Events from the year 1704 in Sweden.

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XII

Events

29 February – This date was intended to be skipped in the calendar, but was not. See February 30#Swedish calendar. 14 May – Russian victory in the Second Battle on Peipus. 15 June – The last execution for witchcraft in Sweden: Anna Eriksdotter is decapitated. 16 June – Battle of Wesenberg (1704) 25 July – Battle of Jakobstadt July 12 – Great Northern War – Charles XII of Sweden forces the election of his ally Stanisław Leszczyński as King of Poland in place of Augustus II the Strong. 9 August – Battle of Poznań (1704) 10 August – Battle of Narva (1704) The enslavement of Lovisa von Burghausen. 6 September - The Storming of Lemberg 28 October – Battle of Poniec

Births

1 November - Erland Broman, royal favorite (died 1757)

Deaths

15 June - Anna Eriksdotter, last person executed for witchcraft (born 1624)

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