1659 in Sweden

Events from the year 1659 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662
Centuries:	16th century · 17th century · 18th century
Decades:	1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years:	1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662

Assault on Copenhagen (1659) during the 1658/59 siege

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles X Gustav

Events

• The Assault on Copenhagen begins.
• Swedish occupation of Chojnice.
• 11 February - Failed Swedish attempt to storm Copenhagen.
• Swedish occupation of Langeland.
• Battle of Femerbält.
• Swedish occupation of Falster, Lolland and Nakskov.
• Swedish occupation of Fredericia.
• Swedish occupation of Møn.
• 23 July - Battle of Ebeltoft.
• End of the Swedish occupation of Courland.
• 14 November - Battle of Nyborg.

Births

• 29 April - Sophia Elisabet Brenner, writer (died 1730)
• 15 April - Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, general (died 1719)
• 29 September - Michael Dahl, painter (died 1743)