1642 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s |
Years: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
Events from the year 1642 in Sweden
Events
- - Battle of Schweidnitz.
- 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy, Prince-General Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi.
- - The Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the Poor Care Law of 1847.[1]
Births
- 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709)
- - Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698)
Deaths
- Simon de la Vallée, French-Swedish architect (died 1590)
- Ebba Ryning, court official (born 1595)
- Christina Natt och Dag, court official (born 1580)
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gollark: To the extent that things like countries do without physically existing, sure.
gollark: They're *caused by* things in reality, as far as I know they don't actually... have some sort of physical existence outside of being stored/processed in people's brains and computers/paper/other storage.
gollark: > Something, such as a thought or conception, that is the product of mental activity.> An opinion, conviction, or principle.> A plan, purpose, or goal.This is a fairly okay definition I suppose.
gollark: Utility probably reduces to the moral system again, ideas are... also hard to define, hmmmm.
References
- Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph.
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