1656 in Sweden
Appearance
Years in Sweden: | 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s |
Years: | 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 |
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Events from the year 1656 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Charles X Gustav
Events
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
- Battle of Radom (1656)
- Battle of Gołąb
- Lwów after the miraculous saving of the Jasna Góra Monastery during the Deluge, an event which changed the course of the Second Northern War.
- Battle of Warka
- Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the armies of the Swedish Empire and the Margraviate of Brandenburg defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth near Warsaw.
- Battle of Filipów
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
- Battle of Chojnice (1656)
- The banknotes, is founded.
- The case of Karin Svensdotter, who claimed to have sexual relations with a fairy.[1]
Births
- May 26 - Märta Ljungberg, innkeeper and local profile (died 1741)
- date unknown - Gertrud Svensdotter, the first witness accuser in the Great Witch Hunt of 1668 (died 1675)
Deaths
References
- ^ Häll, Mikael: "Näckens dödliga dop: Manliga vattenväsen, död och förbjuden sexualitet i det tidigmoderna Sverige", i Historisk tidskrift 2011:3, Stockholm (2011), s. 609–610