1675 in Sweden

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Bengt horn
The memorial stone of the Torsåker witch trials from 1675.

Events from the year 1675 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles XI

Events[]

  • War between Sweden and the Netherlands.
  • The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
  • June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
  • War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Scanian War
  • Coronation of the King.
  • The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility.
  • Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service.
  • June - 71 people are executed in the Torsåker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.[1]

Births[]

  • January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian and bishop (died 1743)

Deaths[]

  • Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625)
  • Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656)
  • Brita Rosladin (born 1626)

References[]

  1. ^ Alf Åberg, Häxorna. De stora trolldomsprocesserna i Sverige 1668–1676, Esselte studium. (1989)
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