Events from the year 1655 in
Sweden
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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Charles X Gustav
Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav ( sv, Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. Afte ...
Events
* The King summon the 1655
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
and introduces a
Reduction (Sweden) of a quarter of all lands granted to the nobility from the crown since 1632.
[Per Nyström: Ekonomisk frihet och rätt i svensk historia, in I folkets tjänst, artiklar i urval. Stockholm 1983.]
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Deluge (history)
* 23 August -
Battle of Sobota
The Battle of Sobota was a battle that took place near Sobota, Poland, on 23 August 1655, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden on the other.
After Charles X Gustav's entry into Poland, he m ...
* 16 September -
Battle of Żarnów
The Battle of Żarnów was fought on September 16, 1655, between the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, commanded by John II Casimir and the forces of the Swedish Empire, commanded by Charles X Gustav. The result ended with a Swe ...
* September 20 – September 30 -
Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
The Battle of Nowy Dwór was fought during September 20 – September 30, 1655 between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Jan Kazimierz KrasiÅ„ski on one side, and on the other Swedish Empire forces commanded by Gus ...
* 3 October -
Battle of Wojnicz
The Battle of Wojnicz was fought around the medieval town of Wojnicz in Lesser Poland as part of the Second Northern War on October 3, 1655 between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Field Crown Hetman Stanisław LanckoroŠ...
Births
* January -
Cornelius Anckarstjerna Cornelius Didrikson Thijsen Anckarstierna (25 January 1655 – 19 April 1714) was a Swedish admiral of Dutch origin and a member of the Swedish House of Nobility.
Early life
Cornelius Anckarstierna was born on 25 January 1655 in Stockholm. His f ...
, admiral (died 1714 in Sweden, 1714)
* Charles XI of Sweden, monarch (died 1697 in Sweden, 1697)
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* David von Krafft, painter (died 1724 in Sweden, 1724)
Deaths
* 28 March - Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, queen dowager (born 1595 in Germany, 1595)
* Anna Ovena Hoyer, writer (born 1584 in Germany, 1584)
* Christian Thum, actor and theater director (birth year unknown)
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References
1655 in Sweden,
Years of the 17th century in Sweden
1655 by country, Sweden
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