Events from the year 1704 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

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Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of ...

Events

* 29 February – This date was intended to be skipped in the calendar, but was not. See February 30#Swedish calendar. * 14 May – Russian victory in the Second Battle on Peipus. * 15 June – The last execution for witchcraft in Sweden: Anna Eriksdotter is decapitated. * 16 June – Battle of Wesenberg (1704) * 25 July –

Battle of Jakobstadt The Battle of Jakobstadt (, lv, Kauja pie Jēkabpils, , pl, Krzyżbork) was a battle fought in the Great Northern War. It took place on 25 July 1704 ( O.S.) / 26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar) / 5 August 1704 ( N.S.) between a Swedish army unde ...

July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II o ...

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Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...

– Charles XII of Sweden forces the election of his ally

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at v ...

as King of Poland in place of

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as K ...

. * 9 August – Battle of Poznań (1704) * 10 August –

Battle of Narva (1704) The siege of Narva (russian: Осада Нарвы, sv, Belägringen av Narva), also known as the Second Battle of Narva, was the second Russian siege of Swedish Narva during the Great Northern War from 27 June to 9 August 1704. The siege c ...

** The enslavement of

Lovisa von Burghausen Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was so ...

. * 28 October – Battle of Poniec

Births

* 1 November -

Erland Broman Erland Carlsson Broman (1 November 1704 – 19 January 1757) was a Swedish official and noble, and a favorite of King Frederick I of Sweden. Broman was from a lesser noble family and son of '' lagman'' Karl Broman and Eva Hök. He became a ...

, royal favorite (died

1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...

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Deaths

* 15 June - Anna Eriksdotter, last person executed for witchcraft (born

1624 Events January–March * January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid Empire. * January 22 – Korean General Yi Gwal leads an uprising of 12,000 soldiers against King Injo in ...

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References

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Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub