1560 in Sweden

Events from the year 1560 in Sweden

1560
in
Sweden

Decades:
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
  • 1570s
  • 1580s
See also:
Stockholm, 1555–1565

Incumbents

Events

  • April - Duke John return home from England with a negative reply to the proposal of Crown Prince Eric to Elizabeth I of England.
  • 1 July - The dying king makes his formally farewell to the public.
  • 29 September - Gustav I dies and are succeeded by Eric XIV.
  • - Arch Bishop Laurentius Petri bans priests from baptizing or burying romani.[1]

Births

Deaths

  • 29 September - Gustav I, monarch (born 1496). After having suffered from declining health throughout the 1550s, Gustav ultimately died on September 29, 1560, at Tre Kronor castle, Stockholm. Gustav is renowned as the founder of modern Sweden.

References

  1. Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996


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