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1772 In Sweden
Events from the year 1772 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III Events * February - The pamphlet ''Det Olyckliga Swenska Fruentimrets Böneskrift till Allmänheten'' by Anna Maria Rückerschöld, counted as one of the first feminist publications in the women's issue in Sweden. * 29 May – Coronation of King Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen Sophia Magdalena in Stockholm. * 29 May – The Order of Vasa is created. * June - Johan Christopher Toll arrive in Scania to prepare a coup d'état. * July - Jakob Magnus Sprengtporten arrive in Finland and take hold of the Sveaborg Fortress in preparation of a coup d'état. * 12 August – Rebellion in Scania. * 16 August – Rebellion in Finland. * 19 August – Revolution of 1772: King Gustav III stages a coup d'état against the parliament in Stockholm with the support of Hovpartiet. * 21 August – King Gustav III forces the parliament to accept the Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1772
Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark. * February 12 ** Breton-French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec discovers the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean. ** The Virginia Assembly amends an act to describe the punishments for the practice of gouging. * February 17 – The First Partition of Poland is agreed to by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria. * February 22 – The First Saudi State is founded in the Diriyah Emirate by Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin. * March 8 – Biela's Comet is first discovered by French astronomer Jacques Leibax Montaigne, but not proven to be a periodic comet until 1826, when Wilhelm von Biela correctly identifies its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
