1696 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1696
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Events from the year 1696 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- The Velthen Company perform in Stockholm.
- A repeated failed harvest results in the culmination and continuation of the Great Famine.[1]
- Kalmar Nation at Lund University is first mentioned.
Births
- - Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg, princess (died 1777)
Deaths
- March - Jean de la Vallée, architect (born 1620)
- June - Greta Duréel, accomplice in the Great Jewel Fraud of the Swedish National Bank (born year unknown)
References
- ^ Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399
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