1771 in Sweden

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Hilleström
Jacob Guntlack

Events from the year 1771 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchAdolf Frederick then Gustav III

Events[]

  • 12 February – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden dies, and are succeeded by Gustav III of Sweden (at the time on a visit to France).
  • 1 March - The news of the King's death reach Gustav III of Sweden in Paris.
  • 30 May - Gustav III of Sweden returns to Sweden as monarch.
  • 8 September – The Royal Swedish Academy of Music is created.
  • - The Du Londel Troupe is dissolved.
  • - Widespread famine in Sweden following a dry summer and then heavy rains during the late summer and fall, leading to widespread crop failures.[1]
  • - The first newspaper in the Swedish province of Finland, .
  • - Sweden and France creates an alliance.
  • - Foundation of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
  • - Foundation of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences.
  • - The notorious thief Jacob Guntlack is executed in the capital in front of thousands of spectators.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • Niclas Gustaf Duncan, spy (born 1711)
  • - Jacob Guntlack, notorious thief (born 1744)
  • - Brigitta Sahlgren, industrialist (born 1694)

References[]

  1. ^ Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2015). "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536 - 1875" (PDF). Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; No. 138. Lund University. pp. 18–19.


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