1779 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1779 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchGustav III

Events[]

  • Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol.
  • The first theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, is inaugurated.[1]

Births[]

  • 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor (died 1838)
  • 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848)
  • 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839)
  • Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834)
  • 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858)
  • Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809)

Deaths[]

  • 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716)
  • Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709)
  • Jean François Beylon, courtier (born )

References[]

  1. ^ Wilhelm Berg: Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar / Band 2. 1794-1816 (1896-1900)


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