1675 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s |
Years: | 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 |
Events from the year 1675 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- War between Sweden and the Netherlands.
- The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
- June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
- War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Scanian War
- Coronation of the King.
- The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility.
- Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service.
- June - 71 people are executed in the Torsåker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.[1]
Births
- January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian and bishop (died 1743)
Deaths
- Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625)
- Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656)
- Brita Rosladin (born 1626)
References
- Alf Åberg, Häxorna. De stora trolldomsprocesserna i Sverige 1668–1676, Esselte studium. (1989)
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