Events from the year 1711 in
Sweden
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Incumbents
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Monarch –
Charles XII
Events
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Great Northern War plague outbreak
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* The profession of
midwifery is regulated and all future midwives are to be licensed by the ''
Collegium Medicum
The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz is an extension of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK), aimed at training students in medical sciences.
The Toruń University ranking among the other Polish faculties is the foll ...
'' after having been tutored by an already licensed midwife for a period of two years and passed the examination of a doctor before being allowed to practice their trade (until 1777, this applied only to the capital): the midwives are also banned from using instruments.
[Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige.. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag. ]
Births
* 5 March –
Carl Gustaf Pilo, painter (died
1793
The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I.
Events
January–June
* January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden.
* January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
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Ulla Tessin
Ulrika "Ulla" Lovisa Tessin née Sparre (23 May 1711 – 14 December 1768) was a Swedish courtier, letter writer and dilettante artist.
Life
Ulla Tessin was born to ''riksråd'' marshal count Erik Sparre of Sundby and Christina (Stina) Beata Li ...
, courtier (died
1768
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.
* February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
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Niclas Gustaf Duncan
Niclas Gustaf Duncan (20 November 1711 – 23 April 1771) was a Swedish post official and spy. Between 1743 and 1748, he was active as an agent of Carl Gustaf Tessin
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish C ...
, spy (died
1771
Events January– March
* January 5 – The Great Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing Dynasty rule.
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Françoise Marguerite Janiçon
Françoise Marguerite Janiçon (1711-1789) was a Swedish writer.
Biography
She was born in the Netherlands as one of two daughters of the Huguenot François Michel Janiçon (1674-1730), Dutch minister in Hesse-Cassel, and Marguerite Anne Marie de ...
, writer (died
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election a ...
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References
Years of the 18th century in Sweden
Sweden
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