1595 in Sweden

Lars Kagg

Events from the year 1595 in Sweden

Incumbents

Events

  • 18 May – The Russo-Swedish War is terminated by the Treaty of Teusina with a victory and territorial gain for Sweden.[1]
  • September–October – The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and formally bans the Catholic mass.
  • 13 December – The last remaining Catholic convent in Sweden, Vadstena Abbey, is officially dissolved by order of Duke Charles. The remaining nuns, including abbess Karin Johansdotter, leave the abbey and flee to Poland.[2]
  • Unknown date – Uppsala University, revived two years prior, is granted its official letter of privilege.
  • Unknown date – Rising tensions and peasant unrest in Ostrobothnia against the heavy military taxation maintained by Klaus Fleming begin to escalate, laying the groundwork for the Club War (Nuijasota) which would break out the following year.[3]

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Perrie, Maureen (2002). Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-521-89101-9.
  2. ↑ Christensson, Jakob (2005). Signums svenska kulturhistoria: Renässansen. Signum, Kristianstads boktryckeri. ISBN 9789187896736.
  3. ↑ Jutikkala, Eino (1962). A History of Finland. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 76–77.