1596 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1596 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- - An embassy from Poland arrive to support the personal union between Sweden and Poland.
- 25 November - A peasant uprising in the province of Finland results in the Cudgel War.[1]
- - Archbishop Abraham Angermannus organizes a religious inspection tour through the provinces to eradicate all remains of Catholicism, Paganism and other non-Lutheran practices.
- - Sweden is afflicted with bad harvests and subsequent hunger.
Births
[edit]- 1 January - Elizabeth Ribbing, morganatic consort of prince Carl Philip (died 1662)
- - Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (died 1618)
- - Johan Banér, Field Marshal (died 1641)
- - Ebba Brahe, love interest of King Gustavus Adolphus (died 1674)
Deaths
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- - Karin Hansdotter, royal lover (born 1539)
References
[edit]- ^ Krohn, J. Kertomuksia Suomen Historiasta, Kansallisseura, Helsinki 1914