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Historical Events
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0860-06-18 - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
1220-08-08 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1276-05-24 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1323-08-12 - Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time.
1389-02-24 - Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
1397-06-17 - Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
1397-06-30 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1456-10-17 - The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
1520-01-19 - Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
1520-11-04 - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
1520-11-08 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
1520-11-09 - Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles
1523-06-06 - Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1523-06-06 - Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union.
1527-06-24 - Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions
1528-01-12 - Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
1564-05-31 - Battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden
1570-12-13 - Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
1593-03-01 - The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
1594-02-19 - Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
1600-03-20 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
1605-08-08 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1605-09-27 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
1610-06-24 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden
1610-07-04 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian & Sweden
1611-10-30 - Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes king of Sweden
1613-01-20 - Peace of Knarodends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
1617-03-09 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1621-09-15 - Swedish troops occupy Riga
1628-04-29 - Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
1629-09-26 - Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1630-06-26 - Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
1630-07-06 - Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde
1631-01-23 - France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald
1632-04-15 - Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly
1632-09-03 - Battle at Nurnberg: Duke wallenstein beats Sweden
1632-11-06 - Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies
1632-11-16 - Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein
1633-04-23 - Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
1634-08-26 - Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants
1634-09-05 - -6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants
1634-09-06 - Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat
1635-09-12 - Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
1636-10-04 - Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
1637-11-20 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1638-03-29 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1638-12-17 - French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1641-12-25 - Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden & France
1642-11-02 - 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
1645-03-24 - Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC emperor Ferdinand III
1645-08-13 - Sweden & Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro
1647-03-14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1649-09-30 - Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
1654-04-21 - England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1654-06-06 - Queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism
1655-08-29 - Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
1655-08-29 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
1655-09-26 - Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
1655-10-09 - Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
1656-01-17 - Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg
1656-07-18 - -20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw
1656-09-19 - Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg
1656-10-24 - Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant
1656-11-03 - Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1656-12-01 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1658-03-08 - Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark
1658-08-15 - France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond
1658-11-08 - Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
1659-02-11 - The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1660-02-23 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
1660-04-23 - Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1660-05-03 - Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
1660-05-27 - Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire
1660-06-06 - Denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty
1661-06-21 - Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1668-01-23 - England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1675-06-25 - Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
1675-06-28 - Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden
1675-09-06 - Swedish admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
1676-06-11 - Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
1676-12-03 - Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676-12-04 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1678-11-05 - Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
1681-09-30 - Netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
1682-11-12 - Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy
1685-12-03 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1686-07-09 - Germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg
1697-04-15 - Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
1699-11-22 - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
1700-02-28 - Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
1700-08-08 - Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
1700-08-18 - Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1700-11-19 - Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians
1700-11-30 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
1702-05-14 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
1702-07-19 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow
1703-05-01 - Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
1706-02-13 - Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
1706-09-24 - Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen
1707-08-22 - Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty
Famous Birthdays
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1394-06-04 - Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
1481-07-01 - Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
1488-03-19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
1496-05-12 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1513-09-24 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)
1516-01-01 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1526-11-01 - Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)
1533-12-13 - Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
1535-07-22 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1537-12-20 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1537-12-21 - Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1537-12-23 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1550-10-04 - Charles IX, King of Sweden
1550-11-06 - Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612)
1565-11-10 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
1566-06-20 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
1573-04-13 - Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)
1583-06-16 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1583-06-20 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1592-10-22 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
1594-12-09 - Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1596-06-23 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
1598-08-07 - Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)
1602-02-18 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
1613-12-23 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
1620-02-04 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)
1622-05-08 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
1622-11-08 - Karl X Gustaf, King of Sweden (1654-60)
1626-12-08 - Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1634-10-23 - Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)
1635-02-18 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
1638-10-18 - Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet
1655-11-24 - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)
1661-12-18 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
1664-01-04 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1664-04-06 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
1665-03-04 - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
1668-04-14 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)
1676-04-17 - Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51)
1676-04-23 - King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
1679-06-01 - Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)
1681-06-26 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
1682-06-17 - Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
1685-01-07 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
1688-01-23 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)
1688-01-29 - Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
1694-06-26 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
1694-10-26 - Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist
1695-09-05 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
1701-03-18 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
1701-11-27 - Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor (centigrade temp scale)
1705-02-22 - Peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist
1707-04-15 - Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1707-05-13 - Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. 1778)
1707-05-23 - Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707-05-23 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1709-07-11 - Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist (d. 1785)
1710-05-14 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
1716-03-06 - Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
1717-09-22 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
1720-01-30 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
1720-07-24 - Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
1720-08-08 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
1722-01-03 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1732-09-06 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)
1735-03-20 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
1740-09-07 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
1742-12-09 - Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)
1743-07-03 - Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
1743-11-11 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828)
1746-01-24 - Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
1746-03-05 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748-03-05 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1748-10-07 - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18)
1755-09-04 - Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
1757-03-16 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1757-10-10 - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens)
1758-04-29 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820).
