Events from the year 1784 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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Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...

Events

* * * 1 July - Alliance treaty between Sweden and France: Sweden are given Saint-Barthélemy as a colony. * * August - Gustav III returns to Sweden. * - Vänersborg Church is inaugurated. * - The

Illis Quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gust ...

is created. * - Inauguration of the Stenborg Theatre.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish) *

Births

* March 24 -

Johan Gabriel Richert Johan Gabriel Richert (24 March 1784 – 2 January 1864), Swedish jurist and politician. He was one of Sweden's most distinguished lawyers during the former half of the 19th century and is regarded as the father of Swedish liberalism. His thin ...

, jurist (died

1864 Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...

) * 21 August -

Charlotta Berger Christina Charlotta Ulrika Berger, née ''Cronhielm af Hakunge'' (21 August 1784 – 25 May 1852), was a Swedish writer, translator, poet and songwriter. Life Charlotta Berger was born in Linköping, the daughter of the major count Carl Emil C ...

, writer (died

1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...

) * 23 August - Henriette Löfman, composer (died

1836 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, r ...

) * 31 August -

Jeanette Wässelius Marie Jeanette Wässelius (23 August 1784 – 5 December 1853) was a Swedish opera singer. She is referred to as the leading prima donna of the Royal Swedish Opera in the early 19th-century. She was a ''Hovsångare'' (1815) as well as an ...

, opera singer (died

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ...

) * 15 October -

Hans Olof Holmström Hans Olof Holmström (15 October 1784 - 27 August 1855) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the archbishop of Uppsala between 1852 and 1855. Biography He was born in the parish of Ösmo, Sweden, the son of Stefan Holmström ...

, bishop (died

1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...

) * 17 November –

Julia Nyberg Julia Kristina Nyberg (née Svärdström; 17 November 1784 – 16 April 1854), was a Swedish poet and songwriter. She published two collections of poetry and was awarded by the Swedish Academy. She wrote the vast majority of her works under t ...

, poet (died

1854 Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teut ...

) * 21 November -

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg (21 November 1784 – 28 June 1833) was a Finnish painter. Biography Finnberg was born in Pargas to sailor Johan Finnberg and Sophia Stenroos. In 1800 he left for Turku to apprentice as a painter there, and in 1805 he gra ...

, painter (died

1833 Events January–March * January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833), Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. * February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto ...

)

Deaths

* 14 February –

Charlotta Löfgren Catharina ''Charlotta'' Löfgren (January 1720, Linköping – 14 February 1784), was a Sweden, Swedish lady of letters and poet. Biography Charlotta Löfgren was the daughter of the local official Anders Löfgréen (d. 1728) and Anna Schreibe and ...

, poet (born

1720 Events January–March * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 17 – The Treaty of ...

) * * 12 March -

Henrik af Trolle Henrik af Trolle (24 November 1730 – 12 March 1784) was a Swedish naval officer and commander of the Swedish Archipelago fleet. He was ennobled in 1772. He is considered to be one of the foremost administrators and developers of the Swedish Navy ...

, commander (born

1730 Events January–March * January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, aged 14 in Moscow, on the eve of his projected marriage. * February 26 (February 15 O.S.) – Anna of Russia (Ann ...

) * * 18 September -

Georg Haupt Georg Haupt (10 August 1741, in Stockholm – 18 September 1784, in Stockholm) was a Swedish cabinet maker. Haupt was the son of a Nuremberg carpenterFleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: All ...

, cabinet maker (born

1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. * February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...

) *

Brita Laurelia Brita Laurelia (1712–1784) was a Swedish was a Swedish publicist, book printer, poet and publisher. She was the owner and director of the Kungliga Amiralitetsboktryckeriet ('Royal Amiralty Printing Press') in Karlskrona and the publisher of the ...

, publicist, book printer, and poet (born

1712 In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day (Friday, February 30) Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturday, M ...

) *

Helena Ehrenmalm Helena Ehrenmalm (1730-1784) was a Finnish landowner of note. Helena Ehrenmalm married Lieutenant Colonel Josias Ehrenmalm and managed the Bastön manor at Finström as a widow. During the 1770s, she was respected for her inventive management of h ...

, landowner (born

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References

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