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Events from the year 1795 in
Events from the year 1795 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 – Gustav IV AdolfEvents
* - The Lolotte Forssberg affair.Births
* 11 September –Henrik Reuterdahl
Henrik Reuterdahl (11 September 1795 in Malmö – 28 June 1870 in Uppsala) was a Swedish Lutheran clergyman who served as the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala from 1856 to his death.
Biography
Born in Malmö, he was orphaned at an early ...
, clergyman (died 1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...
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* 11 June - Sara Torsslow, actress
Deaths
* 11 February – Carl Michael Bellman, poet (born1740
Events
January–March
* January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its secon ...
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* 12 February – Michelle Elisabeth d'Ivry Michelle Elisabeth d'Ivry (c. 1731 - 12 February 1795)S:ta Eugenia katolska församlings latinska kyrkobok CI:1 (1784-1800), ( /sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0075001_00175 bild 175 i SVAR/ref> was a Swedish (originally French) spy.
D'Ivry was fr ...
, courtier and spy (born 1731
Events
January–March
* January 8 – An avalanche from the Skafjell mountain causes a massive wave in the Storfjorden fjord in Norway that sinks all boats that happen to be in the water at the time and kills people on both sho ...
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* 20 April – Johan Henric Kellgren, poet and critic (born 1751
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule).
Events
January&nd ...
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* 30 August - Elis Schröderheim, politician (born 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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* October - Christina Nyman Christina Nyman known as Madam Nyman (1719–1795) was a Swedish brewer. She was a major figure in contemporary Stockholm business life and known as a benefactor of culture. She is perhaps most known for establishing the Stenborg Theatre in partner ...
, brewer (born 1719)
* 6 December - Sofia Liljegren, opera singer (born 1765
Events January–March
* January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna.
* January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...
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* 20 December - Charlotta Sparre
Charlotta "Lotta" Fredrika Sparre (1719 – 20 December 1795, Stockholm), commonly named Lotta Sparre, was a Swedish noble and courtier.
Life Early life
Lotta Sparre was the daughter of Baron Fredrik Henrik Sparre and Virginia Christina Lillie ...
, courtier (born 1719)
* Helena Malheim
Helena Malheim (1716–1795) was a Swedish midwife. She became a midwife in around 1751 and worked in Vänersborg.
Life and career
Malheim was born in 1716 in Uppland. Her father, Justus Andreas (1689-1731), was a field surgeon, and her mother, ...
, midwife (born 1716
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding ...
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References
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