1698 in Sweden

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Frederickivholsteingottorp and hedvigsofiaofsweden

Events from the year 1698 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles XII

Events[]

  • 12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace.
  • Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.[1]

Births[]

  • August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765)
  • 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770)
  • - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Robert K. Massie (1986). Peter the Great. p. 321 f. ISBN 91-34-50718-3.


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