1712 in Sweden
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| Years: | 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 |
Events from the year 1712 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 30 February 1712 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish Calendar back to the Julian calendar.
- December 9 – Battle of Gadebusch: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony.
- The queen dowager's favorite Anna Catharina von Bärfelt is arrested and tried.[1]
Births
[edit]- 31 March - Anders Johan von Höpken, politician (died 1789)
- July 19- Carl Fredrik Mennander, archbishop (died 1786)
- Peter Lindahl, actor (died 1792)
- Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (died 1750)
- Brita Laurelia, publicist, book printer, and poet (died 1784)
Deaths
[edit]- unknown - Juliana Schierberg, royal favorite (born year unknown)
- - Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm, Catholic convert (born 1649)
References
[edit]- ^ Fabian Persson (1999). Servants of Fortune. The Swedish court between 1598 and 1721. Lund: Wallin & Dalholm. ISBN 91-628-3340-5 sid 192-93
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