Events from the year 1578 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 |
Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s |
Years: | 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 |
Incumbents
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- Swedish victory over Russia in the Battle of Wenden.
- The king attempt to expel the Romani by threatening with forced labor in the Sala silver mine.[1]
Births
edit- 5 January - Claude de Lorraine - French duke (died 1657)
- 7 January - Agnes of Solms-Laubach - Countess of Solms-Laubach (died 1602)
- 21 January - Anaukpetlun - King of Burma (died 1628)
- 18 March - Aoyama Tadatoshi - Japanese samurai (died 1643)
- 1 April - Sir Christopher Clitherow - English politician (died 1641)
- 2 April - Francesco Albani - Italian Baroque painter (died 1660)
- 9 July - Ferdinand II - Holy Roman Emperor (died 1637)
- 18 August - Pedro Hurtado - Spanish scholastic philosopher (died 1641)
- 7 September - John Prideaux - English bishop (died 1650)
- 12 October - Baldassare Aloisi - Italian painter (died 1638)
- 7 December - Okaji no Kata - Japanese noblewoman (died 1642)
Deaths
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- Filippa Fleming, Finnish heiress and landowner (born unknown)
References
edit- ^ Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996