1694 in Sweden

Events from the year 1694 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI

Events

- Building of the Steninge Palace The Great Jewel Fraud against the Swedish National Bank is exposed, in which five women, around their leader Greta Duréel, are discovered to have stolen money for years through a deposition fraud.Duréel, släkt, urn:sbl:17711, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2013-11-30.

Births

28 October - Johan Helmich Roman, composer (died 1758) - Brigitta Sahlgren, industrialist (died 1771)

Deaths

22 August - Maria Sofia De la Gardie, industrialist (born 1627) July - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, soldier and lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle (born 1665)

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