1598 in Sweden

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Slaget vid Stångebro

Events from the year 1598 in Sweden.

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchSigismund

Events[]

  • 16 January - The Rurik Dynasty collapses due to the fact that Feodor I of Russia dies.[1]
  • May - Sigismund III return to Avaskär, Sweden, and his uncle and regent Duke Charles resist him resulting in the War against Sigismund.[2]
  • 18 September - The Battle of Stegeborg result in victory for the Polish-Swedish unionists.
  • 25 September - The Battle of Stångebro result in victory for the Swedish rebels under Duke Charles and the end of the union.

Births[]

  • - Georg Stiernhielm, linguist
  • - Lars Stigzelius, archbishop
  • - Sten Svantesson Bielke, soldier and politician
  • - Åke Henriksson Tott, soldier and politician

Deaths[]

  • 10 February - Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, queen consort (born 1578)
  • 4 August - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesmen.[3]
  • 7 August - Georg Stiernhielm, linguist and mathematician (died 1672)

References[]

  1. ^ "Fyodor I | tsar of Russia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ^ Frost, R.I., 2000, The Northern Wars, 1558–1721, Harlow: Pearson education Limited, ISBN 9780582064294
  3. ^ Chronological Tables: Comprehending the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest Records to the Close of the Russian War. R. Griffin. 1857. p. 381.
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