1642 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s |
Years: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
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Slussen 1642
Events from the year 1642 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- - Battle of Schweidnitz.
- 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy, Prince-General Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi.
- - The Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the Poor Care Law of 1847.[1]
Births
- 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709)
- - Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698)
Deaths
- - Simon de la Vallée, French-Swedish architect (died 1590)
References
- ↑ Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph.
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