije af Gennäs (died 1 January 1573) was a Finnish born Swedish commander for the fortification at Weissenstein in present-day Paide in Estonia, during the time of the Nordic twentyfive year war start. Boije af Gennäs and Herman Fleming on ...

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Laurentius Petri Laurentius Petri Nericius (1499 – 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers ...

, the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born 1499) * * * *

References

Years of the 16th century in Sweden

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