Events from the year 1620 in

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Incumbents

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Events

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Wedding of Gustav II Adolf and Maria Eleonora The wedding between Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg took place at the Royal Castle on November 25, 1620. The bridal train The bridal entourage began its journey at 9.30 in the morning on November 25. In the bridal c ...

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Births

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Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667) Baron Gustaf Bonde (4 February 1620 – 25 May 1667) was a Swedish statesman. He was a persistent advocate of a pacifist policy at a time when war on the slightest provocation was the watchword of every Swedish politician. Even the popular Po ...

, statesman (died

1667 Events January–March * January 11 – Aurangzeb, monarch of the Mughal Empire, orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the Bikaner State (part of the modern-day Rajasthan state of India) because of Karan's derelic ...

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Agneta Rosenbröijer Agneta Rosenbröijer (ca. 1620 - 11 September 1697) was a Finnish-Swedish nobility, noblewoman and business person. She was a significant figure in the local history of Viborg and Nyslott County, Viborg, known for her pride, temperament and feud ...

, noblewoman and businessperson (died

1697 Events January–March * January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. * January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book ''Histoires ou ...

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Deaths

Axel Ryning Axel Nilsson Ryning, born 1552, died 8 January 1620, was a Swedish Lord High Admiral, Marshal, Councilor, and Baron to Tuna farm in Österåker parish in the current Österåker municipality in Österskär in Åkersberga, Stockholm county. Son ...

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