1759-03-22 - Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
1763-01-26 - Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1768-01-28 - Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
1774-02-11 - Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
1777-11-08 - Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
1778-01-10 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals)
1778-11-01 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
1779-08-20 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
1781-03-12 - Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
1782-11-13 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
1783-01-12 - Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)
1785-01-23 - Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
1785-05-06 - Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
1790-01-09 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens)
1790-01-19 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
1792-01-12 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
1793-11-28 - Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck)
1794-08-15 - Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1796-07-23 - Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer
1799-03-20 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
1799-07-04 - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
1799-11-09 - Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (d. 1877)
Famous Deaths
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1160-05-18 - Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies
1250-02-02 - Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
1266-10-21 - Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)
1290-12-18 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
1341-06-19 - Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
1373-07-23 - Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies
1374-12-01 - Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1377-12-01 - King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
1381-03-24 - Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint
1436-05-04 - Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
1448-01-06 - Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1470-05-14 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1470-05-15 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1481-05-21 - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1512-01-02 - Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)
1520-02-05 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
1535-09-23 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
1544-03-22 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
1551-08-26 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1552-04-14 - Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
1557-08-01 - Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
1560-09-29 - Gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies
1573-10-27 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
1577-02-26 - Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
1592-11-17 - John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
1592-11-27 - King John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
1598-02-10 - Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
1609-03-25 - Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
1611-10-30 - Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies
1621-12-13 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1628-08-10 - Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1629-07-13 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
1632-04-30 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1632-11-06 - Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37
1641-05-10 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
1646-11-29 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1651-04-07 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
1652-06-19 - Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64
1652-08-22 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
1654-08-28 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
1657-05-10 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
1657-09-07 - Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
1660-02-13 - Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
1667-05-25 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
1674-08-13 - Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35
1676-06-01 - Creutz, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
1676-06-01 - Uggla, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
1676-07-05 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
1679-07-08 - Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1680-06-10 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
1680-09-02 - Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
1689-04-19 - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1697-04-05 - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41
1698-03-14 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
1703-03-20 - Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1708-12-22 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
1713-06-01 - Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
1718-11-30 - Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36
1718-12-11 - Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead
1735-09-27 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
1741-04-28 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)
1741-11-24 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1742-04-17 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1742-05-21 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1751-03-25 - Frederik of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
1751-03-25 - Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
1751-08-30 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
1752-02-09 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
1758-10-19 - Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
1761-06-02 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1768-04-29 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694)
1770-01-07 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
1771-02-12 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
1772-03-29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1776-03-10 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1778-01-10 - Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70
1778-03-07 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)
1778-08-28 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
1782-07-16 - Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61
1783-12-13 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
1784-07-08 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
1785-10-30 - Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54
1786-05-21 - Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1789-05-25 - Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
1792-03-29 - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
1793-01-04 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1793-03-02 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
1796-04-18 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)
1796-05-29 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
1805-12-23 - Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
1818-02-15 - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
1819-09-14 - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies
1820-02-16 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).
1828-08-08 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
1837-02-07 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
1839-02-07 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
1839-06-30 - Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies
1841-10-28 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792)
1844-03-08 - Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
1844-05-08 - Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
