1712 in Sweden

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Swedish calendar for February 1712
Battle of Gadebusch

Events from the year 1712 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles XII

Events[]

  • 30 February 1712 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish Calendar back to the Julian calendar.
  • December 9Battle of Gadebusch: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony.
  • The queen dowager's favorite Anna Catharina von Bärfelt is arrested and tried.[1]

Births[]

  • 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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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