Events from the year 1714 in

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Incumbents

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Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

Events

* 9 February - Russian victory at the Battle of Storkyro. As a result, all of Finland fell under Russian

military occupation Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling pow ...

for the rest of the war, a seven-year period of hardship known in Finland as the Great Wrath. * 7 August -

Battle of Gangut The Battle of Gangut (; ; Finland Swedish: ''Slaget vid Rilax''; ) took place on 27 July Jul./ 7 August 1714 Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the mo ...

* - Creation of the Stockholm County. * * * * * * - The Anna Jöransdotter case.

Births

* 9 January -

Elisabeth Stierncrona Elisabeth Stierncrona (9 January 1714 – 28 June 1769) was a Swedish countess and writer. Life Elisabeth Stierncrona was born in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most ...

, writer (died

1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture ...

) * * 21 April - Anna Maria Hilfeling, miniaturist (died

1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ...

) * * 31 October -

Hedvig Taube Hedvig Ulrika Taube (31 October 1714 – 11 February 1744), also Countess von Hessenstein, was a Swedish courtier and countess, a countess of the Holy Roman Empire, and royal mistress to king Frederick I of Sweden from 1731 to 1744. She and Soph ...

, royal mistress (died

1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The ...

) * 25 December -

Israel Acrelius Israel Acrelius (December 4, 1714 – April 25, 1800) was a noted Swedish Lutheran missionary and priest. Early life and education He was born in Österåker, Stockholm County, Sweden, in 1714 to Johan and Sara Acrelius ( Gahm). His brother ...

, priest (died

1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...

) * *

Deaths

* 17 April – Haquin Spegel, author and hymn writer (born

1645 Events January–March * January 3 – The Long Parliament adopts the ''Directory for Public Worship'' in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, replacing the Book of Common Prayer ( 1559). Holy Days (other than Sundays) are not ...

) * 19 April – Cornelius Anckarstierna, admiral (born

1655 Events January–March * January 5 – Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan. * January 7 – Pope Innocent X, leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papal States, dies after more than 10 years of rule. * Febr ...

) * * * – Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock, courtier (born

1658 Events January–March * January 13 – Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in the Tower of London. * January 30 – The " March Across the Belts" (''Tåget över Bält''), Sweden's use of winter w ...

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References

Years of the 18th century in Sweden

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