Events from the year 1789 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Gustav III

Events

* 7 January –

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is arrested for involvement in the Anjala conspiracy. * January – King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Stockholm. * 21 February – King Gustav III has three of four estates pass to the Union and Security Act against the will of the nobility. * April - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved. * A group supported by Princess Charlotte, Princess Sophia Albertina, Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden and Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm attempts to use the discontent among to nobility toward the war and the Union and Security Act to depose the King in favor of his brother Duke Charles, but fail. * May - The

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is founded. * 12 May -

Stjärnorp Castle Stjärnorp Castle (old spelling: Stiernorp or Stiernarp) is situated north of lake Roxen just north of Linköping, in the southern province of Östergötland, Sweden. It was built by the Douglas Family, with a view over Lake Roxen. History ...

burns down. * 13 June -

Battle of Porrassalmi The Battle of Porrassalmi was a battle fought near the bight of Porrassalmi in Savonia on 13 June 1789, during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90). A Swedish force of about 750 men succeeded in stopping the northbound advance of a Russian force nu ...

* 28 June - Battle of Uttismalm * 21 July -

Battle of Parkumäki The Battle of Parkumäki took place on July 21, 1789 during Gustav III's Russian War, Sweden defeated the Russian Empire. History During the time when the Russian general Ivan Ivanovich Michelson pulled his forces back, the Swedish commander Cu ...

* 26 July - Battle of Öland (1789) * 24 August - First Battle of Svensksund * A large group of female members of the court and aristocracy, led by the examples of Princess Charlotte, Princess Sophia Albertina and Jeanna von Lantingshausen, unleash a social boycott of the monarch in protest of the Union and Security Act.Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; Bonde Carl Carlson (1907). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok. 3, 1789-1792. Stockholm: Norstedt. Libris 8207714 * The Swedish National Debt Office is founded. * The privileges of the nobility from 1723 is abolished. * The peasantry of the state are allowed to hunt freely. * The award '' För tapperhet i fält'' is introduced. * Summer - The Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte Conspiracy to depose the king is instigated, but discontinued, at court.

Births

* 3 January -

Martina von Schwerin Martina von Schwerin, née ''Martina Törngren'' (3 January 1789 in Gothenburg – 18 November 1875 in Gothenburg), was a Swedish Lady of letters, salonist and culture personality. She is known for her correspondence with A. S. de Cabre, Carl ...

, Lady of letters, salonist and culture personality (died 1) * -

Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, married surname ''Kachanoff'' (1789–1856), was a Swedish painter. She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Kristofer Kristian Karsten and Sophie Stebnowska and sister of Sophie Karsten. She was the student of ...

, painter (died

1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...

) * -

Johanna Hård Johanna Hård née ''Jungberg'' (3 December 1789 – 12 March 1851), was a Swedish pirate.Hundrade och en Göteborgskvinnor / Lisbeth Larsson (red). Arkiv i väst, 0283-4855 ; 22. Göteborg: Riksarkivet, Landsarkivet i Göteborg. 2018 Life She ...

, pirate (died

1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...

)

Deaths

* 9 May –

Anders Johan von Höpken Count Anders Johan von Höpken (31 March 17129 May 1789), Swedish statesman, was the son of Daniel Niklas von Höpken, one of Arvid Horn's most determined opponents and a founder of the Hat party. This cites: * * The younger Höpken was born ...

, politician (born

1712 In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day (Friday, February 30) Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturday, M ...

) * 25 May – Anders Dahl, botanist (born

1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...

) * -

Françoise Marguerite Janiçon Françoise Marguerite Janiçon (1711-1789) was a Swedish writer. Biography She was born in the Netherlands as one of two daughters of the Huguenot François Michel Janiçon (1674-1730), Dutch minister in Hesse-Cassel, and Marguerite Anne Marie de ...

, writer (born

1711 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward ...

) * -

Hedvig Löfwenskiöld Hedvig Apollonia Löfwenskiöld, as married Lillienanckar (1736–1789), was a Swedish writer, lady of letters and poet. She was the daughter of the official and poet Henrik Anders Löfvenskiöld and the niece of the poet Charlotta Löfgren. T ...

, poet (born

1736 Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of Pol ...

)

References

Years of the 18th century in Sweden

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