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1661 in Sweden

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1661 in Sweden

Events from the year 1661 in Sweden

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XI

    • Events

  • - The Treaty of Cardis formally discontinue the Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) with a Swedish victory and territorial gains.
  • - The Stockholms Banco becomes the first European bank to print banknotes.

    • Births

  • 26 June- Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, poet (died 1708)
  • 23 September - Christiana Oxenstierna, noblewoman notorious for marrying a partner of a different social class (died 1701)
  • 10 December - Catherine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1661–1720), princess (died 1720)
  • 18 December - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist (died 1751)

    • Deaths

  • 19 November - Lars Kagg, military officer (born 1595)

    • References

    1661 in Sweden Wikipedia
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