Events from the year 1614 in

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Incumbents

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Events

* - Armistice with Poland. * - Svea Court of Appeal * - Alliance with the

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. * - Battle of Bronnicy. * - Swedish occupation of Gdov.

Births

Gustaf Otto Stenbock Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock (7 September 1614 – 24 September 1685) was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was son of Friherre Gustav Eriksson Stenbock (1575–1629) and Countess Beata Margareta Brahe (1583–1645), born in Torpa, Länghem par ...

, soldier and politician (died

1685 Events January–March * January 6 – American-born British citizen Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University in the U.S. is named, completes his term as the first leader of the Madras Presidency in India, administering the colony ...

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Bengt Skytte Bengt Skytte (1614–1683) was a Swedish courtier and diplomat. He was a follower of Comenius and proposed a pansophic city, "Sophopolis". Early life He was the son of Johan Skytte and Maria Näf (Neaf) and brother of Vendela Skytte. He matricula ...

, courtier and diplomat * Elin Såger, businessperson * *

Deaths

Ebba Stenbock Ebba Gustavsdotter Stenbock (ca. 1550 – 8 March 1614, in Sweden) was a Swedish noble. She led the defense of the stronghold Turku Castle for the loyalist of Sigismund III Vasa during the Siege by Charles IX of Sweden in succession of her spou ...

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References

Years of the 17th century in Sweden

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