Events from the year 1712 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XII
Events
30 February 1712 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish calendar back to the Julian calendar. December 9 – Battle of Gadebusch: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony.
The queen dowager's favorite Anna Catharina von Bärfelt is arrested and tried.Fabian Persson (1999). Servants of Fortune. The Swedish court between 1598 and 1721. Lund: Wallin & Dalholm. sid 192-93
Births
31 March - Anders Johan von Höpken, politician (died 1789) July 19- Carl Fredrik Mennander, archbishop (died 1786) Peter Lindahl, actor (died 1792) Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (died 1750) Brita Laurelia, publicist, book printer, and poet (died 1784)
Deaths
unknown - Juliana Schierberg, royal favorite (born year unknown) - Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm, Catholic convert (born 1649)
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