Events from the year 1559inSweden Monarch – Gustav I 11 September - Duke John is sent to England to negotiate the wedding between Queen Elizabeth and...
Year 1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 15 – Elizabeth I of England...
hand of Queen Elizabeth I in marriage to his half-brother Crown Prince Erik (1559–60). The marriage would have secured Swedish access to Western Europe...
January 1559) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union who reigned as King of Denmark and Norway, from 1513 until 1523, and Sweden from 1520...
Eriksdotter (1 January 1559 – 1633) was a Swedish noble. She was the recognized illegitimate daughter of King Erik XIV of Sweden and his official royal...
monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking...
This is a list of castles and palaces inSweden. In the Swedish language the word slott is used for both castles, châteaux and palaces; this article lists...
(12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in1559. During his reign, Christian...
and in 1712 returned to the Julian calendar. In 1753 Sweden switched to the Gregorian calendar. See Swedish calendar. Previously began on Easter Sunday...
what is now the United States) adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Sweden followed in 1753. Prior to 1917, Turkey used the lunar Islamic calendar with...
(Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in 1568...
Keller (ed.), Fastnachtspiele aus dem fünfzehnten Jahrhundert (1853) and Valentin Schumanns Nachtbüchlein (1559). Chinese confuse Sweden with Switzerland...
Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) was Queen of Denmark from 20 April 1947 to 14 January 1972 as...
brought Poland–Lithuania into the conflict, and Sweden and Denmark intervened between 1559 and 1561. Swedish Estonia was established despite constant invasion...
Svante, Regent of Sweden. 1512-1520: Christina Gyllenstierna, wife of Regent Sten Sture the Younger d.1559. Queen consorts Some Swedish consorts acted as...
Women inSweden has changed several times throughout the history of Sweden. These changes have been affected by the culture, religion and laws of Sweden, as...
capital ships of Sweden of the period 1550-1859: Note: Armament could vary over time. Elefant (65), 1558. Wrecked 1564. Finska Svan (82), 1559. Svenska Hektor...
and Gustav Vasa in1559 and 1560, respectively, Sweden and Denmark-Norway were ruled by young and assertive monarchs: Eric XIV of Sweden and Frederick II...
1559. January 6 – Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Valledupar, in modern-day Colombia. February 7 – After a 10-week conclave in...
Anna Vasa of Sweden (also Anne, Polish: Anna Wazówna; 17 May 1568 – 26 February 1625) was a Swedish princess heavily involved in the politics of that...
Duke of Östergötland, between 1560 and 1567 Virginia Eriksdotter (1559–1633), Swedish noble This page lists people with the surname Eriksdotter. If an...
riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [rɪksˈdɑːlɛr]) was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The...
wedding took place in Stockholm 1 October 1559. In November, Catherine and Edzard left for Ostfriesland. Upon their journey through Sweden, they were accompanied...
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