regional history

history of sweden




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1085 May 21 The Swedish Town Of Helsingborg Is Founded
1220 Aug 08 Lihula: Estonia Defeats Sweden
1276 May 24 Ladulas Crowned King Of Sweden
1520 Jan 19 Regent Of Sweden Mortally Wounded
1528 Jan 12 Gustav I Of Sweden Is Crowned King
1605 Aug 08 Sweden's Charles IX Founds Oulu, Finland
1605 Sep 27 Poland And Lithuania Defeat Sweden
1630 Jul 06 Landing Of 4000 Swedish Troops In Pomerania
1632 Apr 15 Swedish Forces Defeat Holy Roman Empire
1638 Mar 29 Swedish Colonist Establish New Sweden Settlement
1644 Oct 13 Swedish-Dutch Victory At Fenharn, Capture 1,000 Danish
1647 Mar 14 The Truce Of Ulm Is Signed
1654 Jun 06 Charles X Gustave Takes Swedish Throne
1655 Aug 23 Sweden Defeats Poland, Lithuania At Sobota
1658 Oct 29 Netherlands Defeats Sweden In Battle Of Sound
1661 Jul 16 Stockholms Banco Issues European Banknotes
1708 Oct 09 Lesnaya: Peter The Great Defeats Swedes
1716 Jul 08 Great Northern War Witnesses Battle Of Dynekilen
1718 Nov 30 Sweden's King Charles Dies In Seige
1720 Feb 29 Swedens Queen Allows Husband To Become King
1720 Jul 27 Battle Of Grengam Victory For Russian Navy
1761 Sep 17 The Battle Of Kosabroma Is Fought
1762 May 22 Sweden And Prussia Sign The Treaty Of Hamburg
1771 Feb 12 Gustav III Becomes The King Of Sweden
1794 Mar 27 Denmark Ands Sweden Form A Neutrality Compact
1857 Jun 06 Sophia Of Nassau Weds Future King Oscar
1872 Sep 18 Oscar II Takes Sweden-Norway Throne
1873 May 12 Coronation Of Oscar II Of Sweden
1890 Aug 07 Mansdotter Last Swedish Woman Executed, 1889
1890 Oct 12 Uddevalla Suffrage Association Is Formed
1890 Nov 02 Uddevalla Suffrage Association Officially Founded
1905 Jun 15 Princess Margaret Marries Swedish Crown Prince
1905 Oct 26 Sweden Accepts Norwegian Independence
1906 Jun 22 The Flag Of Sweden Is Adopted
1943 Apr 26 Easter Riots Begin In Uppsala, Sweden
1946 Nov 19 Three Countries Join U.N
1980 Jan 01 Victoria Is Crowned Princess Of Sweden
1981 Oct 27 Soviet Submarine U137 Runs Aground In Sweden
1986 Feb 28 Prime Minister Of Sweden Assasinated
1995 Jan 01 EU Admits Sweden, Austria, Finland
1998 Oct 29 The Gothenburg Discothèque Fire
2003 Sep 10 Sweden's Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh, Fatally Stabbed
2009 May 01 Same-sex Marriage Is Legalized In Sweden
2014 Oct 30 Swenden First Of EU To Recognize Palestine