Year | Month | Day | Event |
1085 |
May |
21 |
The Swedish Town Of Helsingborg Is Founded |
1220 |
Aug |
08 |
Lihula: Estonia Defeats Sweden |
1276 |
May |
24 |
Ladulas Crowned King Of Sweden |
1520 |
Jan |
19 |
Regent Of Sweden Mortally Wounded |
1528 |
Jan |
12 |
Gustav I Of Sweden Is Crowned King |
1605 |
Aug |
08 |
Sweden's Charles IX Founds Oulu, Finland |
1605 |
Sep |
27 |
Poland And Lithuania Defeat Sweden |
1630 |
Jul |
06 |
Landing Of 4000 Swedish Troops In Pomerania |
1632 |
Apr |
15 |
Swedish Forces Defeat Holy Roman Empire |
1638 |
Mar |
29 |
Swedish Colonist Establish New Sweden Settlement |
1644 |
Oct |
13 |
Swedish-Dutch Victory At Fenharn, Capture 1,000 Danish |
1647 |
Mar |
14 |
The Truce Of Ulm Is Signed |
1654 |
Jun |
06 |
Charles X Gustave Takes Swedish Throne |
1655 |
Aug |
23 |
Sweden Defeats Poland, Lithuania At Sobota |
1658 |
Oct |
29 |
Netherlands Defeats Sweden In Battle Of Sound |
1661 |
Jul |
16 |
Stockholms Banco Issues European Banknotes |
1708 |
Oct |
09 |
Lesnaya: Peter The Great Defeats Swedes |
1716 |
Jul |
08 |
Great Northern War Witnesses Battle Of Dynekilen |
1718 |
Nov |
30 |
Sweden's King Charles Dies In Seige |
1720 |
Feb |
29 |
Swedens Queen Allows Husband To Become King |
1720 |
Jul |
27 |
Battle Of Grengam Victory For Russian Navy |
1761 |
Sep |
17 |
The Battle Of Kosabroma Is Fought |
1762 |
May |
22 |
Sweden And Prussia Sign The Treaty Of Hamburg |
1771 |
Feb |
12 |
Gustav III Becomes The King Of Sweden |
1794 |
Mar |
27 |
Denmark Ands Sweden Form A Neutrality Compact |
1857 |
Jun |
06 |
Sophia Of Nassau Weds Future King Oscar |
1872 |
Sep |
18 |
Oscar II Takes Sweden-Norway Throne |
1873 |
May |
12 |
Coronation Of Oscar II Of Sweden |
1890 |
Aug |
07 |
Mansdotter Last Swedish Woman Executed, 1889 |
1890 |
Oct |
12 |
Uddevalla Suffrage Association Is Formed |
1890 |
Nov |
02 |
Uddevalla Suffrage Association Officially Founded |
1905 |
Jun |
15 |
Princess Margaret Marries Swedish Crown Prince |
1905 |
Oct |
26 |
Sweden Accepts Norwegian Independence |
1906 |
Jun |
22 |
The Flag Of Sweden Is Adopted |
1943 |
Apr |
26 |
Easter Riots Begin In Uppsala, Sweden |
1946 |
Nov |
19 |
Three Countries Join U.N |
1980 |
Jan |
01 |
Victoria Is Crowned Princess Of Sweden |
1981 |
Oct |
27 |
Soviet Submarine U137 Runs Aground In Sweden |
1986 |
Feb |
28 |
Prime Minister Of Sweden Assasinated |
1995 |
Jan |
01 |
EU Admits Sweden, Austria, Finland |
1998 |
Oct |
29 |
The Gothenburg Discothèque Fire |
2003 |
Sep |
10 |
Sweden's Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh, Fatally Stabbed |
2009 |
May |
01 |
Same-sex Marriage Is Legalized In Sweden |
2014 |
Oct |
30 |
Swenden First Of EU To Recognize Palestine |