Events from the year 1692 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 ...

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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

* - The exiled mystic

Eva Margareta Frölich Eva Margareta Frölich (c. 1650 – September 1692 in Stockholm), was a Swedish Mysticism, mystic, prophet, visionary and Pietistic writer. Biography Frölich was born the daughter of colonel Hans Christoffer Frölich and Elisabet von Plessen. The ...

return to Stockholm to preach. Nordisk familjebok * * * * * * *

Births

* 13 January -

Gunnila Grubb Gunnila Grubb (13 January 1692, Stockholm – 20 August 1729, Stockholm) was a Swedish writer. She wrote spiritual songs inspired by Pietism and Mysticism.Ann Öhrberg (2001). Vittra fruntimmer. Författarroll och retorik hos frihetstidens kvinnliga ...

, hymn writer (died

1729 Events January–March * January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...

) * 11 September -

Ingela Gathenhielm Ingela Olofsdotter Gathenhielm née ''Hammar'' (11 September 1692 – 29 April 1729), was a Swedish shipowner and privateer in service of King Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.Larsson, Lisbeth, Hundrade och en Göteborgskvin ...

, privateer in service of King Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War. * Jacob Pettersson Degenaar, pirate (died

1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...

) * * * *

Deaths

* 17 May -

Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken Eleonora Catherine of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (17 May 1626 – 3 March 1692), was a cousin and foster sister of Queen Christina of Sweden and sister of King Charles X of Sweden. After her brother's accession to the throne (1654), she and he ...

, cousin and foster sister of Queen Christina of Sweden and sister of King Charles X of Sweden * September -

, mystic, prophet, visionary and Pietistic writer * * *

References

Years of the 17th century in Sweden

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