Thursday, May 30, 2013
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 continental 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 - 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
1632-09-03 - 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 - 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 defeats 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
1708-07-04 - Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
1708-09-11 - Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.
1708-09-28 - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1708-10-09 - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1709-06-27 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1710-02-28 - In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
1712-02-29 - February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style.
1713-02-01 - The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1714-07-14 - Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
1714-07-27 - Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet
1714-11-22 - King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden
1715-05-01 - Prussia declares war on Sweden
1715-12-24 - Swedish troops occupy Norway
1719-11-20 - Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm1720-02-01 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1720-02-11 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
1720-02-29 - Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
1720-06-09 - Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1720-07-03 - Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
1721-08-30 - Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1743-08-17 - Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty
1751-04-05 - Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
1762-05-22 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1770-06-19 - Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
1771-02-12 - Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1772-08-19 - Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720
1772-08-21 - King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1780-08-01 - Sweden declares neutrality
1783-02-05 - Sweden recognizes US independence
1783-04-03 - Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
1788-07-17 - Russian fleet destroys Swedish
1788-08-13 - Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
1790-07-09 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
1790-08-14 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela
1792-03-16 - King Gustav III of Sweden is shot Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29.
1792-03-29 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1794-03-27 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1800-01-05 - 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
1808-05-03 - Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
1808-09-13 - Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
1809-03-22 - Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
1809-03-29 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1809-06-06 - Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established
1809-06-06 - Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism.
1809-09-17 - Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
1810-08-21 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1810-09-26 - A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1812-01-09 - Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
1814-01-14 - King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1814-05-17 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
1818-02-05 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1818-09-07 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1844-03-08 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1844-09-28 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1847-01-15 - 1st Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in NYC
1850-09-11 - "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st US concert
1859-07-08 - King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1860-03-21 - US extradition treaty with Sweden
1860-05-03 - Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1860-08-05 - Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1868-11-30 - The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.
1872-09-18 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1873-05-12 - Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.
1905-06-07 - Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1905-10-26 - Union of Sweden & Norway ends
1905-11-09 - Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
1907-12-08 - King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
1908-04-23 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
1912-05-05 - 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
1912-07-17 - IAF (Intl Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden
1912-07-22 - 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes
1912-12-21 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
1913-04-21 - Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1913-04-29 - Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1921-05-08 - Sweden abolished capital punishment
1923-02-28 - Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
1924-03-17 - Sweden & USSR exchange diplomats
1925-01-24 - Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden
1926-06-07 - Swedish government of Ekman forms
1926-09-22 - Belgian crown prince Leopold & Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1927-04-14 - The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1931-05-14 - Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1935-12-30 - Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
1942-08-28 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1943-06-20 - Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track & field championship in NY
1944-07-19 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann
1944-10-30 - Sweden announces intention to stay neutral & refuse sanctuary in WW II
1945-01-17 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1945-01-28 - Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1949-04-19 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
1949-12-16 - Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden.
1950-01-12 - Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1952-06-13 - Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8
1952-06-16 - Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
1953-04-07 - Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary
1954-10-29 - Sweden begins experimental TV
1958-06-28 - Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958-06-29 - Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1961-04-24 - The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
1963-10-25 - Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1967-09-03 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1969-01-10 - Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
1969-10-14 - Palme government forms in Sweden
1972-08-10 - Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
1972-08-18 - Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney ś800 in Sweden cannabis possession
1973-09-19 - Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden
1974-02-05 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1974-06-06 - A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
1975-01-01 - Sweden adopts constitution
1975-04-25 - West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
1975-12-21 - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
1976-04-22 - Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1978-01-23 - Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.
1978-01-29 - Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.
1978-10-05 - Sweden's Fälldin government falls
1980-01-01 - Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1980-01-01 - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
1981-10-05 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1981-10-27 - The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
1982-10-07 - Olof Palme forms Swedish government
1983-12-28 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1984-04-30 - 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden
1984-07-09 - Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe
1984-12-18 - 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)
1985-08-10 - Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1985-09-15 - Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government
1985-12-22 - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
1986-03-15 - Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
1986-12-21 - 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1987-06-30 - Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
1987-12-20 - 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
1988-12-06 - Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
1988-12-17 - 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
1989-11-04 - The congress of the Solidarity Party is inaugurated in Sweden. The congress decides, contrary to the proposal of the central committee, not to disband the party.
1989-12-13 - The last issue of Gnistan (The Spark), the organ of the Solidaritetspartiet, is published in Sweden.
1989-12-17 - 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)
1991-08-05 - Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault world record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
1994-04-27 - 29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
1994-06-11 - Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden
1994-07-16 - Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
1994-09-18 - Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election
1994-09-19 - Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1994-10-07 - Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government
1994-11-13 - Sweden agrees to join European Union
1994-12-04 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1995-01-01 - Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union
1995-06-09 - Dumb & Dumber (1994), premieres in Sweden
1996-12-01 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
1997-11-30 - 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)
1998-02-08 - 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
1999-05-28 - Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase.
2000-07-01 - The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
2003-09-11 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10.
2003-09-14 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
2004-03-19 - A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations.
2006-05-21 - The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
2009-05-01 - Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
2010-12-11 - Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
2012-06-14 - The world's first stem-cell assisted vein transplant is undertaken by Swedish doctors on a 10 year old girl
2012-09-17 - Swedish forensic scientists find no conclusive evidence of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's DNA in a torn condom
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